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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Junk 23, 1910. 



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the piping, stating the number of flows 

 and returns. The house is for carna- 

 tions and bedding plants. You know 

 just how cold it is here, in Massachu- 

 setts. E. J. S. 



To heat a house 20x75 feet, with two 

 feet of glass in each of the side walls, 

 to a temperature of 55 degrees in cen- 

 tral Massachusetts, will require about 

 650 square feet of radiating surface, 

 but it will give the highest economy 

 in heating if a heater rated for 950 to 

 1,000 square feet of radiation is used. 

 Sectional heaters give good results. In 

 the smaller sizes those with horizontal 

 sections are generally selected, but in 

 the present case a boiler with vertical 

 sections could be used and might be 

 made to answer in case another house 

 is added later. 



For radiation put in three 2i/^-inch 

 flow pipes, placing one on each wall and 

 the other under the ridge. Then use 

 for returns three coils of 2-inch pipes, 

 placing three on each wall and four 

 under the center bench. One 3-inch 

 main flow pipe will answer. By having 

 the highest point in the system directly 

 over the boiler and connecting the ex- 

 pansion tank there, it will be possible, 

 by giving all of the pipes a slight fall, 

 say one inch in ten feet, to dispense 

 entirely with air-valves. There should, 

 however, be a gate valve upon each of 

 the 214-inch flow pipes. 



MAKING ONE HOUSE OF TWO. 



I have two parallel houses, each about 

 fifteen feet wide and from ten to eleven 

 feet high at the ridge. The houses are 

 three-quarter span and the rafters meas- 

 ure twelve feet and six feet. I propose 

 to make one house out of these two, by 

 roofing over the space between the two 

 ridges. That is, I would remove the 

 present gutter between the two houses, 

 with the rafters that rest there, and 

 would extend the other rafters upward 

 and inward to a meeting point which 

 would constitute the ridge of the new 

 house. This ridge would be fourteen 

 and a half feet high. T would thus 

 have one three-quarter span house, 

 thirty feet wide. 



Could the new house be heated just as 

 easily as the two old ones? M. E. 



In severe weather it would be a little 



HAVE YOU EVER— 



talked with a brother florist who uses Morehead Return Steam Traps? If not, do 

 so at the first opportunity and be convinced that you must install one at once. 



There are more MOREHEAD TRAPS inBtalled 

 in greenhouses than of all other makes 0! 

 steam traps combined. The Morehead ia 

 distinctly a florists' trap. Every feature of 

 its construction has been treated with a view 

 of meeting the special needs of the florist. 



Write today and ask for "Trap Book." 



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What W. J. Palmer & Son, Lancaster and 

 Buffalo, New York, have to say of 



"DfTROIT" AUTOMATIC RETURN 

 STEAM TRAPS 



"We have been using two of your 'Detroit' 

 Traps the past winter on a Gravity System 

 and find they keep the pipe clear of conden- 

 sation, therefore making the return do as 

 much as the flow. We are able to heat with 

 less number of pipe than formerly and keep 

 the houses far more even in temperature." 



"Detroit" Traps will do the same for you. 

 Catalogue No. 266 on Steam Traps. 



:!52r American BlowerGompany 



■ DETROIT, MICM. ■ 

 U S. 



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The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



Is acknowledged the best for the 

 florist, because it is durable and doi s 

 its work without trouble and annoy- 

 ance, saving its cost by the economy 

 in coal bills. 



E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio 



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There Is a Splendid Chapter on 



Greenhouse Heating 



in The Florists' Manual 



By WILLIAM SCOTT 



A complete reference book for commercial floriete. 253 large pair|^^» 

 fully illustrated. Treats on over 200 subjects concerning greenhouse bu.ld- 

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