May 26, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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are diminishing rapidly. Seventy-five 

 thousand miners have been out of work 

 two months. The strike fund is said to 

 be about $750,000, or $10 a man. This 

 is not a strong equipment for a pro- 

 longed strike, notwithstanding the ten 

 per cent assessment of men who are 

 employed. President Moorehead of the 

 operators predicts that the strike will 

 be of short duration, but President 

 Walker of the miners says they will 

 be out "until the snow flies." 



FIVE IOWA HOUSES. 



I have a range of five houses, each 

 24x63 feet, even-span, running north 

 and south. There is a lean-to, 8x63, on 

 the east side and an exposed concrete 

 wall on the west, with one row of 

 20inch glass below the gutter. The 

 south end is concrete, with a glass 

 gable, while the north is protected to 

 the gutters and part of the gables are 

 protected by closed buildings. The east 

 side has a bank of earth to the gutter. 

 The houses measure six feet to the gut- 

 ter plates and fourteen feet to the 

 ridge. I wish to use 2-inch pipe, for hot 

 water, placing both flow and returns 

 under the benches, of which there are 

 three in each house and two in the 

 lean-to, with 1%-inch pipe. I wish to 

 install another boiler, as the one on 

 hand is not large enough since building 

 recent additions. I prefer hot water 

 lieating, and should be pleased to have 

 ailvice as to the amount of piping and 

 size of boiler to maintain a temperature 

 of 60 degrees in zero weather. 



O. B. S. 



To heat the houses that are 24x63 

 feet, it will be well to use five 2-inch 

 flows and ton 2-inch returns, except in 

 the west house, in which an extra re- 

 turn will be desirable. This will pro- 

 vide two returns under each bench and 

 upon each wall, with one flow for each 

 of the coils. In the lean-to, use two 

 2-inch flows and five 1%-inch returns. 



To supply steam for this amount of 

 '•adiation, a boiler rated for 4,000 square 

 ft'et will be desirable. 



PIPING IN LOUISIANA. 



I wrote you some time ago that I in- 

 tended building a greenhouse and grow- 

 ing a general assortment of plants for 

 l^cal trade. Since then I have been in 

 'orrespondence with one or two firms 

 that furnish materials, and it seems to 

 me that their prices might be a little 

 "lore reasonable if they fully appreci- 

 f>ted the fact that the outside temper- 

 ature here seldom if ever goes below 

 20 degrees. 



I will start with one house, 20x40, 



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Florist Peter Crowe, Rose Place, Utlca, N. Y., voluntarily writes:— 



" I am very much pleased to let you know that the Damper Regulator I bought from you 

 last fall is by far the best apparatus for greenhouse purposes. I had my book-keeper compare 

 my coal bill of last with that of this year and I find a saving of one quarter the amount of 

 this year's coal over last year's ; also the past winter was a great deal colder and longer than 

 the winter before. 



" There is another very good feature about the Damper Regulator, as it keeps a uniform 

 heat in all the houses at all times by putting on and shutting off pipes. And I find that my 

 Roses and Ferns did far better this winter than any winter so far, as the temperature was so 

 uniform at all times. 



" My reason for writing you is to let you know, and also to thank you for bringing my 

 attention to the Regulator, and I assure you I cannot speak too highly of this machine." 



Are not facts like these worth an 

 investigation ? 



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and some hotbeds. By allowing for 2^- 

 foot walks I will have fifteen feet for 

 bench space. How many and what size 

 of pipes will be required for heating 

 with hot water t What capacity of 

 boiler will be needed t Would the old- 

 time flues and pipes be practical, and if 



so, where could I obtain information 

 regarding themf Would natural gas, 

 used for heating the water, be injuri- 

 ous to the plants f L. A. H. 



Where the minimum temperature is 

 20 degrees, a comoaratively small 



