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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 20, 1907. 



Ih? SUPERIOR 



IMPROVED INTERN4L-riRED STEEL BOILER 



Made in 10 sizes, to heat from 2000 to 6500 feet of 4-mch pipe* 

 No brick-wotk necessary; shipped on skids, all ready to move into 

 place and begin firing. Can be cleaned without letting the fire out. 

 All hubs made so they can be used for either cast-iron or steam pipe. 

 Tested at 25 lbs. pressure and warranted; can be used for low pressure 

 steam by adding steam drum. Best material; best workmanship. 

 Specially designed for greenhouse use; corrects the faults of other boilers. 

 Lightest boiler on the market capable of performing equal work. Wt 

 dety competitiOD in prices on any boiler of equal capacity. 

 Investigate. Send for new illustrated catalogue, just out. 



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129-133 W. Superior Street 



Long DiBtaDce Phone, 

 Monroe 1008 



CHICAGO 



Greeahoose Heating. 



Erie, Pa. — C. W. Ziick & Sons, who 

 have 4,5,000 feet of glass two and one- 

 half miles west of the city, on rural 

 route No. 2, are in the market for a 

 boiler. 



HOT VATER OR STEAM? 



Will you please tell us what the ca- 

 pacity of a hot water boiler should be 

 for two greenhouses, each 20x200 feet? 

 Which is the cheaper and more satisfac- 

 tory, hot water or steam? We are think- 

 ing of enlarging our plant, in North 

 Carolina, which is now quite small, and 

 would appreciate any information you 

 may give. M. & B. 



To heat two houses, each 20x200 feet, 

 the boiler should have a cajwicity for at 

 least 3,000 square feet of radiation. If 

 the boiler plant can be located in the 

 middle of the range, i. e., at the side 

 and 100 feet from each end, hot water 

 will be best. Steam will be more eco- 

 nomical to install, but will necessitate 

 the presence of a night fireman. 



L. C. C. 



A ONE-PIPE SYSTEM. 



I would like your opinion, as well as 

 the opinion of others, on the following 

 plan for steam heating: There are sev- 

 eral houses 175 feet long, with the end 

 house and boiler at the lower end. In- 

 stead of a riser in each house, I propose 

 to have the main from the steam dome 

 extend through the end house under the 

 walk. The dome is lower than the walk. 

 I will then connect the radiators of the 

 houses with this main, letting them ex- 

 tend upwards to the other end of the 

 houses, so that the water of condensa- 

 tion will run back to the boiler through 

 the main flow. I will have air cocks at 

 the farther end. In this way there will 

 be no possibility of water backing up 

 from the boiler and I will avoid many 

 valves, as there will be but one to each 

 Mdiator. There will also be much fewer 

 filtings. This one-pipe system is used 



THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Halsted, 22d and Union Sts., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Reducing Valves, Bacl( Pressure Valves, Steam Traps, Steam Goods 



Tbis Is what one of our customers tblnks of our valves : 



Lincoln, III., January 8, 1906. 

 The Johv Davis Compant, Chicaro, 111. 



Gentlemen:— You can strongly and untaeaitatiairly 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 Chica«ro soon to take up 

 the vacuum system with you. Vours truly, 



W. H. GuLL£TT & Sons, Flobist& 

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to heat other buildings, and why not 

 for florists? J. M. K, 



The system of piping you mention is 

 the common one-pipe system used in 

 many steam heated buildings, but which, 

 in my judgment, is never as satisfactory 

 as a complete system. One objection to 

 the system is that unless the air valves 

 are automatic in their action the sys- 

 tem is apt to become air-bound and for 

 this reason is exceedingly unsafe for 

 horticultural establishments where there 

 is liable to be fluctuation in the steam 

 pressure. A still greater objection to 

 the system, as I see it, is the uneven dis- 

 tribution of heat which always comes 

 from this type of piping. The pipes are 

 always hottest near the riser and in this 

 case near the protected end of the 

 houses, where least heat is desired. The 

 wet and spent steam is carried to the far 

 end of the house, and in order to main- 

 tain an even temperature additional 

 pipes will be required on the remote half 

 of the house. While your scheme will 

 save a few dollars in installation, a com- 

 plete system with a riser under the ridge 

 and returns under the benches or on the 

 side walls from the start will save a 



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Mftnufaqtnrers of 



Greenhouse Boilers 



35111 and Slilelds Ave., CHICA60, ILL. 



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STEAM and HOT WATER 



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heavy loss some cold night and lots ,of 

 j)rofanity on other occasions. L. C. C. 



VASHINGTON. 



The' florists ' business here is having 

 its grand final spurt. With combined 

 high school commencements June 19 the 

 rush is over and the summer season is 

 on, regardless of the weather. Weddings 

 have been numerous and quite a few dec- 

 orations have been booked for the latter 

 part of June. Some fine long lilies are 

 to be seen in the show windows. The 

 Washington Florist Co, is cutting a fine 

 lot of stocks. The peony crop is about 

 over. 



The National Electric Association con- 

 vention, which was held here a week ago, 

 was a hummer for the florists. Gude 

 Bros. Co. alone had one order for 450 

 boxes of cut flowers. Small had the 



