. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ,ni'.(;!i!H;'?f",ll'.;.'|U»'.p vf-'-i'!^ Jipi»iiiiii fjif I mwji^immifmw^ The Florists'Review Septeubkb 10, 1914. south rafters and 9-foot north rafters. Houses No. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are each 16x 90, extending only half as far west as the other houses. The smaller houses are the same height as the larger ones and are also three-quarter span. The houses are on a hillside, with No. 1 at the lowest part of the slope. The distance from the boiler to the point where the flow pipe enters the houses is about sixty feet. After enter- ing, the hou
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ,ni'.(;!i!H;'?f",ll'.;.'|U»'.p vf-'-i'!^ Jipi»iiiiii fjif I mwji^immifmw^ The Florists'Review Septeubkb 10, 1914. south rafters and 9-foot north rafters. Houses No. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are each 16x 90, extending only half as far west as the other houses. The smaller houses are the same height as the larger ones and are also three-quarter span. The houses are on a hillside, with No. 1 at the lowest part of the slope. The distance from the boiler to the point where the flow pipe enters the houses is about sixty feet. After enter- ing, the house, the 3-inch flow pipe is laid on the ground, sloping gradually uphill to the end of house No. 1; then uphill across Nos. 1, 2 and 3; then half- way back on No. 3, continuing uphill; then crossing the ends of Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7. The branch lines are taken from this and distributed through the houses, two under each gutter and the rest sus- pended from the roof. All the branch lines slope back toward the boiler and connect at the east end of the houses with the 2-inch return. Each branch line is fitted with a globe valve of the same size as the pipe, at the west end, and with a %- inch check valve at the east end. Is a %-inch check valve large enough for pipes of this length? The crops are grown on ground beds'. Lettuce is grown in fall and winter. In the spring Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are in tomatoes; Nos, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are in cucumbers. A temperature of 50 de- grees in zero weather is desired for Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and 60 degrees for No. 7, in which the cucumbers and tomatoes are started. There is a parti- tion between Nos. 3 and 4 and another between Nos. 6 and 7. The houses are the old wood-frame style, moderately exposed and not in first-class repair. From twenty to twenty-five pounds of steam are carried at the boiler during severe weather; yet at times the sys- tem clogs completely with water. It seems to me that a %-inch check valve is too small for the branch lines,
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