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The Florists^ Review 



July 26, 1917. 



HOW ABOUT THAT NEW BOILER? 



YOU ARE SAVING MONEY IF YOU 



Wilks Self-Feeding Hot Water 



BUILT FOR BEGINNERS 



It will stand between you and future 

 worry and unnecessary expense 



WILKS HOT WATER BOILERS 



are made of the best quality of steel, strongly riveted and calked, with no cast-iron 

 sections to crack. Our catalogue is yours for the asking. It tells all about our 

 heaters, shows their economy and gives a plan for heating a model greenhouse. 



S. WILKS MFG. CO., 3523 Shields Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Menrloii The KpvIpw when yoii wiiTe. 



At the east end of the main liouse, and 

 extending it to the same length as the 

 narrow houses, is the boiler room, 10x45. 



At present we are heating the houses 

 with an upright tubular boiler, which is 

 rated at twenty horsepower and has a 

 30-inch grate. We are using soft coal 

 as fuel and are carrying a steam pres- 

 sure of eighty pounds on the boiler and 

 twenty pounds on the pil)es, using the 

 Morehead traj) system. Tlie piping, as 

 now arranged, consists of one H-ineh 

 flow running the length of the large 

 house, under the ridge, and returning 

 through IVt-inch pipes at the sides of 

 the benches. There are four returns in 

 each of the narrow houses, and fourteen 

 in the main house. The principal crop 

 is carnations and the temperature 

 wanted is 50 degrees. 



Will a Xo. 311 Furman sectional cast- 

 iron boiler heat the houses to the tem- 

 perature desired, if we sink the boiler 

 in a pit and use a low-])ressure gravity 

 system f The grate of this boiler is 

 30x55 inches; length of boiler, eight and 

 one-half feet; width, four feet two 

 inches; number of sections, eleven; 

 diameter of stack, sixteen inches. Will 

 a 3-inch flow pipe be large enough ? The 

 boiler is tapj)ed for a 4-inch pipe. Will 

 smokeless soft coal be satisfactory or 

 should hard coal be used ? 



H. & W.— X. Y. 



While we have used Furman hot 

 water heaters and one of the smaller 

 sizes of Furman steam boilers, we have 

 never used the size referred to and can- 

 not speak of its capacity from personal 

 experience. However, judging from the 

 area of the grate, there should be no 

 difficulty in heating the houses de- 

 scribed with this l)oiler, using low- 

 pressure steam. 



It would be ])refera})le to use a 4-inch 

 main to suj)j>ly the steam for the three 

 houses, although a 3-inch flow would 

 answer for the main house, while a 

 2-inch flow i)ipe could be used in each 

 of the narrow houses. We would not 

 suggest any change in the jiijiing of the 

 houses, except that if a 2-inch flow pipe 

 is used in the narrow houses, only three 

 returns will be needed. By using a 

 boiler adapted for burning soft coal, 



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Meiitiou The Revlew^j^wn jou write. 



Pipe Fittings » imico Boilers 



-FOR GBXSNBOUBX WORK- 



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1801-1825 DIVKRSEY BOULEVARD CHICAGO 



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No. 200 Hot Water Heater 



In KreenbonBes, i;araK«8, hog and 

 ponltrr bouaea. Rmall balldlnss. 

 Lonls J. Li. Amoareanx, Norton, 

 Maaa., aaya: "Tear No. 200 Heater 

 cared for onr grreenhoaae, 76x14x9 

 ft., laat winter at 23 below cero." 



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 enlara of heatera and ateamera. 



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 Box F, Qnifton, IliinoU 



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pipe leak per- 

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 cheaply— use 

 Emergency 

 Pipe Clamps. 



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 Bonl., Chicaie. 



