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The Weekly Florists' Review/ 



FiSBBUABY 17, 1910. 



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A STRIKE of coal miners in the bitu- 

 minous district of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio 

 and West Virginia is threatened April 1, 

 as the result of the present disagreement 

 between the miners and operators over 

 wage schedules. In anticipation of a 

 strike, the railroads are said to be storing 

 large quantities of fuel, and it is sug- 

 gested as good policy for every florist to 

 see that his bins are full. 



TWO KENTUCKY HOUSES. 



Would you please advise me on the 

 piping for a hot water system in two 

 houses, running east and west, each 

 21x100 feet, five feet to the eaves and 

 eleven feet to the ridge? The houses are 

 connected and the three walls have each 

 thirty-two inches of glass. One house is 

 for roses and carnations and the other for 

 a general line of flowers for the retail 

 trade. The boiler house will be midwav 

 of the length of the greenliouses. 



M. K. 



To heat a house 21x100 feet, witli 

 thirty-two inches of glass in one wall, to 

 00 degrees, which will be required for 

 roses, it will be advisable to put in about 

 1,000 square feet of radiation. To carry 

 this, it will be necessary to have three 

 21/^ -inch flows, one of which should be 

 upon each side wall and the other below 

 the ridge. The remainder of the radia- 

 tion can be made up of twelve 2-inch re- 

 turns, of which four can be connected 

 with each flow pipe. 



In the carnation house a similar instal- 

 lation could be employed, but it will only 

 be necessary to use nine 2-inch returns, 

 in addition to the three 2iA-inch flow- 

 pipes. 



If more convenient, 3-inch flow and 

 return connections can be made with the 

 boiler from each house, and from the 

 highest part of the flow pipe, which 

 should be immediately above the boiler, a 

 smaller pipe can be carried up higher and 

 connected with the expansion tank. After 

 taking off the 2% -inch flow pipes, they 

 should be carried to the farther end of 

 the house, at a slight fall, where they can 

 be connected with the return coils. 



POOR CIRCULATION. 



I should like to have your opinion 

 about my heating system, which gives 

 poor circulation. I have three green- 

 houses. Two of them, each 16x100, run 



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nvorth and south and are used for carna- 

 tions. Each of these contains two 2-inch 

 flows and eight 2-inch returns. Adjoin- 

 ing the northeast corner of the carnation 

 houses, and running east and west, is a 

 house that is used for mums and sweet 

 peas. This house is 14x100 and contains 

 two 4-inch flows and two 4-inch returns; 

 that is, a flow and return on each side 

 of the house, or four 4-inch pipes in all. 

 There are two boilers, both at the north 

 end of the carnation houses. One of 

 them is a Weathered No. 5; the other is 

 a Gold 's 8-section boiler, made by H. B. 

 Smith and containing a grate 18x36. Can 

 you tell me what is the cause of my trou- 

 ble? I am located in northeastern New 

 Jersey. H. J. H. 



The four 4-inch pipes in the mum house 

 are hardly sufficient to maintain the tem- 

 perature needed, especially if there is 

 any glass in the side walls or if there is 

 much wall exposed. Since the circulation 

 may be greatly modified by the height 

 and grading of the pipes, it is probable 

 that the trouble is partly due to some- 

 thing of that kind, although there is 

 nothing in H. J. H. 's description by 

 which it is possible to tell where to look 

 for the difficulty. 



As each of the carnation houses con- 

 tains two 2-inch flows and eight 2-inch 

 returns, each 2-inch flow has to carry 

 nearly 300 square feet of radiation. Bet- 

 ter results could be secured by using 

 2%-inch pipes for the flows. The radia- 

 tion itself is ample. 



REBUILDING TWO HOUSES. 



We have two houses, 26x100, three- 

 quarter span and joined at the short 

 span. They are located in Ohio and are 

 heated by hot water. The piping con- 

 sists of 3-inch feeds and 2-inch returns. 

 The outside wall of the houses is of con- 

 crete blocks. Now, we want to move 

 these houses to another location. We 

 want to use the long rafters, which are 

 thirteen feet ten inches long, for a rose 

 house, and the short rafters, which are 

 nine feet nine inches long, for a carna- 

 tion house. We also want to add twenty- 



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five feet to each house. Would it be- 

 better to join the houses together or have 

 them separate? We also want to have 

 glass in the sides. Would the same pipe- 

 be used for steam? The houses are new 

 and of the best material. 



What would be' the best plan for build 

 ing the rose house? Would the houses bi; 

 just as light if joined with high gutter,^ 

 as they would be if separate? How hig- 

 would the gutters have to be? Please gi^ 

 us some information for rebuilding theJ 

 houses in the best and cheapest way. 



R. B. & C. 



Both of the methods suggested for a' 

 ranging the houses have their advantag' '^ 

 and disadvantages, but, as it will * e' 

 rather more convenient to have them built 

 side by side, that plan will generally !^<? 

 preferred. If the gutters are about six 

 feet high and supported by 2-inch g"» 

 pipes, the cost for the middle wall would 

 be very slight. The outer walls can be 

 built of boards and matched siding, with 

 paper between, up to the height of thr^'e 



