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The Florists' Review 



May 26, 1921 



IT PAYS 



TO USE— 



ELASTIC FIRE BRICK 



In AH Your 

 Boiler Work 



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. 



Hocrber Bros., Geo. WIttbold Co., Miller Bros., C. Hansermann, 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. ATRIAL ORDER WILL CONVINCE YOU. 



Tel. CANAL 1013 



CURRAN & COMPANY 



1183-67 W. Twentieth Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Address Dept. 6 



floor, which is some three feet below 

 the surface. The gables and roof are 

 constructed with double glass, betweeii 

 which there is five-eighths of an incii of 

 dead air space. "Would a small oil heater 

 carry the load if the greenhouse were 

 covered with mats on the coldest nights? 



C. M. T.— 111. 



There will be no diflQculty in heating 

 the greenhouse as proposed with an or- 

 dinary oil heating stove in ordinary 

 winter weather, and with the use of 

 mats when the temperature drops be- 

 low 10 degrees above zero. 



It will be desirable to provide some 

 way for carrying off the gases from 

 the combustion of the oil. Serious 

 harm may be done if the heater is 

 permitted to fill the greenhouse with 

 smoke and soot. 



HEATING WITH GAS. 



My 3,300 feet of glass is not largo 

 enough to warrant the services of a 

 night fireman and I am not inclined to 

 do the work myself, since at night it 

 is necessary to get a fire under the 

 boiler every ninety minutes in zero 

 weather, an activity that my daily occu- 

 pation and health hardly permit. So 

 I have become interested in the matter 

 of heating by gas. I am told that a gas 

 plate can be connected to my boiler 

 in such a way as to eliminate all danger 

 from the escape of gas fumes and that 

 the heating can be handled at a saving 

 of at least one-third of the present cost. 

 This seems logical, as my western hard 

 coal bill for the last three years has 

 averaged $1,800, and more than 100 tons 

 have been consumed. But I hesitate in 

 the matter because I have always heard 

 that gas is highly injurious to plant life. 

 My heating plant is located under the 

 potting and packing room and is divided 

 from the greenhouses proper by a frame 

 partition which is by no means air- 

 tight. There is a 30-foot brick stack on 

 my boiler. Can an arrangement be per- 

 fected to operate successfully and with 

 no danger to the beddiiig stock, carna- 

 tions and other greenhouse stock? 



R. A. H.— Neb. 



While it is true that coal gas in any 

 appreciable amount is fatal to plant 

 life, there would not be any grea,t 

 danger from its use under the condi- 

 tions mentioned, provided reasonable 

 precautions are taken. It would be 

 advisable to make the partition as nearly 

 gas-proof as possible by means of build- 

 ing-paper and to provide for the ventila- 

 tion of the boiler room, as a precau- 

 tion in case any gas might escape. With 

 everything working right, there should 

 be no danger. 



The data given above have been noted, 



Sjoxehead 



Points the 

 Way to 

 Economy of Fuel 



IS 



EGIN NOW to find out 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 prac- 

 tical standpoint of the grower of flowers. Write for this help TODAY. 



MOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



Dept. "M" 299 DETROIT, MiCH. 



Mentton Tl>« Berlew wb«n you write. 



It Lets the Florist Sleep 



You don't have to sit up and watch a 



Liet ns teU yon what one 



rz '^giSi.Srsy.i.oS! I giblin greenhouse boiler 



4V» ITE NOW. 



GIBLIN d, CO. 



UTICA, N. Y. 



Pipe Fittings - Imico Boilers 



-FOR GREENHOUSB WORK- 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



1801-1826 DIVERSEY BODLEVARD 



CHICAGO 



PIPE- 



Wrought Iron of sound second-hand quality 

 with new threads and cjupling, 16- ft. lengths 

 and up. Also pipe cut to sketch. We guarantee 

 entire satisfaction or return money. 



ALSO NEW PIPE AND FITTINGS 



PI aff & Kendall, ^UTi,. Newark, N. J. 



PIPE AND FLUES s^eLonTh\n"^ 

 pipe, with new threads and couplings, in 

 random lengths or cut lengths. Also make a 

 specialty %l handling boiler flues for retub- 

 ing boilers ©r for greenhouse piping. All 

 flues are trimmed and thoroughly cleaned by 

 machine. JOHN GROH 

 1885 Clybourn Ave. CHICA<iO. IIvL. 



such as the necessity of firing every 

 sixty to ninety minutes, and the use of 

 over 100 tons of coal for lieating a 

 greenhouse containing 3,300 square feet 

 of glass for carnations. It would apjiear 

 that there is something radically wrong 

 with the heating system. We have 

 heated 5,000 square feet of glass to 55 

 degrees for the seven winter months 

 with twenty tons of Pennsylvania an- 

 thracite coal, and although it sometimes 

 dropped to 5 fo 8 degrees below zero, 

 the fire was generally left seven or even 

 eight hours at night, and for five or six 

 hours even in zero weather. 



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BOILER FLUES 



We make a Bpeclalty of bandllnff 

 carefully selected Boiler Flues. 4 

 inches in diameter and otiier sizes 

 for Retabincr Boilers. Also 

 Fines for greenliouse piping, etc. 



All flues are thoroughly cleaned 

 inside and out. trimmed and are 

 ready for use. Oeneral sales agent 

 for Stuttle's Patent Clamp and El- 

 bow for joining flues— no packing, 

 no leaks. New Standard Pipe and 

 all kinds of Greenhouse Fittings. 

 Klgbt prices and prompt shipment. 

 H. MUNSOM 



Est. 1898 Phone Superior E72 

 1488 N. Wells St.. Ghioaco 



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Mention The BcTlew when yon writs. 



Pipe— Second - Hand 



ALL SIZES FITTINGS 

 AND BOILER TUBES. 



Pipe cut 

 to sketch. 



We guarantee entire satisfac- 

 tion or money refunded. 



Philadelphia Second-Hand Pipe Supply Ce. 



1003 N. 7tli Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



We liave liad no experience with west- 

 ern hard coal, but, with a heating plant 

 of ample capacity and with the radia- 

 tion properly arranged, it should be pos- 

 sible to reduce materially the amount 

 of coal as well as attendance. 



