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June 21, 1006. 



The Wcdkly Florists^ Review. 



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^Our Customcfirs Talk For Us. 



Christ MuNO. Evanston. 111. '„' ''^ ' j.^, 



"We have had four of your boilers. The first grave us tnir- 



te«n years* ssrvlce, the second ooe eleven years, and the other 



two were put in in the last two seasons. 



"We used the first two boilers nine years before we bad to 



put In new flues. We have not used any other boilers, but our 



neighbors have other makes, and the life of their boilers is from 



three to four years shorter than ours. 



"We are satisfied with the boilers in every possible way.' 



Grant Newport, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



"I boueht a No. 2 boiler in 1902. Takes care of 7,000 sq. ft. of 

 glass; would take care of 2,000 more. I have had a oaBt-tron 



boiler, but It broke down twice in four rears, always in 

 the coldest weather. It broke down i lecember 20, l'.)04, and I lost 

 all my stock in consequence. I have now two No. 2 Kroe- 

 schell boilers, and do not worry about their breaking down." 



Jacob Phillip, Rogers Park, 111. 



"I bought a No. 10 boiler in 1901. Have 20.000 sq. ft. of glass. 

 We keep temperature at 60 degrees in the coldest weather. I liave 

 had one Kroescbell boiler 15 years, and the only repairs 

 were a set of flues. Your boiler is so satisfactory to me that I do 

 not care to try any other. Please enter my order for another 

 No. 8. delivered in July." 



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One boiler (one fire) largest size, No. 14, will take care of 36,000 square feet of g^Iass. 



Boilers made of steel plate, not cast-iron. 



Shaking or stationary grates; any kind of fuel: hard coal, soft coal or wood. 



Flows and returns in number and size to suit the purchaser. 



Order now; we will ship the boiler when you want it and ask no pay until boiler is shipped. 



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TANKS AND PIPING. 



I am building three houses, and I 

 want to pipe them for 50 degrees in zero 

 weather. Please give me some ideas. 

 The top of my boiler, on account of 

 •drainage, stands about two feet above 

 tl\e level of the floor, so that the return 

 pipes are about on a level with it. By 

 putting in a closed expansion tank, 

 ■would results be better? Please tell me 

 what capacity of tank I would need. 

 Would a 4-inch return pipe in each side 

 Avail of the houses 33x80 feet, sides three 

 feet, ridge nine feet, be successful, with 

 a 2-inch pipe in the middle, and a 4-inch 

 one for flow? By having a 4-inch on the 

 side I would have more fall to the boiler. 

 The other houses are 22x90, sides four 

 feet, ridge eight feet, and 11x104, sides 

 tour feet, ridge eight feet. 



M. M. W. 



Not necessarily a closed expansion tank, 

 but one of good size, say fifty gallons, 

 olevated fifteen feet or more above the 

 level of the top of the boiler, should 

 prove an advantage. The manner in 

 which you purpose to arrange the piping 

 m the house is not clear and I fear that 

 my suggestions may not be to the point. 

 J t 4-inch pipe is to be used in the plant, 

 the house 33x80 feet can be heated by 

 using eight runs of pipe or about 600 

 inea feet, the house 22x90 feet by 510 

 lineal feet or about six runs of pipe, and 

 the house 11x104 feet by 314 lineal feet 

 •or three runs, i. e., one flow and two re- 



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turns. The higher the flow pipes can 

 be carried, if the returns are about on a 

 level with the top of .the boiler, the 

 better the arrangement. Connect the 

 supply pipe of the expansion tank to the 

 main return near the boiler. L. C. C. 



TEN NEV HOUSES, 



We are to erect ten houses, each 20x 

 100 feet, five on each side of a packing 

 shed 12x100 feet. What horse-power 

 boiler will it take to heat it with steam 

 in zero weather to maintain a tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees? The flow pipe from 

 the boiler at the north of the packing 

 shed runs through the packing shed, the 

 pipes to branch from the main at each 

 greenhouse. The gutters are five feet 

 high, the ridges twelve feet. The boiler 

 is to be set in the ground six feet. Can 

 we get a good return at that depth? 

 Slack coal is to be used for fuel. We 

 shall build with cement walls. The 

 gable ends of the houses are to be glass. 

 The houses run east and west. How 

 many 2-inch flow pipes will be needed in 

 each house and how many l^^-inch re- 

 turn pipes under the benches? We shall 

 use low pressure steam. M. & A. 



To successfully handle the plant you 

 contemplate it will be best to install two 



forty horse-power boilers and carry a 

 6-inch flow pipe through the potting 

 shed, from which to take the ten 2-inch 

 flow pipes needed for the ten houses. 

 If the main flow is 6-inch for the first 

 fifty feet it can be reduced to 4-inch the 

 remainder of the distance. The boilers 

 should be set in the ground deep enough 

 so the top of the shell of the boiler will 

 be below the level of the returns in the 

 houses and so there will be a good grade 

 and at least two feet offset from the 

 lowest point in the main return to the 

 water level of the boilers. You will 

 make no error by putting the boilers 

 down deep. Each house 20x100 will re- 

 quire one 2-inch flow under the ridge and 

 ten l"V4-inch returns. "Valves should be 

 placed in at least four runs of pipe in 

 each house so as to make it possible to 

 increase or decrease the amount of radia- 

 tion in the house according to the condi- 

 tion of the weather. L. C. C 



BOILER AND PIPING. 



T wish to know how many runs of 2- 

 inch pipe it will take under each bench 

 to heat a house 43x54 feet. I intend to 

 use hot water, and wish to heat to 50 de- 

 grees. Sometimes we have zero weather 

 or less for a few days. I wish to grow 

 carnations and bedding plants. The 



