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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBMBBB 11, 1920 



"X" BOILER LIQUID FINDS AND FIXES LEAKS 

 IN THE GREENHOUSE HEATING EQUIPMENT 



\X7HAT losses in a green- 

 '• house a faulty heating 

 system may cause ! 



Even if leaks do not cause 

 the shut-down of the plant, they 

 make it necessary to burn more 

 coal. 



Scale and rust in the system 

 also use up more coal — 25% 

 more for every one-eighth inch 

 of scale. 



PREVENTION against leaks. 



rust and scale is the best and 

 cheapest insurance. 



Add "X'' Boiler Liquid to the 

 water in the boiler. It works 

 from the inside, keeps the heat- 

 ing system clean and repairs 

 all leaks instantly. A perma- 

 nent, metal-like repair in half 

 an hour which will stand 500 

 lbs. pressure. 



Keep "X" Boiler Liquid in 

 the heating system constantly 

 for insurance and economy. 



Get "X" Liquid from your steamfitter— or we will ship direct, postage 



prepaid, on receipt of price. $6.00 per quart. $10.00 per half gallon. 



One quart of "X" Liquid for each six feet of grate. 



"X" 



LABORATORIES, 



25 West 45th Street, NEW YORK CITY 

 Pacific Coast Branch, 450 Rialto Bidg., San Francisco, Cal. 



house is 18x75 feet, with three feet of 

 concrete and thirty inches of glass in the 

 sides, and ten feet to the ridge. 



I intend to grow a general line of 

 potted plants for the retail trade. We 

 have a temperature sometimes as low as 

 10 degrees below zero. I want a boiler 

 large enough so that I can add a propa- 

 gating house, 10x20 feet. A. R. — Ih. 



To heat the residence, the office and 

 the three greenhouses, about 2,000 

 square feet of radiation will be re- 

 quired and to carry it with economy I 

 advise the use of a boiler rated at 2,500 

 square feet, or slightly more. 



The residence will require about 350 

 square feet, the office 150 feet, the 

 smaller greenhouse 700 feet and the 

 larger one 750 square feet, for 60 de- 

 grees. These figures may be reduced 

 about one-fourth if a temperature of 50 

 degrees will answer. 



To heat the greenhouses to 60 degrees, 

 you should use three 2%-inch flow pipes 

 and nine 2-inch returns. In case 50 de- 

 grees will suffice in zero weather, only 

 six returns will be needed. In the 

 propagating house use one 2%-inch flow 

 pipe and five 2-inch returns. 



SIZE OF PIPE. 



I am building a greenhouse 18x50 

 feet. It is nine feet high at the ridge 

 and four feet at the eaves. The north 

 side is of wood and the south side of 

 glass. The house is protected on the 

 east by a residence and on the west by 

 the boiler room. I have an 8-horsepower 

 upright tubular boiler and should like 

 to heat to 60 degrees. Please inform me 

 what size of pipe to use, how many 

 mains and returns, and what arrange- 



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You don't havo to sit up and watch a 



Let as teU roo what one 



T^^r '^i^^'S^t^o^. I GIBLIN GREENHOUSE BOILER 



WRITE NOW. 



GIBLIN & CO. 



UTICA, N. Y. 



COAL —GREENHOUSE— COAL 



We caH make reasonably prompt shipment. Write us today. 



The Greenhouse Coal & Supply Co., 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



TUBING, ALL SIZES 



PIPE CUT TO SKETCH 



SECOND HAND PIPE 



Large stock, all sizes, furnished with new threads and couplings. 



JAMES F. GRIFFITH, 



416-24 Moyer Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The BcTlew when yon write. 



Pipe Fittings - Imico Boilers 



FOR GREENHOUSE WORK 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



1801-1828 DIVERSEY BOULEVARD CHICAGO 



ment of the same would be best suited 

 to my needs. S. P. — Ind. 



Whether steam or hot water is to be 

 used for heating the house is not stated. 



The steam boiler may be used for either. 

 Hot water will require considerably less 

 attention, however, and on thia account 

 will be preferable. 



For heating with hot water use three 



