NE 9. 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



77 



SMITH, LIMEAWEAVEB & CO. 



COAL 



ARtljrMit*. BitiMlaoii, Coke uid Gas G«al 



Philadelphia 



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(ifeeflhonse Heatiig. 



Thkre is little prospect for the early 

 sett I ment of the labor question in the 

 bitirninou? coal mines of the central 



west- 



St HSCRiBERS are invited to write the 

 editor of the Heating Department, de- 

 scribing their troubles or asking any 

 quest ions regarding the heating of green- 

 houses, the piping or boiler-room. But 

 please do not ask Hi^jto, make a choice of 

 apparatus for you. Each boiler adver- 

 tised in The Review is a good boiler, and 

 the advertisers sell them on their merits. 



A NEW JERSEY RANGE. 



I have four houses, each 29x95, run- 

 ning east and west. My boiler cellar is 

 at the west end of the second house 

 from the north. What size of main shall 



1 use to receive three 4-inch flows from 

 the boiler, or would it be better to run 

 three independent mains? How many 



2 inch flows and returns will be needed 

 in each house, to maintain a tempera- 

 ture of 55 degrees in zero weather? 



C. F. C. 



As the houses are arranged, it will 

 prolifilily be better to run the mains 

 independently rather than try to unite 

 them into one large main. If there 

 were four mains, so that there would be 

 one for each house, it would be a sim- 

 ple matter to adjust them to the houses, 

 but if three 2%-inch flow pipes are used 

 for each house, the flow of water can 

 he equalized if four flows are taken oflF 

 irom each main and three of them are 

 carried to each house. 



In addition to the three 2%-inch flow 

 pip<-. twelve 2-inch returns will be re- 

 qui o(j for each house. One flow and 

 twi or three of the returns can be on 

 ^'af' wall and the other returns can 

 be nder the benches. 



SIZE OF BOILER. 



J hould greatly appreciate your kind- 

 les if you could tell me what would 

 be onsidered a fair rent for each thou- 

 sar i square feet of glass. I am renting 

 "iace which consists of two green- 

 es. one 20x200 and the other 20x175. 

 le is a windmill to supply the water, 

 room house, a medium-sized barn 

 live lots for a garden. There is no 

 d trade, s^s the place is five miles 

 1 town. The houses are 10 years 

 I pay $75 rent per month, besides 

 iEg the taxes, fire, tornado and hail 

 '""''ranee, and all repairs. A local flo- 

 ■■''1 tells nie this is too much rent, and 

 '": books tell the same. The land is 

 ^"•I'lied at $75 per lot. 



The houses are heated bv steam. The 

 Joiler is 3x10 feet, with a dome l^^xl^! 

 leet. It was a second-hand boiler when 

 P"t in, ten years ago. The inspector 

 ^^'biv.ed me a pressure of twenty pounds. 



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A Kitts Improved Hydraulic Damper Regulator. 



Florist Peter Crowe, Rose Place, Utica, N. V., voluntarily writes:— 



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

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

 my coal bill of last with that of this year and I find a saying 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 qiy 

 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 facta like theae worth an 

 inveatigation ? 



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Oswego, N. Y. 



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■apecially Adapted For 



GREENHOUSE WORK 



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-FOR GRXEIIHOU8S WORK- 



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 Wroosht Iron Pipe 



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The average temperature in the houses 

 was 46 degrees in winter, and I burned 

 142 tons of coal, costing $650. Is the 

 boiler large enough for the plant t Some 

 engineers say "Yes," but florists say 

 "No." H.W.E. 



The boiler is probably rated at twenty 

 horse-power, and is smaller than is de- 

 sirable for the economical heating of a 



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