. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 422 The American Florist. Sept. 26, "Xes, we tliiuk it is. Tlie cost of run- ning it is almost nothing, for it is oper- ated by a gas engine, exploding natural gas, which we have on the place. A 100- pound charge cylinder of ammonia gas lasts three or four months. The manu- facturers speak of the machine as a (5-ton ice machine, or six tons capacity. "It works like this: The liquid am- monia is pun\ped from the cylinder into the receiver; from the receiver ^ it is pumped or expanded into the coils in the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 422 The American Florist. Sept. 26, "Xes, we tliiuk it is. Tlie cost of run- ning it is almost nothing, for it is oper- ated by a gas engine, exploding natural gas, which we have on the place. A 100- pound charge cylinder of ammonia gas lasts three or four months. The manu- facturers speak of the machine as a (5-ton ice machine, or six tons capacity. "It works like this: The liquid am- monia is pun\ped from the cylinder into the receiver; from the receiver ^ it is pumped or expanded into the coils in the rooms, absorbs the heat in the rooms and is pumped out by the machine as a gas ; is then forced through the condenser to change into liquid again by the pressure and use of water in condenser, and the liquid returns to the receiver to be ex- panded again into the coils in the rooms, bringing the temperature down. "In each room are brine tanks, through which the coils pass, and the brine stores up the cold. It takes three hours to com- plete the process of entire circulation, and pump the gas back into the receiver again. This is done every afternoon and the rooms hold a sufficiently low temperature for the next 21 ; It was early in the spring when I had this talk with Mr. Burki ; the leaves had just started and the fi»st touch of spring fever was getting hold of me. Now the leaves are all out. Fourth of July past, and Mr. Burki's two new sectional iron frame houses are no doubt all up, ready for stocking—and so time flies. L. C. Louisiana Red Cypress. En. Ajierican Florist :— What is the botanical name of the Louisiana red cypress? H. K. Taxodium distichum. Miiaew in Roses. En. AjlIericak Florist:— Our roses are badly affected with mildew. We cannot give enough air at the ridge, and ha^e to open the side ven- tilators or else the temperature runs up too high. Do you think that the side ventilation causes the mildew? I syringe in the morning and again ear
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