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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 4, 1907. 



Greeohoose Heating. 



CARE OF UNUSED BOILER. 



Kindly advise me how to care for my 

 hot water horizontal tubular boiler. We 

 are through firing. The boiler is in a 

 pit under the potting shed. We have 

 drawn all water from the boiler and 

 pipes. C. A. M. 



Thoroughly wash out the pipes and 

 boiler by filling it with clean water and 

 a good boiler compound; then draw off 

 the water and compound and refill with 

 clean water, preferably rain water. Keep 

 the pipes and boiler full during the rest- 

 ing season. If the boiler is not bricked 

 in, whitewash the exposed metal parts or 

 paint them with asphaltum varnish. 



L. C. C. 



FEVER RETURNS THAN FLOWS. 



We have a rose house 20x100 feet, 

 heated by hot water. On each side there 

 are four flows and three returns, all 2- 

 inch pipe. From the boiler is a 3-inch 

 riser, dividing into two 2*4 -inch pipes, 

 one feeding the four 2-inch flows on each 

 side of the house. Can the 2^ -inch 

 pipe deliver the water to the four 2-inch 

 flows rapidly enough? M. J. 



The piping you have installed is suffi- 

 cient in quantity and the flow pipes are 

 large enough. The only criticism is that 

 you have impeded the circulation by us- 

 ing fewer returns than flows. If you 

 had three flows and four returns, the 

 circulation would be better, and if you 

 were to carry the 2 ^^ -inch pipe the 

 length of the house and use the seven 

 2-inch pipes on each side as returns you 

 would have a still better arrangement. 

 ^L. C. C. 



STEAM FROM A PUMPING PLANT. 



We have a house, 20x80 feet, which 

 we use for general greenhouse stuff. Our 

 hot water boiler has proved to be too 

 small. Now, there is an electric power 

 and pumping plant located about eighty 

 feet from us. Would it be practicable 

 to use steam from that plant in our 

 house, and could we use our hot water 

 pipes? We have four runs of 4-inch 

 pipe running around the house, under 

 the benches. Which do you think would 

 be the better plan, to use the steam or 

 buy a new boiler? P. A. H. 



It is perfectly feasible to heat the 

 house in question with steam from the 

 pumping plant, but you can not use 

 4-inch cast-iron pipe for the purpose. 

 You can substitute a 2-inch flow and 

 twelve l^/i-inch returns for the cast pipe 

 and use steam, or you can increase the 

 size of your boiler. The piping you 

 have, with a boiler rated to supply 1,000 

 to 1,200 feet of 4-inch pipe, should give 

 you good service. L. C. C. 



DON'T USE STEAM. 



I have one house 20x75 and another 

 20x56 feet, Pennsylvania climate, and 

 intend to heat by steam. What kind of 

 boiler would vou advise me to buy? 

 J. C. 



It will, unless there are exceptional cir- 

 cumstances not mentioned in the inquiry, 

 be much better to' use hot water and 

 not steam for heating these two houses. 



THE KROESCDELL BOILER 



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Hot Water Boiler 



Vot Oast Iron 



Has tbin waterways. Heats quickly. It is the 

 most efficient, safest and most economical 

 boiler built. Vary powertul. 15 sizes, 

 heating 6000 to 50,000 square feet of glass to 

 60 degrees, at 15 degrees below zero. 



Prices and catalogue on application. 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 51 Erie St., CHK^GO 



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THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Halsted, 22cl and Union 8ts., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Reducing Valves, Back Pressure Valves, Steam Traps, Steam Goods 



This ts what one of our customers thinks of our valves : 



Lincoln, III., January 8, IWKi. 

 The John Davis Company, Chicago, 111. 



Gentlemen:— You can strongly and unhesitatingly recommend the 

 "EcUpae" piston type reducing valve to florlats. We have two purchaMd 

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

 find them as setisltlve aa a watch. We will be In Chicago soon to take up 

 the vacuum system with you. Vours truly, 



W. H. GuLLETT & Sons, Fix>bi8TS. 

 Mention llie Review when yon write. 



S. WILKS MFG. CO. 



Mannfaotnrere of 



Greenhouse Boilers 



astli and Sllelds Ave., CHICAGO, ILL 



High-Grade Boilers 



g^SSo* Tor GREENHOUSES 



8TEAM and HOT WATER 



6iBLIN&C0MUtica,N.Y. 



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To install a plant for hot water is 

 slightly more expensive than to install 

 an apparatus for steam, because of the 

 greater amount of pipe and larger size 

 required; but in an establishment of 

 this size there would be no occasion for 

 a night man, who would be a necessity 

 if steam heat were used. 



As to the boiler to' buy, consult the 

 advertisements in the Review; each is a 

 good boiler, else it would not be adver- 

 tised. 



ELBERON, N. J. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society 

 held a rose and strawberry show June 

 24, instead of June 17, as previously ar- 

 ranged. Considering the backward sea- 

 son, the show was quite a success. The 

 principal prize winners in the rose section 

 were J. Kennedy, A. Greib, W. Swain, B. 

 Wyckoff and A. Bauer. In the class for 

 strawberries the winners were J. Ken- 

 nedy, W. Swain and A. Bauer. In the 

 vegetable class the winners were H. 

 Wood, F. Dettlinger, A. Greib, A. Bauer 

 and R. Kennedy. W. D. Robertson was 

 first for the best vase of sweet peas. 



The society will hold its second annual 

 show in the new casino, at Long Branch, 



Take no Chances When Selecting 

 Yotir Heating Apparattu. 



BETTER BE SAFE 

 THAN SORRY 



Have a 



FloreoceHeater 



installed and th,en yoti can 

 bum any kind of fuel with 

 the most economical results. 



Write for catalogue to 



Colflmbia Heater Co. 



BELVIDERE, ILL. 



OR IT4 



CHICAGO 8ALK8 DKPART1«ENT 



LOCATKD AT 



85 East Lake Street. 



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