. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. safety to take the air out. Set the valve at 75 pounds and start fire, the will soon open and it will throw oft"all the water it docs not require and then the pressure will soon go down and it will work a week without putting in ;iny more water, with a ijresstire varxing from nothing to 50 pounds according to the heat required. Use all 2-inch wrought iron pipe except for and water feeders; for these such sizes as the hose j'ou in use will be most con- venient. This arrange
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. safety to take the air out. Set the valve at 75 pounds and start fire, the will soon open and it will throw oft"all the water it docs not require and then the pressure will soon go down and it will work a week without putting in ;iny more water, with a ijresstire varxing from nothing to 50 pounds according to the heat required. Use all 2-inch wrought iron pipe except for and water feeders; for these such sizes as the hose j'ou in use will be most con- venient. This arrangement is designed to heat a house 100x20 to a temperature of 55'^ to 00° in zero weather. We don't claim any special ad vantages for this system, though we prefer it to the ojieii 4-ineh pipe sys- tem, .-ind its low cost lirings it within the of florists of means. , I'a. & Hail Insurance. Ivi). Am. :—Please give space for our acknowledgement of tlie prompt .and business like manner in whieh the Florists' Ilail settled the 'ige to our greenhouses bv hail on the 30th ult. If there are any foolish virgins left among the florists of America they best get their filled with- out }'. J. W. LosEY, President Oak Grove Cemetery Association. l,.'i Crosse, Wis. It cannot be denied that the most suc- cessful man is he who mixes a liberal amount of bnains with his business, .and throws open the windows of his mind to new ideas. The men who stick dog- gedly to the old fashioned methods, who run in .a rut, will find thcmselyes outstripped in the race. GKKENiiorsE CoNSTRiiCTiON.—A valua- ble series of articles on greenhouse con- struction b3' John N. May, liberally illustrated bv figures drawn to a scale, appeared in Nos. 88, 90, and 94- of Vol. IV, of the American Florist We will mail these four issues to an\- address on receipt of 20 cents in stamps. TriE poorest economy is e
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