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JANUABT 81, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists* Review, 



843 



The Standard 

 of Excellence 



SMOKELESS, 



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A Symbol of 

 Qualify 



Our regrlstered Trade-Mark covering: THB CEI^BBRATEn C C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELBSS COAIi 



corresponds to the Sterling Stamp on silver, as the United States Geological Survey has made It The Stendard for 

 grading all 8t«aiu Jfael. 



C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS 



la the only American Coal that has been officially Indorsed by the Governments of Great Britain, Germany 

 and Austria, and Is the favorite fuel with the United States Navy, which has used it almost exclusively 

 for many years. Uuequaled for the Generation of Steam and Domestic Porpoaes. 



CASTNER, CURRAN ft BULLITT, Sole Agents 



POCAHONTAS 



TRADE MARK RCaiSTIRtO 



Branoh Office* 



1 Broadway, New York City. N. Y. 

 Citizen's Bank Bulldlner, Norfolk. Va. 

 Old Colony Building. Chicago, IlL 

 126 State Street, Boston, Mass. 



C. O. B. Pocahontas Smokeleu Coal Branch Offices 



Main Office: Arcade BIdg. Neave Building, Cincinnati, OWo. 

 1 ftniith 1 Rfk fttrM» Terry Building, Roanoke, Vt. 



1 VOUin lOin Sireei European Agt8.-Hull.Blyth& company. 



Pliiladeiphia, Pennsylvania 



i Fenchurch Ave., London. E. C, Eug. 



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ON PAGE 



565, Jan. 10- 



Issue of this publication there appeared 

 an advertisement for the sale of a green- 

 bouse. One of the first things said about 

 the plant was that 



Morehead 

 Steam Traps 



WERE INSTALLED 



When the fact that Morehead Steam 

 Traps installed in a plant is used as one 

 of the first talliing points in order to 

 effect a sale of the plant, illustrates in a 

 most convincing way what the user thinks 

 of the MOREHEAD. 



Are you satisfied with the operation of 

 your steam system ? 



Have you condensation troubles? 



We have the remedy for your heating 

 troubles. Write us for our Florists' Cat- 

 alogue. 



Morehead Mfg. Co. 



1043 Grand River Ave. 

 Detroit, Mich. 



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what change would you suggest? We 

 wish to maintain a temperature of 50 

 degrees when the temperature outdoors is 

 20 degrees below zero. A. F. & P. C. 



I can only find about 700 lineal feet 

 of 1%-inch pipe in the house, according 

 to the statement given, which is about 

 300 feet short of the amount necessary 

 to heat the house properly by steam, and 

 about one-half of what they should carry 

 on a hot-water basis. By increasing the 

 pipe to about 1,100 lineal feet of 114- 

 inch pipe it will be feasible to heat them 

 as you suggest and use hot water during 

 spring and fall and steam during severe 

 spells. The expansion tank should not 

 connect with the flow pipes but with the 

 return close to the boiler and be can*ied 

 as high as possible above the highest 

 point in the system; twelve or fifteen 

 feet is not too much. The plan of the 

 piping seems to be all right. 



L. C. C. 



t&r0e^^t\V %>jXe. 



IM PROVED 



Greenhouse Boiler. 



51 ERIE STREET, CHICAGO 



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

 ■beets and heads of steel ; water space all around, 

 troot, sides and baclt. Write for Information. 



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HEATING TWO HOUSES. 



I have two north and south houses 

 which I wish to heat with hot water. 

 The first is 15x65, with walls three and 

 one-half feet high and seven and ono- 

 half feet to the ridge. The other is 

 26x100. The boiler is in a cellar so that 

 the top is about level with the floor. 

 The grate is 30x36 inches. There is a 

 4-ineh outlet on top of the boiler. The 

 main return is a 3-inch pipe. Will you 

 give the size and number of flows and 

 returns for each house? Is the boiler 

 large enough to heat to 60 degrees in 

 zero weather? How high should I place 

 my expansion tank? D. N. C. 



The boiler is barely large enough to 

 carry the two houses. Its capacity fig- 

 ures about 1,400 square feet of radia- 

 tion, while the houses require about 1,300 

 square feet. The large house should 

 have a 3-inch flow and thirteen 2-inch 

 returns. I would not advise the use of 

 returns smaller than 2-inch on a house 

 of this size. The smaller house can be 

 heated by the use of a 2-inch flow and 

 nine 2-inch returns, or, if you wish to 

 work all the piping under the benches, 

 the small house should have two 2-inch 



High'Qrade Boilers 



gaSSa. For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN&CO.,Utica,N.Y. 



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flows, each carrying four 2-inch returns. 

 The lar^e house can be piped in another 

 fashion by using two 2% -inch flows, each 

 supplying six 2-inch returns, all the pipes 

 under the benches or along the side 

 walls. If you use 1-inch connection 

 from the main return to the expansion 

 tank located fifteen or eighteen feet 

 above the point of connection it should 

 be all right. L. C. C. 



BOILER FEED-PUMP. 



We heat our greenhouses by steam and 

 contemplate emptying our return pipes 

 into a cistern sixteen feet deep. What 

 kind of a pump do we need to put that 

 hot water back into the boiler against 

 twenty pounds of steam pressure and 

 handle 500 gallons per hour? Where 

 can we get one and what will it cost? 



F. B. 



You can accomplish what you wish in 

 either of two ways: First, by the use 

 of a boiler feed-pump to lift the water 

 from the well and deliver it into tne 

 boiler or, second, by the use of a steam- 

 trap. There are many good boiler feed- 

 pumps on the market, any one of which 

 will do the work. Write to the adver- 

 tisers of steam specialties in the Eeview. 

 The steam-trap has the advantage that 

 it works automatically, while the feed- 

 pump would require attention if not pro- 

 vided with controlling devices for start- 

 ing and stopping it as needed. 



L. C. C. 



Rockland, Me. — Harry J. Billings, a 

 well-known florist, has been selected as 

 socialist candidate for mayor at the 

 coming election. 



Danville, III. — Herbert and Joseph 

 Smith have plans drawn for two green- 

 houses to be erected next summer. The 

 houses will each be 30x300 and will be 

 used for roses and carnations. 



Belvidere, III. — V. H. Anderson has 

 moved to a new location and is now at 

 418 E. Madison street. He reports trade 

 as not very brisk. Carnations are plen- 

 tiful and of good quality, but roses are 

 scarce and not up to standard. 



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