May 



I'.toT. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1875 



WITH ZERO COMES REMORSE 



for failure to supply sufficient 

 heating; capacity in the ereen- 

 house. ^Ve sueeest that you 

 let us know your 



i i€vUOl-I-S and require- 

 ments, and ^9 assure you v^e can 

 help you. 



Our line of boilers is 

 extensive. The one 

 shown is the lareest 

 aeries; but vre have 

 boilers for every 



DEMAND. 



This is one man's 

 experience: — 



W. I'. S\i,M, Mohauk \. ^'.. .Ian. '.'I, I'.'in. -^a.vs - 

 1 have to rt'i>uri In retrard lo the No. iii^ st*nilai-il 

 Sectional Steam liuiler recently liiRtaiied in my ^jreen- 

 liouHcH, ili.il it trlveH thoroiit:h Hatisfaction. A'doui 

 •laniiary 1 I liad occ.ision lo LOte an incldeni iliat I 

 conHider woitli reporting. Tlie holler was attftided to, 

 fuel furnished grate whakeu iluwn him everylhln;,' 

 arranfred for ihe nisrht at r; o'cloci? miiinlfrlit. \i ihai 

 time the boiler HJiowed two Ihs steam. To test the 

 holler atut see how long it would i-un wltlu)iu attention. 

 I deferred plvlnp it any I'uriher aitentlon until II o'clock 

 th.' followiiigr day. .\i thai lime the fu.i needed 

 replenishing but Hieam had heen maintained in tlie 

 system nractlcally ail the time and hi the tlnu' it was 

 replenished llie traufre hii'OiI at two Ihs. pressure. 'The 

 experiuiem showed tluit the boilei- ran without an.\ 

 attention whatever for eleven hours carrying,' 'JHIu s.|. 

 ft. glass to ahont .Vi deff r<!es. 'I'he w.-ather ontsidi- was 

 about zero. ' 



GIBLIN & CO. 



LTICA, N. Y. 



Oor (Greenhouse CatalOKne is Free for the Asking. Write for it Now. 



Meiiliou 'I'hc Itcvii'W u licii >iiii wrilc 



I here seems to lie ;i yooil ciiciihitioii. 



riie pipes iist> ;it the i:ite of ten indies 

 111 e.'icll oiyllty }i\c feet, .•liul tile fjlll ill 

 letiiniiiifr is ten indies. A. .M. S. 



\\';itei- Jit liiyli teiMper;itiire pints witii 

 Its lient more (piickly tliiiii :il :i lower 

 ■le;ri-ec lit' iie;it, iimi lor tilis reason the 

 How pipes at the north i'ikI ot' the Ki toot 

 liouses liave a ere;itei- etiieieiiiv than at 

 .iiiy otiier point in the houses. Tlie etis 

 M'st motinul of correetille the plesent <lif 

 lictllty \\ill lie to ijeeicase the lllimlier ot 

 Ihiw pipes ami increase the mimlier of 

 ieliii-iis correspdndinojy. I'ndef each 

 lieiidi of the Id-foot houses plac(^ one 

 tlow pipe, to diviih' at the soiitii einl into 

 two returns. This will jiroviile for two 

 How pipes and four letiinis, in adilitioii 

 to tlie villi whidi passes tluoiiuh the wall 

 into the middle house. This pip'' passiiio 

 Iroiii one iioiise to aiiotlHT is olijection 

 :iV)lc and could safely lie (dianjjed .so as 

 fo net as a return in both houses. This 

 \\<iiild provide for two Hows and live le 

 Miins in each of the In foot houses and 

 four (lows and si.\ lettinis in the middle 

 house. This arraiiocnieiit will reijuirc 

 'iiaiiifolds for connect iny the flows and 

 leturns at the south end. \\ the north 

 "lid the returns sliduld lie lilted with el 

 liow joints 111 provide for variation in 

 ■xpansioii.s. I,. ( '. ( '. 



FLOWS FOR HOT WATER. 



I ]iro|iose to elect three tireenhoilses. 

 north ami south and side liy side, each 

 Ki.xllKI feel and twelve i\'i-t to the 

 lidee. I will J'ipe theiii for hot water, 

 ^vitli the boiler in a shed at the north 

 West corner. .\ciordino to my plan I 



would have Just one llovv, which would 

 be placeil under the ridye in the west 



house ;||ld would SUpJllv letUIIIS ill till' 



whole plant. What size of How and 



j what size and iiuinber of returns do 1 



I need to keep the teinperatllle at ."id to (Id 



j dejiices.' The t elU per;; t ure here, in the 



j st.-ite of \\';islli liotoil. is never klloWll to 



j eo lielow ;• deyrees above zero. If 1 



j should not lie able to el'ect llloie tliatl 



I the west house lor the first winter, 

 I Would it be iiecessarv to h.ive a smaller 

 I How until I he w hole plant is u|i .' 



< . II. 



.\ 1 ' •_• or I inch oveiln-ad lio\v pipo 

 will bi' l-e(|llired tn supjily the three 

 houses, but it VMiiild be much more sat- 

 isf.-ictory to inn a "_' inch How pipi" 

 throuoh eaidi house, with a t inch main 

 in the pottine shed. The main letiini 

 pipe coiineetin<x '" Imilir will neeessarily 

 bi' the same size I'm hot v\;ifer lieatiii;^ 

 as the main flow pipe. The lai;^e llow 

 and letiiin can be used with only on • 

 house. 



With a f inch llow in the west house. 

 this house will rei|uire six lines of il inch 

 pipe as letnrns. The middle house will 

 need six lines of 'J-iiKdi and the cast 

 house eii^ht lilies ot' 'J inch ]iipi'. If a 

 ■J-iiicli How were run tliroii<fli eadi of the 

 houses, the middle one would reipiire 

 Jive •_• inch reliuiis and eaeli of the out 

 side lioiises seven L'-incli returns. .\ll 

 pil)es should be yraded to a uniform fall 

 of about one imdi every ten feet, the 

 drop bein<; toward the bottom of the 

 boiler. 'i'lie ex[iaiision tank should be 

 loeated at the liiifli(\st point in the sys- 

 tem, whidi is nsnally just over tin- 

 boiler. The pipins; of eaeli house should 



DO TOU KNOW ABOUT THE 



Martin Rockiog Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN GRATE GO. 



Montinn The RpvIpw when yoti Tvrltp. 



S. WiLKS MFG. CO. 



283 Dearborn St. 

 CHICAGO 



Manufacturers ot 



Greenhouse Boilers 



35th and Shields Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL 



High=Gra(le Boilers 



S^^iue for GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN & CO., l]tica,N.Y. 



Mention Tlie Hevlevv when .voti write. 



FURMAN BOILERS 



SAVE FUEL 



Write for Catalogue 



The Herendeen JVIfg, Co. 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



Mt'iiti"!! The Hi'Vicw when yon wrltf. 



be controlled by a oate valve, in nider 

 that any lioiise can be heated irn.'- 

 spectivcly of the others. L. C. < '. 



