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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



77 



WBITX TO 



GEO. B. LIMBERT & CO. 



557 Fulton St, CHiaCO 



—For Prices on— 



fientiine 

 f rooght Iron Pipe 



Ask For CKtaloKu*. 



Mention Tbe Review wben you wnte. 



ot these may be upon each of the walls 

 or under the side benches, and the other 

 iniiler the middle bench. In addition to 

 tlif flow pipe, seven li/i-inch returns 

 will be needed. 



The smokestack should be ten or 

 twelve inches in diameter and thirty 

 to forty feet high, according to the 

 height of the surrounding buildings. 



TWO-INCH PIPE FOR STEAM. 



Would you think it advisable to in- 

 stall a steam system and use 2-inch 

 pipe entirely, both in the mains and 

 in the returns? I have plenty of this 

 size of pipe. How many 2-inch returns 

 on each side of a house 20x100 feet 

 would be required to maintain a tem- 

 perature of 58 to 60 degrees in zero 

 weather? My plumber says the size of 

 the pipe makes no difference. I am 

 located in northern Kentucky, 



L. D. S. 



If the boiler is of good size, the 

 2 inch pipe can be used for steam heat- 

 ing to good advantage, although 1^4- 

 inch or li/^,-inch pipe is generally con- 

 sidered more economical. Provided the 

 range is a small one and there is plenty 

 of 2-inch pipe on hand, it might be bet- 

 ter to put in hot water. 



If steam is used, one 2-inch flow and 

 two 2-inch returns should be used on 

 each side of a house 20x100 feet. For 

 hot water heating the number of flows 

 and returns should be doubled. 



PAINTING THE PIPES. 



■^Ve have just built a new greenhouse 

 '11 1 I want to know if it will be in- 

 Jii.ious to the plants if we paint the 

 •'"Mimon black pipe with a bronze paint 

 t" fmish it off nicely. I expect to grow 

 'f nee as well as flowers. J. S. 



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t is not often that a lettuce grower 



"ks it necessary to gild the heating 



OS for the sake of appearance, and it 



ainly should not be done if there is 



regard for efliciency of radiation. 



is said that there are preparations 



ch may be put on the heating pipes 



'lout impairing their radiating effi- 



'icy, but the grower who wants to get 



full value of the money he spends 



' coal will keep his pipes free from 



' paints. None of them will improve 



" radiation, to say the least, and most 



them certainly have an opposite ef- 



' *^- Appearance is not an essential in 



greenhouse. Of course one likes to 



■ive a neat place, but it would be purely 



matter of taste if the painted pipe 



I'^re considered to look better than a 



'•"^n black one. F. E. 



Would You Save One-Quarter of Your Coal Bill? 



= INSTALL 



A Kitts Improved Hydraulic Damper Regulator. 



Florist Peter Crowe, Rose Place, Utica, 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 ? 



Circular Free. 



Kins MANUFACTURING CO. 



Oswego, N. Y. 



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IMICO 



Hot Water Boilers 



Made by 



lUINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO, 



1801-1825 Diversey Boulevard 



CHICAGO 



Are noted for coal economy and 

 good results generally 



SXm) rOR CATAIX>GDX 



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FORD & KENDIG CO. 



Spellerized" Wrought Pipe 



■■pecially Adapted For 



GREENHOUSE WORK 



Fittings, Valves, Tools, Etc. 

 1428-30-32 Callowhill St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The bright, warm weather last weelc 

 greatly increased the production, but 

 not the trade. Low prices prevailed 

 until Saturday, when they took a jump 

 that was disconcerting. Carnations had 

 been selling as low as $1.50 per hun- 

 dred for good stock; the price went up 

 for three days to $3 for common atock 

 and $5 and $6 for fancies. Some re- 

 tailers did not anticipate such a raise 

 and had to fill orders for what stock 

 cost them on Decoration day. 



Roses, too, had been in oversupply, 

 but advanced in price. All outdoor 

 stock was extremely scarce. Peonies 

 advanced and even cape jasmine went 

 up to double what could be obtained 



flish-firade Boilers 



g:^<^.ForGREENHOllSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN&CO.. Utica, N.Y. 



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for it only a few days before. Sweet 

 peas, which sold at $2 per thousand 

 May 27, went up to $5 on Saturday and 

 Sunday. As Decoration day does not 

 amount to a great deal locally, the re- 

 tailers had trouble to understand the 

 high prices resulting from a strong de- 

 mand from out of town. A great many 

 cut flower sales which would have been 

 made but for the high prices, went to 



