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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



I •CI'UBKK 4, lyoti. 



Greenhouse fleatin£.^ 



CAPACITY OF BOILER. i 



IJdW iiiucli '^ iilioii-'' ^liiss .-nil bo 



,-iiiii, .1 ..II ;i iM.ilcr .il' <-i,i:lit> linrse- 

 l„,\\,.|. vifiiiii lirin.u II-'''' :"!'' ''" •''"■ i 

 ^i-,.,.- 1.. 7ii ilf^iTc- iT.|uin'<l ill 'II" ■ 

 ,.|iiii:il.' ..1 \M-l.iii N'W N'liiU .' How 

 sin;ill ;i i;iiiyi' "t' yl:''^- 'inil'l '"' "I'l^'raled 



r,-..||nllli.-;lll>- ..II llli- l.iiillT .' ,1. < '. '1'. 



riir I'l^luv hor^i' |i..ufr buiirr sliouM 

 I.L' .-i.l.'iiiKiii- to .any ;iliout o."i,<H)U s(Hiai\' 

 frri .if yliiss .It a tciiiprialiirc (if from 

 fill ,l,.-ic,.s to 7<i .li'<:rccs. I do iiof 

 tliink il would lie .■.oiniinical to use a ' 

 boiler (if this si/A' on a stcain basis with 

 k'ss than l.'),(i(Hi to Jd.OiiO s(iuart' feet of , 

 oxiKJSurc. 'riTK \\..nld make about oik^ 

 half a loa<b L- *'• *'• 



FIRES HARD. 



I'll. •If M'tiii-- 111 lie suiiiothiiig wruiiy 

 will. .1111 iR'atiii!: .ipparatus, as it tires 

 1(1.. Iiar.l in sevnc weather. We use a 

 l!..\iit(iii No. 7 sc.tioiial water heater 

 |ila.c(l iii'liiw the pipes. 'i'he How is 

 liiriiii;ili li\c feel iiJ' o-iiieli pipe to a 

 L' inch t((. from which three li-iiicli pipes 

 lis,. n\\r incii in ten feci to the far eud 

 ..I the lunises and fall back on the oppo- 

 site side to the return tec. Our two 

 hoiiso.s are \-2x'MJ and 14.\4U, siih- walls 

 live feet, uine feet to the ridye. Kach 

 house is piped separately from the boiler. 

 The expansion tank i>^ over the boiler. 

 In weather as eold as zero it is nearly 

 impossible to keep the houses above 45 | 

 decrees, firiuj,r with Kanawa eoal and > 

 wood. Ila\'' we eiKiiitih pipe and boiler 

 capacity.' W. B. 



Ilic small h..ii>e, lL'x;'.."i feet, in order | 

 to maintain a satisfactory temperature 



during the .severe weather should be pro- j 



\idc.l with ten leiij^ths of 2 inch pipe. If | 



the piping is all under the benches a . 

 J-inch flow and four "J-inch returns on 

 each .side will be satisfactory. 



Th(» hdu.se 14x40 feet should have j 



eleven lengths of jiipe. If the piping is i 



arranged under the benches a 2-inch flow i 



and live I'inch returns on the most ox- ! 



posed side, with a 1' inch tlow and four | 



L'-iiiih returns on the nther side, will do | 



the work. 1 do not have the rated capa- ' 



city (if the boiler you are using, but the ' 



lidilci to do the work should not be rated | 



.-It less iliiiii l.iwin s,,iiare feet of radia- ' 



ti.m. K C. C. 



VIOLETS ON TABLES. 



I li;i\e built a \iolet house 14x50 with 

 1 foot walls and with three benches three 

 feet liigh. The house extends east and 

 west. There is a 7-inch cement wall on 

 the iKirth side .ind it is doublo-lioardod 

 with building paper on the ^outli side. 

 I have a Wilks hot water heater and am 

 ready to juit in the pipes. I will bo 

 liiatitied for your advice regarding the 

 . ..irccl po.sitioii. etc. The Wilks Co. sent 

 me :i diawiiiL; showing the fdpes under 

 the benches. Is this right for a violet 

 hou^c or should they be on the .side walls • 

 above the lioiiehes.' Tlow miikTi lower , 

 shoidd the boiler be tlcm the tlow pipes? 

 Should the flow ascend.' If so. how 

 much? 1 am picking ii[> a great deal of 

 information from the I>*kvii.w . and .-on 

 sider it iiiv best insestmeiit. 



K. W. G. 



It is an easy matter to tdl you how 

 niiicli pif'e to put ill this lioii~;( 1.' mam 



WILKS GREENHOUSE HEATERS 



The Wilks Greenhouse Heaters 

 are all Steel Self-Feeders. 

 Will run 15 hours at a time 

 without attention. 



NO NIGHT FIRE MAN REQUIRED 



Can be used with either 

 HARD OR SOFT COAL. 



BEXrO FOK OUR NEW CATALOGUE. 

 MADE BT 



S. WILKS MFe. CO. 



35tti and Shields Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



DAMFEI eiiB 



FEED DOOR 



Mention The Kevlew wlieii you write. 



THREE 



SUPERIOR 



BOILERS 



New, steel, each buiU to heat 11,000 

 feet of 4-incii pipe. 



READY FOR SHIPMENT 



SUPeRIOR MACHINE 

 & ttOILER WORKS 



1 27- J 33 West Superior St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Kevlew when .vou write. 



We Can Help Yon 



GROW BETTER FLOWERS 



And SHve you iii<>ne.\ 

 at the same tinif 



The Morehead Trap 



Write lor Florists' booklet. Well 



illiD-traterl and explainiuK what 



»<• can flo fur you 



MOREHEAD MFG CO. 



IOi:< <iran<l Klver Avcniii- 

 IIKTKOIT, MICH. 



Mi'iiii..ii I 111- Ucvicw w Ik'U .\.>ii write. 



t.'iiii the nijiiiicil t ciiiiicr.Ml lire Idr violetii. 

 I'.Ml iinil'i llic li KiimstMiiccs I will not 

 yii;i r;i iitii' ^;il ist'iict ioM. hccitii.sc the type 

 of liciich ctm.st nict ion wsti] is not well 

 :i(l;i|it(il id the work in hiind. The most 

 <iicii.sst'iil \i(ilcl growers use solid 

 iicii(!i"< .-111(1 iiM'ilif';i(| hc-it. My cs 

 |icrii'll.c witli \iolcls (in ('lev Mtc'l lu'liclu"^. 



even with (i\(ihc;i(| hcnt, lins not liocn 

 nltdjTct hci sat ist'nctory. 



I sh;i]l advise tho use of coil.s on the 

 •-idc wall- lint (|o not think thcv x\ill iri\c 



FLORENCK HEATERS 



OUTSIDE AND INSIDE 



COLUMBIA HEATING CO.. Belvidere, III. 



SaleN l>ept., 'Mi llearliorn St.. ('HICA(J«» 



Higfa'Grade Boilers 



dS^lc. For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN&CO., lltica, N.Y. 



.Mciillon Tlie Koview when ymi write. 



as ;;(io(| .satisfaction as they would were 

 the licnchcs on the ;;idiind :iml clovated 

 by the .•iddition of earth so that they are 

 alioiit citrht inches above the general 

 level of the adjacent i.aml. \ 1'2-foot 



