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160 



The Florists' Review 



Deciubbr 11, 1919. 



IT PAYS TO USE- 

 PI A CTir PIRP RRirV in all your boiler work. 



LLlllllll/ IIRL Uail/n 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., G«o. Wittbold Co.* Miller Bros., C. Haasermann, John Reading and Broadbeck the Florist 

 are using Elastic Lining. These are only a few of the thousands we are selling. .^i^-, 



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 Reylew when you write. 



place an air valve at the lower end of 

 each of the coils. For a house of this 

 size it would be desirable to use a 

 gravity system, placing the top of the 

 boiler at least two feet and preferably 

 four feet below the lower ends of the 

 coils. 



PIPINa A SMAU. HOUSE. 



My new greenhouse is 10x25 feet, 

 with 16-inch wood side walls and two 

 glass gable ends. The benches are of 

 earth, the path being sunken. It is 

 seven feet from the bottom of the path 

 to the ridge. Over the benches the glass 

 pitches from sixteen inches on the low 

 side to four feet on the high side. The 

 house is roofed with sashbars and 

 16x18 double-strength glass. The 

 boiler pit is in the center of one of the 

 side benches and the stack passes di- 

 rectly up through the roof. Will a 

 1-inch flow pipe running overhead and 

 connected with four half-inch return 

 pipes running around three sides of the 

 house heat it enough for pansies and 

 geraniums during weather 10 degrees 

 below zero! If not, what should I 

 have? E. B. K— Mich. 



I am not sure how it is proposed to 

 run the pipes. If the flow pipe goes 

 from the boiler to one end of the house 

 and the four half-inch returns run 

 around the house from that point to 

 the boiler, leaving half of one side and 

 half of one end of the house without 

 radiation, there would be a little less 

 than forty square feet of radiation. 

 Under proper conditions this would 

 keep out frost, except perhaps along 

 the side where there is no radiation; 

 this side might be used for pansies. 



I should advise piping the house with 

 the idea of maintaining 40 degrees in 

 zero weather, although 32 to 35 degrees 

 would answer for stock geraniums and 

 even less would do for pansies. For 

 propagating the geraniums in the spring 

 it will be advisable to have a minimum 

 temperature of 50 degrees. 



The principal objection to the plan of 

 piping proposed is that even in a small 

 house half -inch pipe is too small to be 

 used with hot water heat. I should 

 advise running a l^/^-inch pipe from the 

 boiler to a point just under the ridge 

 and then with a slight slope to the end 

 where the door is located. From there, 

 run one coil of two 1%-inch pipes 

 around the wall to the heater and an- 

 other coil of two 1^-inch pipes from 

 the door direct to the heater, thus plac- 

 ing a coil completely around the house 



Heat 

 Bulletin 



CONVINCING 

 BOILER FACTS 



The Bemhard Boil«r is 



YOUR Boiler, because it 

 embodies features of 

 prime importance to the 

 greenhouse man. 



''Lowest Water Line" 



—is just on* of its ad- 

 vantages. 



Let oar catalogue "I" tell yoa. 

 Sent on request. 



101 Park Ave., 

 New York Giy 



KANAWHA MFG. COMPANY 



175 West Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO. ILL. 



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BOILER FLUES 



We make a specialty of handllo^ 

 carefully selected Boiler Flues, 4 

 Inches In diameter and other slzies 

 for R«tabiiiK Boilers. Also 

 Fines for greenhouse plplnv, etc. 



All flues are tborouRhU cleaned 

 Inside and out, trimmed and are 

 ready for use. Oeneral sales agent 

 for Stuttle's Pntent Clamp and El- 

 bow for joining flues— no packing, 

 no leaks. New Standard Pipe and 

 ail kinds of Oreenhouse Fittings. 

 Right prices and promptalilpmeat. 

 H. filDNSON 

 Est. 1898 Phone Superior E72 

 1483 v. Wells St.. OhtctUTO 



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FISHER GREENHOUSE 



FUEL ECONOMIZERS 



FISHER GOVERNOR CO. 



■omaOfttoa— MARBHAIXTOWN. lA. 



Branches in Principal Oltlsa. 



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except where the door is located. While 

 the larger size is preferable, it will an- 

 swer if a 1^-inch pipe is used for the 

 flow and three 1-inch pipes are placed in 

 the coils. It will, of course, be neces- 

 sary to place a small expansion tank on 

 the highest part of the flow pipe. This 

 may be made quite flat, so that it will 

 not take much room. 



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I Uniform Heat | 



I for Flowers I 



The Morehead Back-to- Boiler Sys- 

 tem keeps your steam lines clear of 

 condensation. 



Uniform temperature throughout 

 your greenhouse is assured. 



Fuel is saved — because the conden- 

 sation is returned to the boilers as 

 hot, pure water— ready to burst into 

 steam. 



Let us send you complete informa- 

 tion about the Morehead System. 



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Petoskey, MlclL — F. J. Earle, who has 

 been growing gladioli for several years, 

 expects next year to plant an acre of 

 them entirelj. 



