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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



65 



WILKS 



Hot Water Heaters 



....BEST FOR.... 



SMALL GREENHOUSES 

 SELF-FEEDING MAGAZINE 

 SIMPLE. STRONG. DURABLE 



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S. WILKS NFG. CO. 



35th and Shields Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention Tlx' Kovicw wliPii yon write 



Hipro ilividf it into two ■_''■_. imli pipi's, 

 one yoiny; to the iioitli iind ono to tlit> 

 Hotith f'lnl ot" this lioiisc, :niil tlii'ic "lividc 

 to oiitor (>;icli of the coils iiinlci- the 

 hoiiclu's, as ri'tmris. 'I'liis anaiiociiHMit 

 will tjivc you a somewhat (|tiii-k( r (low 

 than yoii now yet. Thi' tioxt thiii;^ is to 

 eoiiiKM't till' t'Xi>aiision tank to tlir main 

 fcturii within twelve inches ot' wliere it 

 enters the lioiler, ami liy the use of a 



•H-inch pipe eaiTV it eiojiteeli 111' twenty 

 feet above the hiy;liest point in the sys- 

 t(Mii ; or, if yon have an elevated tank for 

 supply, Hiake difeet ronneitions with it, 

 proviilecl it is not oser twenty or thirty 

 feet abo\(' tlie yronml. 'Iliese nioditiea 

 tions, if your hoiler lias a rate. I (a|iaeity 

 of 1 ..lOO feet, should yive sal i^fael ion. 



I.. I.I. 



THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Haisted, 22d and Union Sts., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Reducing Valves, Back Pressure Valves, Steam Tfaps, Steam Goods 



This is what one of our ouatomers thinks of our valves : 



lascoi.x, Ji.i... Januaiy i. I'.t0<.. 

 Tmi-; .Toiiv Havis foMi'A nv, riiicairo, TU. 



(ii^A r i.tM i.s : You r.iii Mirontfly anil imhesitatiii^ly reoonimenU tti« 

 "Kclipse" piMiuu type reilueltijr valve to Horiais. We have two purchased 

 of .von lEHl .vear. \Va would not have theiu out for double their coit and 

 liiid them as 8< usiilve a-* ;i waicli. We will l>e in Chicago hood to take up 

 the vacuum ayHteni wltiiiou. Vouph truly, 



W. H. Gi i.i-Krr & Sons. Fi.okisth, 



Mention Tlip Uevlew wlicn yon write. 



PIPING IN MAINE. 



I haM- a t hreec|na Iter spa u hon-i . L'n.\ 

 •>" fi'et, rnnnino east ami west, witli a 



• •oiler-room at the east end of IJie liiHIse. 



I have ;i .Mereer lioiler, .\o. I, with nine 

 seetions. ( )iir winter tempri atiire her.' 

 raii},>-es from al)ove zero to lo deo|-,.,.s 

 ln'Iow and (K'e.asionallv L'l' c|eoiee> lielow. 

 I have liewn heating with hot water ami 

 wish to ciintiniie to do so. I imw liaxc 

 tour 'Jineli flows and ten L' iiicii returns. 

 My north flow has three i' iiiili returns, 

 suspoHded on the north wall. My south 

 flow has three I'ineh returns. Mi-pemled 

 on the south wall. The other two th.w> 

 have eaeh two L' ineh ietinii< niidei the 

 ••enter hemhes. 



N'lw, this arranorinent doe- i h. heal 

 in;,' verv wi'll. hut the four tlow- run 

 overhead and I desire to yet them out ot 

 'h.' wnv and I wish f,, know if nu< :! iii.-h 



High'Grade Boilers 



SL^^, For GREENHOISES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y. 



Mention 'I'lie Kevieu wlien yon write. 



Mow, lip umler the rido;e, will do the ■ 

 Work as well cir lietti^r. l-l.acli set ot' re 

 turns enters the lioiler room in one 1' inch i 

 pipe, inakine four 'J inch returns as they j 



enter ihe Ifoilef. 'I liese I cailllot ijiailoc., f 



as tile lioiler i- tapped for L' iiicii pip'' 

 onl\ (III the returns, while it is tapped 

 for t'oiir iJ-iiich tlows and one ;!-inch llow. 

 If 1 can use ime ;! inch flow t'or all ami 

 iiin it midi'i- the ridov. will it l>e all ii.^lii 



for me to put ill a tc,' alioilt three t'eet. 



:nid a half from the west en<i of ili.- 

 Iioiise and run ;i pipe iliaocmallx to the 

 West encl c)f the t v\ o ciiciihat ions, under 



the mid'lh; liellches. ;iud then at the west 

 '■lid ot' rlir Imiise put ill an I'llwov :iud 



MONEY 

 SAVED 



and better flowers grown 

 by installing the 



Norehead Trap 



Hundreds of our traps are in use in 

 Kreenhouses throuRhout the country. 

 They can dn for yon what they are 

 doini,' for others— Kvery pipe in your 

 Bteam system of etjual heat. Write 

 for florists' booklet. 



IVfOREHEAD JVIFG. CO. 



1043 Grand River Ave., DETROIT. MICH. 



\I.iiti..n Tiie It.^vieu- win' 



n V..11 wriT". 



I"»\ei .|owu a tee, and run i-a'h uav 1.. 

 ilie north .'iiid si.utli returns .' 



\|\ h.ois,. li;|v :|l„,iit thl'ei' t'.'.'l .t" >\ril. 



