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sectional boiler No. 518, and four row8 

 of 2-inch pipe, four flow pipes and four 

 return pipes under each side -bench. 

 That arrangement of pipe seems to give 

 good satisfaction in a house not far 

 from here, but if you can better it, 

 please tell me how. 



Are greenhouses set level, or are they 

 all raised at the farthest end from the 

 boiler? If raised, how much rise to the 

 foot, and how much are the pipes usual- 

 ly raised in fifty feet? W. C. D. 



Plan to arrange fourteen 1 14 -inch re- 

 turns in the part to be devoted to cab- 

 bage, lettuce, etc., and eighteen in the 

 part to be used for eggplants and warm- 

 er stuff. A 21^ -inch flow under the 

 ridge will be sufficient to carry through 

 the first section, where it may be re- 

 duced to 2-inch to serve the second or 

 cool room. 



If I were building such a house I 

 should run it north and south and use 

 even-span construction, with solid 

 benches and overhead heat in the cool 

 part and raised benches and bottom heat 

 in the warmer section. Greenhouses are 

 usually built on a slope; four inches 

 to the 100 feet is enough for the gutters. 

 Usually the pipes slope in exactly the op- 

 posite direction from the way the house 

 slopes. The highest point in the hot 

 water system is usually the point farth- 

 est away from the boiler, which is at the 

 same time the lowest end of the house, 

 because it is usually desirable to dis- 

 charge the gutter water at the opposite 

 end from the boiler pit. L. C. C. 



Newpokt, E. I.— a. W. Spaulding is 

 here from New York and has opened his 

 flower store for the season. 



Emporia, Kan. — The new Mit-Way, 

 which is partly occupied by the Shank 

 rioral Co., was formally opened May 26. 

 Music was furnished by an orchestra, 

 and 500 carnations presented to the ladies. 



Rock Island, 111. — H. H. Hensley 

 has leased the greenhouse and establish- 

 ment of the Long View Floral Co., on 

 Fifteenth street, and is now in posses- 

 sion. He will continue the business as 

 in the past and will in addition continue 

 to conduct his store on Twentieth street 

 and his greenhouses at Center station. 

 His establishment thus becomes one of 

 the largest and best equipped in this 

 vicinity. Henry Meyer, retiring owner 

 of the Fifteenth street property, plans 

 to leave the city. 



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