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The Florists' Review 



91 



IMICO 



HOT WATER BOILERS 



ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR 

 GREENHOUSE WORK 



Are noted for coal economy 

 and good results generally. 



Are constructed so as to ex- 

 pose the greatest possible 

 heating surface to the direct 

 action of the fire, thereby 

 effecting a considerable sav- 

 ing of fuel. . 



Wrought Iron and Steel Pipe, Malleable and Cast Iron 



Fittings carried in stock 



IF YOU 

 BEST SPECIFY 



m 



WANT THE 

 THIS BRAND 



Illinois Malleable Iron Co.,i80i-25 Divorsey Parkway, Chicago, III. 



PUT YOUR HEATING PROBLEMS 

 == UP TO = 



Robt Ross Jones 



HARRISBURG, PA. 



Who Makea a Specialty of Cor- 

 rectingr Defective Green- 

 house Heating Syatems. 



. Mention The Review when yon write. 



which can see the advantage of select- 

 ing its customers under the cover of the 

 flurry and arranging to take care of 

 them for the season on an equitable 

 basis. 



Not by any means all the excitement 

 18 created by those who are large han- 

 dlers of West Virginia smokeless coals 

 (the output of these is about 12,000,000 

 tons per year). The Indiana and Dli- 

 nois block people are not slow to aid 

 the talk of a soaring market for the 

 higher grade fuel; it gives them a chance 

 to boost their own prices. As a matter 



A^^^' ™°'^* °^ ^^^^^ ^^0 sell Indiana 

 and Illinois coals are not anxious to 

 book future business at this time, pre- 

 lerring to see how far prices will go. 



Some of the large growers who have 

 bought smokeless coal in the past have 

 already announced that they will go 

 back to the cheaper article if the price 

 ot smokeless keeps on going up and 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



How to Heat a Small Greenhouse 

 with Complete Satisfaction 



CFull ioformation is given in the new Wilks catalogue. 

 Shall we send it to you ?— Now ? 



READ THIS: New Orleaus. La.. Oct.21, 1909. 



8. Wilks Mfg. Co. 



I have been usinsr two of your heaters in a 20x300- 

 foot house for growintr cucumbers. I have been using 

 them seven years with perfect satisfaction. 



Wm. Nelson. 



Wilks Self-feeding Hot Water Boilers 



heat up to 3000 sq. ft. of glass ; require no 

 night firing; are built entirely of steel. 



WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS 



S. WILKS MFG. CO., HhIc AGO 



their lead is likely to be followed by 

 many. 



BUrLDINO AND PIPING. 



I am expecting to build greenhouses 

 in the fall. Will you kindly give me 

 some instruction and advice through 

 The Review t The lot to be used as a 

 site is eighty feet long from east to 



west and fifty feet wide from north to 

 south. There is a street at the east 

 end of it. Which would be preferable, 

 two houses,, each 20x80,- running east 

 and west, or shorter houses running 

 north and • south? . How thick should 

 concrete walls be for the outside, and 

 what proportions of sand, cinders and 

 cement would be best? If steam heat 

 is used, how many lines of 2-inch pipe 



