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AuGUST 22, 1907. ■ 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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I have three greenhouses, 22x100, 22x70 

 and 16x80, and intend adding one more, 

 22x70. The boilers I have are one 44x 

 108, contains fifty-one 2 V^ -inch flues, 

 with a round firehole through center, 

 and one 36x108, horizontal, with thirty 

 3-inch flues. I intend putting in a larger 

 boiler and can get one 46x144, with for- 

 ty-two 3-inch tubes, or one 52x192, with 

 sixty-four 3-inch tubes. I intend leav- 

 ing one of the two that I now have in 

 for emergency. Would the one 46x144 

 be large enough for my purpose? I 

 grow roses, carnations and mums, also 

 bedding plants. The boiler pit is six 

 feet deep. Will a 4-inch pipe be large 

 enough for steam main pipe? F. S. W. 



The boiler 46x144 inches, with forty- 

 two 3-inch tubes, should be ample to 

 carry the four houses on a steam basis. 

 It is a good plan to have a reserve boil- 

 er to provide against accident. A 4-inch 

 main flow will do your work. Each of 

 the 22-foot houses should have a 2^^- 

 inch flow from the main riser to the far 

 end of the house, there dividing to sup- 

 ply fifteen 1%-inch returns. The 16- 

 foot house can be handled with a 2-inch 

 riser and twelve 1%-inch returns. If 

 the returns are carefully graded there 

 will be no diflBculty about returning the 

 condensation to the boiler, provided the 

 water line of the boiler is two feet or 

 more below the lowest heating pipes in 

 the greenhouses. Do not make the boiler 

 pit too shallow, as it will give no end 



of trouble. You can not make it too 

 deep; twelve feet is not too deep for a 

 boiler such as you intend using. 



L. C. C. 



PIPING IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



I am building a greenhouse 22x65 feet. 

 The north wall is seven feet high, with 

 two feet of concrete, three feet of 

 boards and two feet of glass, 16x24. 

 The boarding will be double thick. The 

 south wall is four feet high, with two 

 feet of glass. The house is built with 

 the long span to the south. The glass is 

 16x24, double thick. The house runs 

 east and west, to connect with another 

 house at the west end, with a glass par- 

 tition where it connects. 



How many runs of pipe will it take? 

 What size would you advise using — 114- 

 inch or 2-inch? The boiler is a No. 16 

 Hitchings and is located in the cellar of 

 the dwelling. The temperature required 

 will be for carnations, say from 50 to 60 

 degrees. W. L. 



Your house can be heated with hot wa- 

 ter by installing the following pipe: One 

 2Vi-inch or 3-inch flow from the boiler 

 to the far end of the house, there to di- 

 vide and return by fifteen 2-inch pipes. 

 I would not advise the use of IVi-inch 

 pipe for hot water unless you intend con- 

 verting the plant into a steam plant 

 some day. If so, install twenty-one 1V4- 

 inch pipes as returns. ' L. C. C. 



HARD WATER FOR HEATING. 



We have had a well drilled to supply 

 our greenhouses with water, hoping to 

 strike soft water, but instead we struck 

 water a few feet below a vein of fire clay, 



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and while the water does not seem to be 

 very hard it gets so rusty as to be opaque 

 after standing in the sun for a few hours. 

 I do not know what minerals the water 

 contains, but suppose it contains some 

 .sulphur. Will this water be fit for green- 

 house use and will it do to use in pipes 

 for hot water heating? E. S. M. 



I would suggest testing the water on 

 iron by placing a short length of pipe in 

 a bucket or barrel and noting the rapid- 



