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JANUABI 18, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



81 



COLD WEATHER 



DOES NOT BOTHER THE FLORIST 

 WHO USES THE 



Wilks Hot Water Boilen 



MADE ENTIRELY OF STEEL 



S. Wilks Mfg. Co., Chicago. January 13, 1912. 



Gentlemen: — 



We are having the very best results from the big boiler (30x48 

 Wilks Heater ) now in use on the farm, and I cannot too highly 

 congratulate you on the way it is giving us service, for this morning 

 we have 36 degrees below zero and the " big fellow " just kept the 

 greenhouse standing at 57 degrees from 8 o'clock last night until 

 6 o'clock this morning without any attention. 



Yours very truly, 



H. F. BoTT, Altoona, Pa. 



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Mention The Review •when tou 'write 



have the pipes for roses only! How 

 many 2-inch pipes will be needed? We 

 have a Scotch marine boiler, of fifteen 

 horse-power. Will it heat the whole 

 range sufficiently? We have two 2V^- 

 inch flows in each house and should like 

 to have the same arrangement in the 

 proposed house. If we erect this south 

 house for roses, we shall use the middle 

 housa for carnations and the north 

 house for bedding plants. What fault 

 can you find with this arrangement, 

 considering that there is no partition 

 wall between the two present houses? 

 Our location is northern Ohio. 



A. A. C. 



If there is no partition between the 

 houses and each house contains two 

 2^-inch flow pipes and nine 2-inch 

 pipes, it is not strange that there should 

 be only a slight variation in the tem- 

 perature, as there could only be such a 

 difference as would be due to unequal 

 exposure, or to the wind. Both houses 

 seem to be piped about right for roses. 

 If one house is to be used for carna- 

 tions — and the north house would be 

 the better for them — it should be <hut 

 off from the other house and the circu- 

 lation cut off in two or three of the 

 return pipes. 



It is generally a good thing to have 

 at least one-half of the return pipes 

 under the benches in both rose and 

 carnation houses, but a better circu- 

 lation, can be obtained when the flow 

 pipes are on the plates, or overhead. 

 Especially when steam pipes are placed 

 under th6 benches, care must be taken 

 to wet down the. beds ^qi that :^he undeir 

 portion, of the, Si) il does, not dry out, 



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as will often be the case when the 

 watering is carelessly done. 



If a rose house, 18 x 75, is to be built, 

 it can be heated by means of two 2%- 

 inch flow pipes and nine or ten 2-inch 



returns; the latter number should be 

 used if there are two feet of glass in 

 the south wall, as will be desirable. A 

 fifteen horse-power boiler should prove 

 amply large for three houses, each 18 x 



