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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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provided with both steam and water 

 gauges. Yoke the two together at the 

 top, with properly valved connections 

 with the main, to allow either to be used 

 independently, and connect them with the 

 common return, using a swing check be- 

 tween the boiler and the main return in 

 each case, besides a gate valve. Lower 

 the boilers just as far as possible below 

 the pipes in the houses. The greater this 

 distance, the less trouble will be experi- 

 enced by water backing up in the heating 

 pipes. L. C. C. 



INSTALL A SEPARATE FLOV. 



As we intend to build an addition to 

 our greenhouse, we should like to know if 

 it is neeeesary to install another main. 

 The house we now have is 17x100 and is 

 heated by hot water. We now have a 

 3-inch main and eleven li4-inch returns. 

 We know that the boiler is capable of 

 heating the new addition, which will be 

 22x100 feet. In this part of Alabama it 

 never gets colder than 15 degrees above 

 zero, and that is but a few nights during 

 the winter. Will any of the Enchantress 

 varieties, White Perfection or Beacon, 

 stand 20 degrees above zero outdoors in 

 the field? C. S. H. 



I do not believe it will be wise or satis- 

 factory to attempt to heat the two houses 

 by means of a common flow. Much bet- 

 ter satisfaction will be secured if inde- 

 pendent flow pipes are carried from the 

 boiler to each house. 



I have no positive knowledge for the 

 basis of my judgment, but I do not be- 

 lieve that any of the improved carnations 

 used for forcing will withstand a tem- 

 perature of 12 degrees of frost — 20 de- 

 grees above zero. L. C. C. 



A SMALL WISCONSIN HOUSE. 



Will you please tell me how to pipe 

 my greenhouse, 18x38 feet; five feet six 

 inches high on the south side; seven feet 

 high on the north side and fourteen feet 

 high in the center, with glass in both 

 ends? There will l3e two benches, each 

 six feet wide, with a walk eighteen inches 

 wide at the sides and a 3-foot walk in 

 the center. My boiler has a capacity of 

 450 feet. How many 1^4 -inch, l^^-inch 

 or 2-ineh pipes will be needed? WTiat 

 will be the best way to heat it to 70 de- 

 grees at 20 degrees below zero? The 

 flows are 2-inch pipe. The boiler will 

 be down about two and one-half feet be- 

 low the return coil. F. G. 



It is inferred from the size of your 

 plant that hot water is the style of heat- 

 ing to be used. On this basis, using 1 V^- 

 inch pipe with 2-inch flow pipes or ris- 

 ers, it will be necessary to install twenty- 

 one lines of 1%-inch pipe to maintain a 

 temperature of 70 degrees in this house, 

 with water in the boiler at 180 degrees. 



L. C. C. 



ERIE. PA. 



Current Comment 



A brilliant wedding took place here 

 May 8, when Miss Marianne Farrar be- 

 came the bride of Geo. C. Russell, of 

 Elizabeth, N, J. The decorations were 

 elaborate, including potted orchids, gar- 

 denias and lily of the valley. The bride 's 

 table was attractive with a centerpiece 

 of Killamey roses and deutzia, with 

 maidenhair fern. The other tables were 

 decorated with Murillo tulips. The bride 

 carried valley and orchids, with a shower 



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INSTALL A 



DETROIT" Return Trap 



AND YOU BUY^A GUARANTEE 



It takes 90 to 120 lbs. of steam per horse power to operate 

 an ordinary boiler feed pump. "Detroit" Return Traps 

 require only about one-tenth that amount. Why not save 

 the nine- tenths ? 



Write us size of boiler and number of square feet of glass 

 in your greenhouses, for our pioposition. 



Address Dept. F.R., 



DETROIT, MICH. 



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Improved Internal Fired Boiler 



Made in ten (10) sizes. 



No brick foundations required. 



Can be cleaned while in use. 



Shipped on skids ready for installation. 



Specially designed for Greenhouse use. 



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of valley and ehiffoa, while the brides- 

 maids and maid of honor carried swain- 

 aona and stephanotis. The ceremony 

 was performed under an arch of garden- 



ias. The decorating was by the Baur 

 Floral Co. 



Business is getting brisk, as Memorial 

 day is approaching. Cemetery work is 



