August 8, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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the greenhouse. I would place a gate 

 valve in each one, near where they are 

 joined together, in order to control the 

 flow as I please. I would also place 

 the expansion tank inside the house, 

 as high as possible, and connect it to 

 the 4-inch return about twelve inches 

 from the boiler. But my plumber tries 

 to make me believe that I cannot con- 

 trol the flow with these valves and that 

 I will have trouble. I cannot under- 

 stand why my plan should not work, 

 and would like to have the opinion of 

 some one else before I go any farther. 

 Which plan would be the better? The 

 climave here, in southern Iowa, is very 



changeable. 



P. A. M. 



Your ideas are correct, but you have 

 been planning for much more than is 

 necessary. A single 3-inch flow will be 

 suflScient to carry the eleven 2-inch re- 

 turns which will be required to heat 

 your house and the addition which you 

 contemplate. The expansion tank 

 should be connected to the main return 

 near the boiler, which should be the 

 same size as the opening for the flow, 

 i. e., three inches. The. gate valves can 

 be used to throttle the flow, but it will 

 be better to place valves in two or three 

 of the returns, so as to cut them out 

 of the system, than to attempt to regu- 

 late the temperature by throttling the 

 flow. Place the expansion tank eight 

 or ten feet above the highest point in 

 the system, if possible. L. C. C. 



LowviLLE, N. Y. — William R. Keay 

 says that business has been good this 

 summer, but the season has been late 

 and rain is now greatly needed. 



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CLAY CENTER, KAN. 



A visit to Clay Cefnter, Kan., found 

 the florists all busy planting their 

 mums. 



Scott Brant has about 20,000 feet of 

 glass. Everything is kept in clean shape. 

 His carnations were in full bloom and 

 his young roses were fine. He also had 

 one house of cucumbers which were full 

 of bloom and small cucumbers. Mr, 

 Brant also raises a good many vege- 

 tables for his home trade. His tomatoes 

 were extra fine. But he aims to go 

 into the rooted cutting business more 

 than ever before. His stock pelar- 

 goniums are the largest collection of 

 different varieties that we have seen. 

 His wife helps him a great deal, doing 



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the funeral work, much of which they 

 ship to nearby towns in Kansas. 



Clay Center is a good shipping point 

 for early vegetables. It is 174 miles 

 west of Kansas City, and the early truck 

 from the south does not reach there to 

 compete in the supply. Therefore they 

 get good prices and cannot produce 

 enough to supply the demand. 



