Apbil 23, 1008. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



73 



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CBICAGO UALKa DXPASnORHT 

 LOCATBD AT 



85 East Lake Street. 



man on heating. I will give briefly the 

 piping and plans I have intended to use, 

 and if wrong in any way will be glad to 

 receive suggestions. 



I am erecting three houses here in 

 Wisconsin, each 27x262 feet. In two of 

 the houses I shall grow roses, and in one 

 carnations, with a partition between the 

 carnations and roses. 



I am installing two tubular boilers, 

 sixteen feet long and fifty-four inches 

 wide. They are on a side hill ten feet 

 below the main level of my bouses. They 

 will be cross-connected or twinned, so 

 that one or both boilers can be used. 

 The boiler plant is at the southeast cor- 

 ner of the houses. I leave the boilers 

 with a 4-inch main, which will be cov- 

 ered the entire distance with asbestos; 

 carry this uphill to my gutter level, 

 which is seven feet above the level of 

 the houses; then I take this 4-inch main 

 to the middle of my houses on the first 

 row of posts in the south house; then 

 run it crosswise of the houses to the 

 north wall. 



In the rose house there will be three 

 supply pipes running each way from the 

 main, and nine returns. The returns 

 will have valves at the end of the houses, 

 80 a part of them can be cut off for mild 

 weather. I bring the returns back with- 

 in about twenty feet of the center, and 

 then reduce into a %-inch to the return 

 pipe to the boilers. All of the heating 

 pipes are 1 14-inch. I have a fall of 

 about three feet crosswise of my houses. 

 I have added extra piping in each end 

 of the houses; all of the pipes go under 

 the benches excepting the 4-inch main. 



In the carnation house there will be 

 three supplies and seven returns. As 

 you will see from my description, my 

 houses are on a side hill. The houses 

 are well protected from the northwest 

 and north by the top of the hill and 

 residences, and on the northeast by a 

 grove. 



Kindly let me know if you would run 

 the returns nearer the center of the 

 houses. Is there piping enough in the 



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IffepHon The Ryrlew when yoe writ.. 



houses f Is it all right to run up from 

 the boilers to my highest point and then 

 gradually go down with my 4-inch sup- 

 ply? Are swinging check valves all 

 right in the %-inch pipe just before it 

 goes into the return to the boilers f Is 

 there fall enough for a natural return, 

 or would you install a trapt Would you 

 advise a pressure regulator? 



I am using 16x18 double strength 

 glass, laid the 18-inch way and lapped. 

 I have 24-inch glass on the north wall 

 and 32-inch on the south wall. 



C. G. D. 



The plan you propose will work well, 

 I believe, but if the slope of the land 

 is such as to permit the placing of the 

 boiler plant midway of the houses, the 

 piping can be arranged more economical- 

 ly. Each of the houses used for roses 

 should have fifteen 1*4 -inch returns the 

 whole length of the house, and the house 

 used for carnations should have twelve 



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such returns. With the fall you have 

 and the boiler set in a pit, there should 

 be no necessity for any accessories. A 

 simple gravity plant will give you good 

 results. L. C. C. 



Bellefonte, Pa. — E, R. Eyer, the City 

 Florist, had a downtown store for Easter. 



NoBRiSTOwN, Pa. — W. H. Catanese, 

 who has been in business here for three 

 years, says that his trade has been in- 

 creasing steadily and this year gives good 

 promise of being the best of all. 



