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The Florists^ Review 



AiGiST 23. 1917. 



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WILKS SELF-FEEDING HOT WiLTER BOILER 

 for ECONONY, DURABILITY, DEriDABIUTY 



Install a WILKS and forget your troiableS' 



NO NIGHT FIREMAN RIOgUlRED with the WILKS 

 SELF-FEEDING BOILERS, as the magaszine or coal 

 chamber holds sullicient fuel to keep lire 10 • to 1 2 hours 

 without attention. Hest made for a small greenhouse. 



Send for Catalogmie and Prices 



S. WILKS MANUFACTURING CO. 



3523 Shields Avenue, CHIC^AGO, ILL. 



ESTABLISHED 1857 4 



» T£LEPHONE YARDS 866 



Mention Th** Uhvihw wh^n \ hm vxrilfr' 



SET YOUR BOILER RIGHT 



We make a specialty of all kinds of flre-brick 

 work. No oilier Is too larKe, ami the smallest order 

 receives the same caieful attention. Let us call on 



roo. 



Estimates cheerfully furnished. 



PETER KNOWE & SON 



315 Chamber of Commerce HUlg. 

 133 West WashhiKton Street, CHICAGO. ILL. 



Phone Main 3766 



Greenhouse Heating. 



NO AIR VALVES NEEDED. 



1 ;nn |il;iiiiiing to Imil.l ;ni Milditioii to 

 iiiv i^rci-iihoiisc. acronliii;^ to tlie t'li- 

 closc.l ]il;iii. Till' liouses will In' l'Vcii 

 span, clt'vtMi I'ct't hi«ili to the ii.l<,a' aiil 

 seven fcot liioli to tlio jiL-itc Tlie soutli 

 wall -will consist of two feet of concrt'to 

 blocks niiii li\«' fo't of glass. Tlie north 

 side will lie l>o;nilt'il. witli taiTi'.l itaptT 

 on the (uitsiilc. Tin' west ond of tli'_' 

 soutli liousf will have three feet of sid- 

 ing and llie remiiiiidei- will he glass. 

 The west end of the north house will be 

 protected by the workroom. The east 

 enfl of liotii liouses will contain about 

 thirtv-1 luce square feet of glass; the 

 rest will be side. I u|i. J have a No. 4 

 Kroesrli(dl boiln- aiiil shall use a hot 

 water system. I wish to use L* imdi 

 pipe for letiii'iis and J want a tein]MT;i 

 ture of •;.■) to 70 degrees in zero weather. 

 Where is the best ])la('C to coniu'ct the 

 pipe for the cxiian-ioii tank.' Will it 

 be )iecessar\- to put ;iir \al\es in the 

 returns.' li. .\. I'.. Mi-h. 



As nearly as we can make oiit from the 

 sket(di an.i descrijit ion. tin' south lunise 

 is Hxl-^. uitii li\e feet of ^la^s in the 

 south wall. The other lumse is ll\:;"i. 

 with the wiiiluoum and bidler <ellar at 

 the west end. 



To keep U|i .-I tini|ierat Ulc ot' 7<i dr 

 grees in zero weathiT. wf wouM lun 

 three L' ' ■_. imdi llow iiijies in ea. h house. 

 I'lace one njion eaidi ]ilate and the other 

 two feet below the ridge. Ill the south 

 house run twidve '2 iiu h returns, ar 

 ranged in tliri'o cidls. l"or the north 

 house use ten returns, in three coils. If 

 the niaij) flow ]ii]'e to e.acli house, which 

 should lie ;*> indi. has a slight slojie and if 

 the expansion tank is coiinei ted with tlo^ 



Greenhouise Heating 



THE THATCHER 

 "PROGRESS" Hot 

 Water Heater has many 

 special features of in- 

 terest to every green- 

 house owner. 



Lowest construction. 



Quick and positive circu- 

 laliou. 



Triple fire travel. 



Made in 4(5 sizes. 



Maintains even tempera- 

 ture. 



Requires little fuel and 

 care. 



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THATCHER FURNACE COMPANY 



Si^^<■|■ IH.><l 

 .M:ik»Ts (if Cii Mil) Hdiisc llintcis ami Kitclien Ilaniri-H 



NKW Y<HtK CHICAGO 



l;n-i:{7 \V«-st :{.-.lh St n-et i;i4-ltO West Lake street 



No. T'.'rt.W "I'roL'ii'ss" " (in'('iiliou>ie Hot Wss'lcr II <-:itiM. 



Mention The Kew<='lf« when rnu write 



Pipe FiHings — Imico Boilers 



-rOR GREEir^OITSK WOBE- 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



1801-1825 DIVERSET BOULIBVARX> CHICAGO 



Mention The Rpt1» «'wwfi«»n ynii ^v^rlt^. 



Dixon's Graphite 

 Pipe Joint Compound 



SavcH tliii«', money, temper 

 ami toolrt. .Makes tighter 

 JoiiifH. Xcvcr wets like a 

 cement. Kfepf joints well 

 liil)i iciitecl . Send for book- 

 let No. , 54 -I). 



Jiseph Dixon Crucible Cimpany 

 Jersey City, N. J. 



Always mention the Florists* Review when 

 writing advertisers. 





Use Rippley's 



No. 200 Hot Water Heater 



In nrreenhouBes, i^araKea, hof; and 

 poultry houses, small bulldlnirg. 

 Louis J. L. Amoureaux, Norton. 

 Mags., says: "Your No. 20U Heater 

 cared for our frreenhouse, 75x14x9 

 ft., last winter at 23 below zero." 



Mail orders direct. Write forcir- 

 CDlars of tieaters and steamers. 



RIPPLEY MPG. & STEEL BOAT CO. 



Box F, Qrafton, Illinois 



Mrntlon The Review when you write. 



