. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. r- - . - . ? 1 ^ . 'j ? - » ^ , . ? 86 The Florists'' Review •»""? *^' i»"» H. H. LINEAWEAVER & CO., Inc COAL ANTHRACITE and BITUMINOUS West End Trust Building. PHILAI^ELPHIA 17 Battery Place. NEW YORK Nutting Building. LEBANON, PA, Mentton The Rcrlew when you write. Greenhouse Heating. Subscribers are invited to write the Editor of this Department with regard to any details of greenhouse heating that are not understood. But please do not ask The Keview to make a choice of ap- paratus for you. The greenhouse heating equipment adv
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. r- - . - . ? 1 ^ . 'j ? - » ^ , . ? 86 The Florists'' Review •»""? *^' i»"» H. H. LINEAWEAVER & CO., Inc COAL ANTHRACITE and BITUMINOUS West End Trust Building. PHILAI^ELPHIA 17 Battery Place. NEW YORK Nutting Building. LEBANON, PA, Mentton The Rcrlew when you write. Greenhouse Heating. Subscribers are invited to write the Editor of this Department with regard to any details of greenhouse heating that are not understood. But please do not ask The Keview to make a choice of ap- paratus for you. The greenhouse heating equipment advertised in this paper is, we believe, the best for the trade to buy, and each article the best in the special field of its adaptation. THBEEINCH PIPE FOR STEAM. Your replies to our inquiries have been so useful to us in the past that I wish again to ask your heating ex- pert a question. We have a lot of 3- inch standard pipe and not enough of smaller sizes. Could we use the 3-inch pipe to advantage for the coils under the benches? We use steam and the houses are 150 feet long. G. E. Y.—Kan. In heating with steam, 1^-inch pipe is preferred for the coils, not only on account of the first cost of pipe and fittings, but also because of the ef- ficiency of the heating surface. Yet, if one has the pipe on hand and it cannot be sold or exchanged to advantage, it might be well to use 3-inch pipe rather than buy the smaller size. One linear foot of 3-inch pipe should heat six square feet of glass to a temperature of 60 degrees, or eight feet to 50 degrees, when it is zero or a little below out- side. MORE FLOW PIPES NEEDED. I have a greenhouse 20x50, which 1 am now extending so it will measure 20x76. The blue print herewith en- closed shows the present plan of heat- ing, which has given good satisfaction, but I should like to have your heating expert give me a little information with reference to extending the one 214-inch flow pipe. Perhaps it would be advisa- ble to add anothe
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