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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



DiiCEMBEa 9. 1800. 



(jreenhonse Heating. 



The possibility of a big railroad tie-up 

 by a strike early in the new year makes 

 it the part of wisdom to see that the 

 coal bins are filled to their greatest ca- 

 pacity. 



DIAMETER OF SMOKESTACK. 



What diameter of smokestack would be 

 required for four boilers, tubular, return 

 flue, six feet in diameter by eighteen feet 

 long? A. R. 



Without knowing the number and size 

 of the boiler tubes it is not possible to 

 estimate the size of the boilers. It is also 

 well to know the size of the grates, as 

 well as the openings, in estimating how 

 large a smokestack is required. If the 

 boilers do not have a capacity of over 200 

 horse-power each, it is probable that a 

 chimney five feet in diameter will prove 

 large enough. 



HOUSES ADJOINING DWELLING. 



In this latitude, the northern part of 

 Oklahoma, is it preferable to build a 

 greenhouse north and south, or east and 

 west? Would the heat from 7,500 feet 

 of glass at the south of my dwelling have 

 any effect on the temperature in the 

 dwelling in summer? 



I have a basement under my dwelling, 

 30x34 feet, and eight feet from floor to 

 ceiling. I wish to build two greenhouses, 

 each 25x100, twenty feet south of my 

 residence, and heat both with the same 

 hot water plant. Would it be better to 

 put the boiler in the basement or in the 

 greenhouse, and would there be any bad 

 odor from the boiler if pMced in the base- 

 ment ? 



If I put a partition in one of the 

 houses, can I have a different temperature 

 for roses and carnations? Which two 

 of these three flowers, roses, carnations 

 and mums, will do best in the same room ? 



W. R. M. 



Especially in the more southern states, 

 it is advisable to have the houses run 

 north and south and of course the even- 

 span construction should be used. 



It is not likely that the heated air in 

 the greenhouse would have any marked 

 effect upon the temperature within the 

 dwelling, unless there were a direct con- 

 nection between the two, but the heat 

 radiated from the glass would raise the 

 temperature of the wall of the house. 

 Probably the most noticeable result would 

 be that the location of the greenhouse 

 along the south side of the dwelling 

 would shut off the cool summer breezes 

 from the south and southwest. 



While it is not likely that there would 

 be any serious trouble from odors from 

 the boiler if placed in the basement of 

 the dwelling, there would almost certainly 

 be more or less smoke and dust from the 

 coal and ashes, which would work their 

 way into the dwelling unless care was 

 taken to cut off the basement completely 

 from the floor above. It will then be 

 largely a question of whether one wishes 

 to go to the extra expense of building 

 a fire and coal room outside, or suffer 

 the annoyance mentioned. 



There will be no difliculty about divid- 

 ing a house by a partition so that it 

 will be possible to maintain different 

 temperatures in the two rooms thus 

 formed, but the eflSciency of the house 

 will be slightly reduced by the partition. 



KEEP TAB ON THF 

 Night Temperature 



Many a grower has found an immed te 

 improvement in the quality of his si cl( 

 when he put in our 



IMPROVED 



Recording 



THERNONETER 



It tells hi the mornlDg: just b'jyf 

 the temperature in tbe houses has 

 varied during the night. 



lUinois State Florists' Aeaociatfon. 



EdwardsvIUe 111.. Oct. 28, 190S. 

 The RecordinK Thermometer Ig 

 working o. k. I would not part with 

 it for twice the cost. Send me $1.00 

 worth of charts for the same. 



J. F. Ammam. 

 Sand for Prices. 



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65 Shirley Street, BOSTON, MASS 



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No More Sleepless Nights 



ThiB little ADJUSTABLE THERMOSTAT 



does the work. Set the instrument at the 

 minimum temperature wanted. It will 

 ring a bell at the head' of your bed when 

 that temperature is reached. 



Loyd 0. Bunch, of Fredonia, Kan., writes: "I have used this kind of Thermo- 

 stat four years and it has never failed. I set it at the minimum temoerature I want, 

 and go to bed and sleep soundly until my bell at the head of my bed wakes me." 



Complete outfit, only $2.50 



Inclnden Thermoitat, alarm bell, 2 dry battery oella, 150 ft. inenlated 

 wire, switch, tape and staples. Full instructions for installation with 

 each outfit. Anybody can put it up. 



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188 Fifth Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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SMITH, UNEAWEAVER & CO. 



COAL 



Aathracitot BitamiBoat* Coke and Gaa Coal 



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West End 

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To secure 50 degrees in one house and 60 

 in the other, there should be one-third 

 more radiating surface in the latter tl^an 

 in the former. The chrysanthemums Jtifill 

 do better in the room with the carnatrons 

 than with the roses. 



PIPING FOR HOTBEDS. 



I wish to extend the heat to my hot- 

 beds, but before doing so will ask your 

 advice as to the best arrangement of the 

 pipes. 



I have a concrete frame, 6x36 feet, for 

 six sashes, and I wish to run hot water 

 pipes from my boiler room underground, 

 a distance of only about eight feet, to 

 the hotbed frame. I am undecided as to 



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Traces automatically a correct 

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Martio Rocking Grate 



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the best method of placing these pipt-'- 

 I should like to know how much 2-inr'i 

 pipe will be required, and whether *' 

 place the pipe underground in the bed^, 

 or on a level with the ground at the 

 upper and lower ends of the bed, or un- 

 der the glass at the upper and lower ends. 

 I prefer to use 2-inch pipe. Will yo'i 



