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The Florists' Review 



NOTBMBBB 6, 1910. 



IT PAYS TO U 



PI A^Tir FTOF RRirV in all your boiler work. 



LLHllllt' IIHL imil/DL Any lu^yman can instaU it. 



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

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



Hoerber Bros., Geo. Wittbold Co., Miller Bros., C. Haasermami, John Reading and Broadbeck the 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 DepL 6 



be only a few feet in length the ad- 

 vantages from the larger mains will 

 make it worth while to use them. 



HEATING OAUFOBNIA HOUSEa 

 I am building four greenhouses, each 

 20x60 feet. The walls are six feet high, 

 with two feet of glass and four feet of 

 boards. The ridge is twelve feet high. 

 These greenhouses run north and south. 

 It never gets colder than 20 degrees 

 above zero and there is little wind and 

 no snow. I wish to heat these houses 

 to 60 degrees with hot water. The 

 boiler will be placed northeast of the 

 first greenhouse; that is, the one on the 

 east side. What size of boiler shall I 

 need! Should it be placed in a pit and 

 if 80, how deep a pitt How shall I run 

 the piping and what size of pipe shall I 

 need! Do I need an expansion tank, 

 and. if so, where shall I place itt 

 * G. F. M.— Cal. 



For heating these four houses, we 

 should select a boiler rated for approx- 

 imatelv 1,600 square feet of hot water 

 radiation. The size of grate will vary 

 somewhat in different boilers, but one 

 that is 28x30 inches should be sufficient- 

 ly large. If possible, have the top of 

 the boiler lower than the lower end of 

 the returns. 



For heating each house we should 

 run a 2%-inch flow pipe on each plate 

 and place underneath each flow pipe, 

 either on the walls or under the side 

 benches, a coil of three 2-inch returns. 

 One of these flow pipes may start from 

 the boiler and the others may be sup- 

 plied by means of a 4-inch main. The 

 returns should be connected with the 

 boiler by pipes of the same capacity 

 as the flows. 



Give the flow pipes a slight fall and 

 connect each of them at the highest 

 point with the expansion tank. 



HOW TALL A SMOKESTACK? 



We have a boiler, but do not know 

 how tall a smokestack we need. The 

 boiler is 108 inches long, thirty inches 

 in diameter, and has twenty 3-inch flues. 

 The place where the stack fits on is 

 oval in shape and measures 30x48 inches. 

 What would be the radiation and rating 

 of this boiler T We intend to build a 

 greenhouse twentv feet wide, with one 

 row of glass on the sides, and a 16x24- 

 foot house eight feet in height at the 

 ridge. We desire to maintain a tem- 

 perature of about 60 degrees when it 

 is 10 degrees below zero outdoors. 



W. E. B.— N. Y. 



The boiler described is probably rated 



A Prominent Carnation Grower Says This 

 About the Standard Recording Thermometer 



ORDER NOW 

 $35.00 



Lancaster, Pa. 

 Standard Thermometer Co., Boston, Mass. 



Gentlemen: Please send me 25 record plates 

 like the enclosed sample, and I want to say that 

 the machine, bought a good many years back, 

 is keeping up its good work right along. I think 

 it a very useful adjunct to good plant growing, 

 and it should be in every greenhouse, as refer- 

 ence to it may often tell what is wrong with a 

 batch of plants. Very truly yours, 



Albert M. Herr. 



The actuating element of the Standard Record- 

 ing Thermometer is of lamina metal, which, be- 

 sides being extremely sensitive to temperature 

 changes, is practically indestructible. Record 

 charts are furnished either daily or weekly, and 

 the whole mechanism is contained in an attractive 

 metal case fitted with lock and key, which insures 

 the record from being tampered with. 



The clock movement is of extremely high grade; 

 everything about the instrument is up to the high- 

 est possible standard of manufacture. 



STANDARD THERMOMETER COMPANY 



65 Shirley Street, 75-19 BOSTON, MASS. 



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IMICO 



Hot Water Boilers 



Made by 



Illinois Malleable Iron Co. 



180M825 Divmey Boolevwd 



CHICAGO 



Are noted for COAL ECONOMY and 

 good result^ generally. 



SKND FOR CATALOQUI 



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E I^VEOIN NOW to find out about the "Morehead" System. Send right away E 



S I V^ for the "Morehead" book for florists. In it you will find an easily under- : 



Z I Kj stood discussion of the boiler and condensation Question from the pirno* S 



= UadI tloal standpoint of the Grower of Flowers. Write for this help TOOAT. = 



i MOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



Dept. "M" 



299 



DETROIT. MICH. I 



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