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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



DbcdMbeb 9, 1909. 



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 prepaid, a one pound can of 



Tripp's Pips Joint Compound 



Ground In Boiled Linseed Oil. ready to 

 use, and a one pound package of 



Tripp's Iron Repair Cement 



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kindly advise me which method is the 

 best, or can you offer some better sug- 

 gestion! What amount of pipe would 

 be advisable t These hotbeds are to be 

 used for general stock, such as cauli- 

 flower, lettuce, etc. I am located in 

 northern Maryland. J. B. E, 



If it is merely desired to maintain a 

 temperature of, say, 50 degrees in the 

 hotbed, it would only be necessary to 

 run a 2-inch flow pipe along the back 

 (higher), and then carry the return back 

 on the front side. Whether the pipes 

 should be close to the glass, will depend 

 upon the height of the sides above the 

 soil. It will be best to have them as far 

 from the glass as possible and not come 

 within eight to twelve inches of the soil, 

 the latter height being preferable where 

 the sides are eighteen inches high. If so 

 low as to touch the leaves of the plants, 

 sorae^njury would result from the drying 

 out and burning of the edges of the 

 leaves. 



It will, however, be desirable to have 

 some bottom heat, and for this purpose 

 two lines of return pipes should be car- 

 ried in the bottom of the bed, about eight 

 inches below the surface. If this is done, 

 it will not be necessary to have a return 

 pipe upon the wall of the bed and the 

 flow pipe should then be upon the south 

 wall. The only objection to using the 

 plan first outlined is that when the two 

 underground returns are added there will 

 be more radiation than is desirable, if 

 2-inch pipes are used. With a 2-inch 

 flow on the back wall, the use of li/^-inch 

 pipes for two underground and one front 

 wall return will give the proper radiation. 



A WA TERTIGHT PIT. 



' ' One of the most difficult, and often 

 serious, matters growers have to battle 

 against is water in the boiler-pit. I have 

 just had a visit from a colleague who had 

 a tale of woe to tell me on this account, 

 and this induced me to write a few notes 

 about making stokeholes, ' ' says a writer 

 in the Horticultural Advertiser (Eng- 

 lish). 



* ' Builders will insist upon treating this 

 job in a careless way, with the result that 

 the water cannot be kept out. The fault 

 is, that the stokehole is built like a brick 

 tank, cementing the inside. 



"I will assume that we have to build 

 a stokehole under adverse conditions, 



The Standard 

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Is acknowledged the best for the 

 florist, because it is durable and 

 does its work without trouble and 

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 economy in coal bills. 



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Leaks Ruin Stock 



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that we actually have water standing in 

 the hole. If we can build successfully 

 under such conditions, it should be an 

 easy matter to make a good job when the 

 place is dry. First of all, the hole 



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should be dug out a foot deeper than 

 really is required. This should be made 

 firm with a 12-inch layer of concrete, 



