October 2, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



109 



IT PAYS TO USE — 



FIA^TIf prop RVirV in all your boiler work. 



LLllJllt 1 UIL mUl/ll Any handy man can install it 



Use it for patching when you cannot afford to cut a boiler out. 

 ELASTIC FIRE BRICK can be used for all fire brick purposes. 



Hoerber Bros.» Geo. Wittbold Co., Miller Bros., C. Hausermann^ John Reading and Broadbeclc tlie Florist 

 arc using Elastic Lining. These are only a few of the thousands we are selling. 



IT COMES IN BARRELS READY FOR USE. A TRIAL ORDER WILL CONVINCE YOU. 



TeL CANAL 1013 



CURRAN & COMPANY 



1163-67 W. Twentieth Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Address Dept. 6 



Mention The Beylew when you write. 



2 A. M. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



middle flow pipe at the farther end of 

 the house and with it connect two pipes 

 under each of the middle benches. 



DIRECTION OF GUTTER SLOPE. 



We have just completed two houses, 

 each 21x95, heated with hot water. The 

 foreman furnished by the company from 

 whom we purchased the houses, sloped 

 the gutters so that all the water runs 

 to the service building. Wc objected 

 and wanted the gutters sloped so that 

 the drainage would be in the other direc- 

 tion, as that was the way the ground 

 sloped, but he insisted that all houses 

 heated with hot water should slope to- 

 ward the service building, and that is 

 the way he put the house up. Other 

 greenhouse men tell us that we were 

 right and the foreman wrong. 



M. E. C— Kan. 



In the days when 4-inch cast-iron pipe 

 was used in heating greenhouses with 

 hot water, it was considered advisable 

 to run the flow pipes uphill and to place 

 the returns underneath with the same 

 slope toward the boiler, and it was then 



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yfltftf Afffrf Points the 

 I SYSXEIM Economy of Fuel 



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EOIN NOW to find ont about the "Morehead" System. Send right away 

 for the "Morehead" book for florists. In it you will find an easily under- 

 stood discussion of the boiler and condensation Question from the prao- 

 tloal standpoint of the Grower of Flowers. Write for this help TODAY. 



= MOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



Dept. "M" 



299 



DETROIT, MICH. = 



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BOILER 



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FLUES 



We makes specialty of faandlln? 

 carefully B«'lected Boiler Fluen. 4 

 Inches in diameter and other sizes 

 for Ketabincr Boilers. Also 

 Flues for greenhouse pIpLncc, etc. 



All flues are thoroughly cleaned 

 inside and out, trimmed and are 

 ready for use. General sales aRent 

 for Stuttle's P«tent Clamp and El- 

 bow for Joining flues — no packing, 

 DO leaks. New Standard Pipe and 

 all kinds of Greenhouse Fittings. 

 Rlghtprlcesand promptshlpment. 

 H. MUNSON 

 Est. 1898 Phone Superior 572 

 1483 M. Wells St.. Chicacro 







Pipe and Tubes 



AU SIZES CUT TS SRETCM 



Philadelphia Second Hand Pipe Supply 



1003 N. 7th St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



WILKS SELF-FEEDING 

 HOT WATER BOILER 



For Economy, Durability, Dependability 



BOILERS [>£':.] BOILERS 



Selected Boiler Tubes 



All sizes for GREENHOUSE piping and retubing 

 boilers. ThorouRhly cleaned like NKW and trimmed. 

 Complete stock of NEW and SECOND hand pipe, 

 valves, fittings, etc. 



LEVINE & CO., 3738 S. Halsteri SI , CHICAGO. ILL. 



Phone Boulevard 9354 



customary to build the houses with the 

 gutters draining toward the end where 

 the boiler was located. 



Under the modern method for pip- 

 ing greenhouses heated with hot water, 

 the flow pipes are placed overhead and 

 arc run downhill, and the returns are 

 on the walls or under the benches. When 

 the houses are piped in this way, there 



Install a WILKS 

 and forget your 

 troubles. 



No night fire- 

 man required— 

 as the magazine 

 or coal chamber 

 holds sufficient 

 fuel to keep Are 

 10 to 12 hours 

 without atten- 

 tion. Best made 

 for a small 

 greenhouse. 



Send for Catalogue 

 and Prices 



Telapbone 

 Tarda 866 



S. WILKS 

 MFG. CO. 



3523 Shields Ave., 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Reriew when yon write. 



PIPE 



Wrought Iron of ■ound second-hand Quality 

 with new threads and couplins, 18-ft. lengths 

 and up. Also pipe cut t« sketch. We guarantee 

 entire satisfaction or return money, 



ALSO NEW PIPE ANB FITTINGS 



Pfaff & Kendall, F.?,^i;^. Newark, N. J . 



Always nvaition the Florists* Review wlien 

 writini; advertisers. 



