

The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januabt 14, 1909. 



FLORISTS' rUEL DIRECTORY 



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fireenhoDse Heating. 



LOCATION OF TANKS. 



Why do you recomnfend attaching the 

 expansion tank to the return near the 

 boiler, rather than to the flow pipe at 

 the highest point? A, B. E. 



If the expansion tank were placed at 

 the high point on the riser, the hottest 

 water would be driven into the expansion 

 tank instead of through the system. 

 With the expansion tank on the return, 

 the hot water is driven through the pipes 

 and the expansion is cared for by driv- 

 ing the coolest water in the system into 

 the tank instead of the hottest. 



L. C. C. 



SMALL RISER PREFERABLE. 



Many thanks for the piping layout 

 for hot water which you gave me in a 

 recent issue of the Review. I am using 

 a 2-inch flow to feed twelve li/^-inch 

 returns thirty feet long, as you recom- 

 mended, and think it is going to work all 

 right. A friend tried to persuade me to 

 put in a 3-inch flow, saying there would 

 • be too much friction in the 2-inch flow 

 to feed that number of returns, claim- 

 . ing the water would have to run so 

 much faster in the flow pipe. How was 

 he in error? A. B. K. 



The small riser induces a rapid flow 

 in the riser, which is merely a conveyor, 

 and allows the work to be done in the 

 returns, which a^ in reality the radiat- 

 ing pipes. L. C. C. 



HEATING A FRAME. 



I thought of trying an experiment in 

 the way of heating a hotbed in which 

 I have planted violets. I will try to 

 explain everything as clearly as I can 

 and would like for you to give me an 

 answer to the questions I ask and all 

 the help you can. The bed is 4%xl2V^ 

 feet, made of 1-inch planks, double 

 walled, with sawdust between. All told, 

 the wall is four inches thick. The bed 

 is en the south side of a shed and the 

 north side of the bed is just about four 

 inches from the wall of the shed. I 

 have the water tank in the shed and run 

 the pipe down and out into a coil in 



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the hotbed. For covering the bed I have 

 used the heaviest grade plant-bed cloth 

 with a good painting of white lead and 

 linseed-oil, which makes it water-proof. 

 1 have the covering made in sections and 

 can ventilate when necessary. I can 

 keep the water in the tank boiling hot, 

 or not so hot if necessary. I would like 

 for you to tell me if you think this ar- 

 rangement will Avork. If you don 't think 

 it will, can you suggest something simi- 

 lar that will? I don't want to fix any- 

 thing too expensive, but something that 

 will keep the bed warm enough to raise 

 the violets successfully. The covering 

 that I used for the bed lets in consid- 

 erable light when it is on the bed, about 

 like oiled paper or perhaps more. 



T. H. 



I do not think your plan for heating 

 the violet frame will work well, if at 

 all. If the heating tank was on a level 

 with the surface of the soil in the bed 

 and the flow pipe was taken out of the 

 top of the tank and the return connect- 

 ed with the bottom, or side near the bot- 

 tom, you would then have the elements 

 of a heating plant, but you can not well 

 make the water circulate through a loop 

 lower than the heating plant. In fact, 

 I believe the water might be boiled in 

 the tank for some time without modify- 

 ing the temperature in this loop to any 

 great extent. If the heating plant was 

 in a cellar or pit and the piping on a 

 level with or slightly above the tank it 

 would be all right. L. C. C. 



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CRACKS IN BOILER. 



What can be done to stop a small 

 crack in a cast iron hot water boiler? 

 I have heard that meal put in the boiler 

 would expand and stop the leak. 



A. B. E. 



It is sometimes almost impossible to 

 stop leaks from small cracks unless they 

 can be closed by rust. Sometimes it is 

 possible to drill the boiler and place a 

 plate on the inside and clamp it tightly 

 against the side of the boiler, using a 

 gasket washer as a cushion. Sometimes 

 stove cement can be used on the outside. 

 It bakes on and closes the crack. 



L. C. C. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market 



Business has kept very good since 

 New Year's. Stock is none too plenti- 

 ful, but prices have dropped since the 

 holidays. Killarney seems to have the 

 first call among the roses, while all colors 

 of carnations get a call. Freesia ap- 

 peared on the market last week and 

 brought a good price. Narcissi have 

 crowded the market since early fall. 



