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The Florists^ Review 



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IT PAYS TO USE- 

 PI A CTir prop RRirV in all your boiler work. 



LLftJlll/ IIHL VAltn Any handy man can install if. 



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 Broadbeck the Florist 

 are 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 



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other end of the house. If it can run 

 with the prevailing wind, we prefer the 

 direct draft. 



MORTAS FOR rUBNACE. 



How shall I mix mortar to be used for 

 a greenhouse furnace and fluet 



S. G. W.— Kan. 



To make a good mortar for a furnace 

 and flue, take one part of stone lime 

 and Portland cement and four parts of 

 sharp sand. Mix the sand and cement 

 thoroughly and then add the lime after 

 carefully slaking it. Use water enough 

 to make a fairly thick mortar. Care 

 should be taken only to mix a small 

 amount at a time, as it will set quickly. 



Most failures in making furnaces 

 come from allowing the mortar to set 

 too quickly. It is well to wet down 

 the bricks before using them, and for 

 ten days after the furnace and flue have 

 been built they should be wet down 

 whenever the mortar takes on a white 

 color, indicating that it is setting too 

 rapidly. The firepot of the furnace 

 should be lined with fire brick, and it 

 is generally advisable to use brick for 

 the first ten feet of the flue and line 

 with fire brick. For the mortar to he 

 used in laying the fire brick, fire clay 

 may be substituted for the cement. 



USE HOT WATER HEAT. 



I am building a small house 18x50, 

 wall four and one-half feet high, rafters 

 ten feet long, 18 inches of glass in the 

 walls and glass in one-half of the gables. 

 The house lies east and west and I have 

 the boiler room at the east end. Which 

 would you advise me to use, steam or 

 hot water heatf What size of main 

 should I usef How many and what size 

 of returns should I use and where should 

 they be placed! I have a 12-horsepower 

 upright boiler. Is it large enough f How 

 much lower should the boiler be placed 

 to insure a good return flowf 



E. E. H.— O. 



For a house of the size described we 

 would suggest the installation of a hot 

 water heating plant. The boiler on 

 hand will be amply large enough for 

 heating such a house, provided the open- 

 ings are of sufficient size and it can be 

 E laced so that the top of the boiler will 

 e below the level of the returns. It 

 will give good satisfaction if the returns 

 are at least three feet above the level 

 of the grate. 



No mention is ihade of the tempera- 

 ture desired in the house, but if 60 de- 



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BOILERS 



"A rhRin is no BtronKer 

 than Its weakest link." 



Your flrsst thought 

 for Greenhouse success 

 should be proper heat- 

 ing apparatus. 



Selecting the Bern- 

 hard means ubsence of 

 all worry for the busy 

 florist. 



We have a special 

 Testimonial Folder 

 that will be of great 

 interest. Gladly sent 

 on request. 



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i 101 Park Ave., KANAWHA MFG. COMPANY Cfcirlestss, i 



I Kew York City 175 W. Jackson Blvd., Ckicago, III. W.Vi. I 



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TUBING, ALL SIZES 



PIPE CUT TO SKETCH 



SECOND HAND PIPE 



Largs itook, all sizei. fnniished with new threads and oenplingi. 



JAMES Vm GnlFrlTHy phTladblphia, pa. 



Pipe Fittings - Imico Boilers 



FOR GREENHOUSE WORK 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



lSOl-1825 DIVERSEY BOULEVARD CHICAGO 



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Pipe and Tubes 



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Philidelphia Second Hand Pipa Supply 

 1003 N. 7Ib St. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



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BOILERS [«&!:.] BOILERS 



Selected Boiler Tubes 



All sizes for GREENHOUSE piping and retubinar 

 boilers. Tboronghly cleaned like NEW and trimmed^ 

 Complete stock of NEW and SECOND hand pipe, 

 valves, flnings, etc. 



LEVINE&CO., 3738 S.Haltted St .CHICUO.ILL. 

 Phone Boulevard il364 



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