. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. •Ftji: r ^5^s^ f^Miw^fy^'l^^' WINTER WINDOWS FREE FROM FROST < _ ^ WtM^er's perennial problem for the storeman, to prevent steam and frost from forming on the show window, can he solved in sevetal ways—Jack Frost should be no "bar to the high-class displays of other seasons. Here are a number of methods, employed to keep the glass clear; if you know a better, tell us of ITH the coming of winter, inquiries as to the best means of preventing the formation of steam and frost on show windows begin to reach the office of The Review. Dissati
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. •Ftji: r ^5^s^ f^Miw^fy^'l^^' WINTER WINDOWS FREE FROM FROST < _ ^ WtM^er's perennial problem for the storeman, to prevent steam and frost from forming on the show window, can he solved in sevetal ways—Jack Frost should be no "bar to the high-class displays of other seasons. Here are a number of methods, employed to keep the glass clear; if you know a better, tell us of ITH the coming of winter, inquiries as to the best means of preventing the formation of steam and frost on show windows begin to reach the office of The Review. Dissatis- fied with the methods generally em- ployed to this end, all of which have one disadvantage or another. The Review has sought for one which would enable its readers to dis- pose of this problem mor6 easily. Many have had suggestions to offer. None of them, however, is entirely free from objection on one score or another. Perhaps there is no perfect method. All are practical, nevertheless, and The Review gives them to its readers, for use as befits their varying conditions. Just the Wrong Time. Steam forms on the window when the water vapor in the warm atmosphere of the store comes in contact with the cold • glass. As the flower Store has an un- usually moist atmosphere, its windows are the more liable to be coated with frost, particularly in the coldest weath- er. Layer after layer of moisture freezes to the pane, so that the lower part sometimes becomes covered with ice on the days when the mercury is registering its minimum for the year. ThesG are just the days when the flo- rist is most desirous of making an attrac- tive display, to sug- gest to those who may see it that they brighten up t h ei r homes with flowers and plants. He can afford the least of all storemen to have his win- dows obscured at this time of the year. So his hunt for a preventive is an earnest one. Heat in the front ' of the store does little or no good. In the old days, the burning of gas-jets i
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