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The Rorists' Review 



November 16, 1918. 



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r WHEN YOU BUY A 



WILKS SELFFEEDIKG HOT WATER BOILER 



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Wilks Hot Water Boilers are made of the best quality of 

 steel, strongly riveted and calked, with no cast iron sections to 

 crack and leak. 



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 their economy and gives specimen plans for heating a model greenhouse. 



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Established 1857 



Telephone Yards 866 



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SuBSCBiBERS are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 ftnj details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Review 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 speciid 

 field of its adaptation. 



ABOUT BOILEB COMPOUNDS. 



Will you kindly give ua some advice 

 as to the selection of a good boiler com- 

 pound? One of our engineers is desir- 

 ous of using coal oil, but we are some- 

 what skeptical about its effects, never 

 having heard of its being used as a 

 boiler compound. Do you know any- 

 thing about it! What compound do you 

 consider the best? C. W. D. — la. 



Especially when none of the pre- 

 pared boiler compounds is readily avail- 

 able, coal oil (kerosene) is often used 

 and it gives satisfactory results, not 

 only in the boiler itself but in the heat- 

 ing coils, where it lessens oxidation. 

 About one pint per month is used for a 

 50-horsepower boiler, and the same pro- 

 portion in larger and smaller boiler's. 



Another material which serves the 

 same purpose, and which is readily ob- 

 tainable, is sal soda. One pound of 

 this may be dissolved in a gallon of 

 water and used in a SO-horsepower 

 boiler. It will cause the water to foam 

 and after four or five days the boiler 

 should be thoroughly washed out. 



The various proprietary boiler com- 

 pounds on the market are quite similar 

 in their composition and differ but lit- 

 tle in value. We would use the brand 

 carried by the nearest dealer in ma- 

 chine supplies. 



USING 2-INCH PIPE. 



I am building a new house 14x50, 

 running east and west. The south side 

 will have three and one-half feet of 



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PETER KNOWE & SON 



315 Chamber of Commerce Bldgr. 

 138 West Washington Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Phone Main 3766 



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H. H. LINEAWEAYER & CO., Inc. 



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PIPE 



Wrought Iron of sound second-hand quality 

 with new threads and coupling, 16-ft. lengths 

 and up. Also pipe cut to sketch. We guarantee 

 entire satisfactioa or return money. 



Established 1902. 



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cement blocks and three and one-half 

 feet of glass. The north side and ends 

 will be boarded up, with paper on the 

 outside. The boiler will be at the north- 

 west corner of the house. At the south 

 side and center will be raised benches; 

 at the north side a raised bench twenty- 

 five feet long and twenty-five feet of 

 solid bed. I wish to maintain a temp- 

 erature of 65 to 70 degrees, with 50 to 

 60 degrees at night, fn zero weather. 

 Shall use hot water, with 2-inch pipe. 

 How shall I pipe it? E. A. B. — Mich. 



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For heating a greenhouse 14x50 feet, 

 with glass as described, to 55 degrees at 

 night, we would run three 2-inch flow 

 pipes and six 2-inch returns. Place one 

 flow on each plate and the other two 

 feet below the ridge. Connect each 

 flow with two 2-inch returns, carrying 

 the coil on the north side on the wall 

 and the others under the benches. There 

 will be no diflftculty in maintaining a 

 temperature of 65 degrees during the 

 day. 



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If the flow pipes run downhill and 

 are connected with the expansion tank 

 at their highest points there will be no 

 occasion for using air cocks. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The IMarket. 



The market was heavily stocked with 

 cut flowers last week. Every effort was 

 made by the wholesalers to dispose of 

 the large receipts and the quantity of 

 flowers sold was surprising, few of 

 them going to the dump. This week 

 will see a difference in the supply of 

 stock, as some of the growers have 

 practically cut all their mums. Prices 

 on all cut flowers were low during the 

 week; large mums and pompons were 

 more plentiful than ever before in this 

 market. 



