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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 11, 1912. 



build an additional house, which would 

 run aouth from the boiler house, across 

 the ends of two of the present houses, 

 and then east alongside the present 

 south house. The addition would thus 

 be L-shaped; it would be forty-one feet 

 long from north to south and 141 feet 

 long from east to west, and would be 

 twenty-five feet wide all the way. From 

 this description you will understand 

 the crooked way in which the heating 

 pipes would have to run. The new house 

 will have 5-foot walls, with eighteen 

 inches of glass in the south and west 

 sides, and will be about ten feet high 

 to the ridge. 



Now, what I want to know is whether 

 the new house can be successfully 

 heated to 50 degrees with hot water, 

 here in northern Missouri. If so, what 

 is the best plan for doing itf Which, 

 in your opinion, would be better, hot 

 water or steam? The houses will all 

 be used for lettuce. If steam would be 

 better, give plans for that also. What 

 size of boiler would be required for 

 water; also for steam? What size and 

 height of smokestack will be required 

 for two boilers, each having an 18-inch 

 smoke outlet? B. A. B. 



There should be no difficulty in heat- 

 ing the new houses with hot water. It 

 is suggested that three 2i/^-inch flow 

 pipes be used. They should run from 

 the boiler south and then east to the 

 farther end. One flow can be under 

 the ridge and the others on the plates. 

 There should be nine 2-inch returns, of 

 which three should be connected with 

 each pf the flow pipes. If steam is 

 preferred, use one 2^-inch flow under 

 the ridge and eight li^-inch returns, of 

 which two or three should be on each 

 wall and the others under the benches. 



For small ranges, where one does not 

 have a night fireman, it is easier to 

 maintain an even temperature with hot 

 water than with steam and it will be 

 found more economical of fuel, al- 

 though, as only about one-half as much 

 radiation will be required, the cost of 

 installing a steam plant will he less 

 than for hot water. 



A steam boiler should be rated for 

 about 1,000 square feet of radiation, or 

 fifteen liorse-power, and a hot water 

 boiler for 2,000 square feet of radiation. 

 Tlie chimney should be two feet in 

 diameter and at least forty feet high. 



Springfield, Mass.— f. n. Arnold ha« 

 leased his ])roj)eity at .IS Euclid avenue, 

 on wliich lie is building a greenhouse, 

 to A. 0. Taylor. 



Winfield, Kan.— ,). L. Vauglian, the 

 East Fourtli street florist, has opened 

 an uptown store at ll'O East Ninth 

 street. 



Woonsocket, R. I.— Thos. T. Booth, 

 proprietor of the Hill View Green- 

 houses, at Mannville, K. L, lias pur- 

 chased the stock of Miss Ella Mail- 

 loux's flower shop, at 99 Main street. 

 Mr. Hootli will hereafter be proprietor 

 of the store, hut will retain Miss Mail- 

 lonx as its manager. 



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