November 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



J 667 



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Greenhouse Boiler. 



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Boilers made of steel boiler plate; shell, fire-box 

 sheets and heads of steel : water space all around, 

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Martin Rocking Orate 



IT SAVES COAL 



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 Oktalocu* 



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 CHICAGO 



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High-firade Boilers 



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STEAM and HOT WATER 



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BLOOMSBUHG, PA. -' 



J. L. Dillon, whose accidental death 

 was reported in last week's Eeview, was 

 born in Bloomsburg, July 7, 1851. Hia 

 father bought the Dimm farm, where he 

 engaged in fanning and trucking, hi.s 

 son becoming a partner in the business 

 at the age of 21 years, after attending 

 the public schools of Bloomsburg and 

 the Bloomsburg Literary Institute. 

 Three years later he started in business 

 for himself, building a greenhouse 20x60 

 feet, the first in Bloomsburg. In 1879 

 he directed his entire attention to flowers 

 and his business has grown to such pro- 

 portions that his greenhouses now con- 

 tain about 150,000 feet of glass. 



Mr. Dillon's business interests were 

 varied. He became interested in copper 

 mining and was president and owned 

 the controlling interest in the Keystone 

 Bromide Copper Co., with mines in Rio 

 Arriba county, New Mexico, 1,000 acres 

 in all. He was owner of the Dillon 

 Greenhouse Co., in which a considerable 

 number of men are employed. He was 

 a stockholder of the Bloomsburg Na- 

 tional Bank, a director of the Blooms- 

 burg Land Improvement Co., and was 

 actively interested in a number of other 

 business projects. 



Mr. Dillon was a member of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists, the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia, the American Car- 



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The Wilks Oreenhoi^ae Heaters 

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THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Halstsd, 22d and Union Sts., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



ReduclDg Yilies, Back Preston Yilm, Steam Traps, Steam Goods 



Tbls is wliat one of our oustomers thinks of our valves: 



Lincoln, III., January 6, 1906. 

 The John Davis Compant, Chicago, 111. 



Gbntlkmen:— Toucan BtrongTy and unhesltatlnrly recommend the 

 " Eclipse " piston type reducing' valve to florists. We have two purchased 

 of you last year. We would not have them out for double their cost and 

 find them as sensitive as a watch. We will be in Chicacro soon to take up 

 the vacuum system with you. Yours truly, 



W. H. GcLLrrr i, Sons, Florists. 



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A STEAM 

 TRAP 



That will return the water of condenaatioa to the 

 boilers and keep every pipe In your steam sys- 

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YOU CAN'T BE WITHOUT IT 



and be a successful florist. Write us. 



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 OBTROIT, MICH. 



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nation Society and the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society. He always took 

 an active interest in Masonry. 



The funeral was held November 2, and 

 was largely attended. The pallbearers 

 were employees of Mr. Dillon and were: 

 Frank Bundy, Winthrop Bryfogle, Geo. 

 Weaver, Frank Zeigler, Geo. Dreisbach 

 and Michael Eyerly. The floral tributes 

 were many and several were from out-of- 

 town florists. 



St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson have 

 sent the trade engraved announcements 

 of their removal to their new store at 

 20-24 West Fifth street. The room is 

 possibly the largest used exclusively for 

 retail purposes by any florist in the 

 United States and is handsomely fitted 

 up. 



VLORKNCB HBATKR8 



OUT8IDB ANDIM8IOB 



COLUMBIA HEATING CO., BeMdere, III. 



Salei D«pt., 88 Daarbom St., CHICAGO 



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