. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 706 The American Florist. Dec. 5, The heating of this house interested tne very much; the end farthest from the boilers is distant more than 1,000 feet, yet Mr. Montgomery says the circulation through the house is perfect with three or four pounds of steam at the boilers. This is accomplished by providing alarge steam main and a proper arrangement ot the heating pipes. Steam is taken from the main pipe at four different points through the house, making the average length of circulation about 175 feet. This method
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 706 The American Florist. Dec. 5, The heating of this house interested tne very much; the end farthest from the boilers is distant more than 1,000 feet, yet Mr. Montgomery says the circulation through the house is perfect with three or four pounds of steam at the boilers. This is accomplished by providing alarge steam main and a proper arrangement ot the heating pipes. Steam is taken from the main pipe at four different points through the house, making the average length of circulation about 175 feet. This method solves the problem of expan- sion and contraction and provides a uniform temperatures at all times and at all points. Owing to the diiSculties most growers have met in handling the rose I was espe- cially interested in the houses of Liberty at Natick, and in learning Mr. Mont- gomery's method of growing this tricky variety. His preference is evidently for plants more than one year old as he is still growing those purchased when the rose was first introduced. His plan with Liberty is to rest a little during summer or fall then prune back hard as with a hvbrid and start them into growth just tfie same as if he were growing hybrid roses. One house so treated had pro- duced a fine crop of long stemmed blooms that were almost ready to cut; another house pruned later will come in during Decemljer. If the second and successive crops show the same strength and vigor as the first one then Natick has evidently put Liberty on a paying basis. The exhibit of chrysanthemum was very fine but not being exactly in our line will leave a description ot it to a more able pen and take our place in the coach for the return trip at the end of which our host invites his guests to par- take of a feast of good things and satisfy the cravings of an appetite that the air of Natick and Wellesley gives in such wonderful measure. We all, I think, did full justice to the dinner and enjoyed the wit and reparte
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