September 5, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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under the ridge and six IVi-ineh returns 

 on the side walls or under the benches. 



House No. 2 requires a 2V^-inch riser 

 under the ridge, running direct from the 

 boiler to the far end of the house and 

 returning through fifteen 1%-inch re- 

 turns arranged beneath the benches. 



House No. 3 can. best be heated by an 

 independent 2-inch riser from the boiler 

 along the wall of House No. 2, into 

 House No. 3, to the far end of No. 3 

 under the ridge, and returning through 

 nine 1^-inch returns. This riser can be 

 branched between Houses No. 2 and No. 

 3, and carried through the warehouse 

 and storehouse to heat the office and 

 lean-to greenhouse. A 2-inch pipe will 

 be sufficient for this, on the basis stated. 

 The lean-to greenhouse should have seven 

 1^-inch j-etums installed, and from these 

 a single 1^4 -inch return direct to the 

 boiler. A boiler to do this work, and 

 care for an additional house 24x75, 

 should be rated for 2,000 square feet of 

 radiation. L. C. C. 



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I have two new greenhouses, running 

 east and west. The south house is 12x70 

 feet and is connected on the south side 

 with an old greenhouse, which runs par- 

 allel with it. The north house is 11x70 

 feet, and on the north side of it is a 

 propagating house, five feet wide. There 

 are no partitions between these houses. 

 I wish to heat these new houses, includ- 

 ing the propagating house, with hot 

 water, maintaining a temperature of 50 

 degrees in zero weather. 



The south house contains two solid 

 beds, and I have planned to heat the 

 south bed from the old greenhouse, by 



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means of four li^-inch returns. In this 

 house I would also place a 2-inch flow, 

 which would have two 2-inch returns in 

 the south house and two 2-inch returns 

 in the north house, thus aiding in the 

 heating of both houses. In the north 

 house would be another 2-inch flow, with 

 three 2-inch returns in that house and 

 three 2-inch returns in- the propagating 

 house. Please let me know what you 

 think of my plan. If you can suggest 

 a better system of piping, please do so. 



E. A. M. 



The plan which you submit for heat- 



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ing your greenhouse and propagating 

 shed is one which should work well. The 

 only criticism I would make is that I 

 prefer to have all the returns for any 

 particular flow in the same house as the- 

 flow itself. This can be easily arranged 

 in your plant. The propagating shed 

 will require one more pipe than you have 

 planned. This could be a flow which 



