December 19, 1907. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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EMEBGENCY PIPE CliAMP 



Ta Repair Splits tad 

 Rust Holes ia Pipes 



Made of malleable 

 iron, all sizes, H-in. 

 tol2.in. Send lor Cat- 

 alog on Pipe Repairs. 



James McCrea&Ca. 



MANUFACTURERS 



63 W. Wasbingtsa St.. CHICAGO 



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(ireenhottse Beating. 



TWO SEPARATE HOUSES. 



Please state whether the following 

 would be the most efficient way to heat 

 two houses, 26x150 feet each: Two 4- 

 inch flows and fifteen 2-inch ' or ten 3- 

 inch returns in each house, each 4-inch 

 flow running along the side walls, with 

 two feet of fall, into four coils in each 

 house under the benches as returns. The 

 returns would have a fall of two feet 

 from one end of the house to the other. 

 Is it necessary to lead those four coils 

 of each house into two 4-inch returns 

 to the boiler, or will one 4-inch pipe do 

 it? What size of an expansion tank 

 should I have and how high! The houses 

 are separate and one end of each is 

 glass. They are located in New York 

 state, and I want a temperature of 60 

 degrees in zero weather. If you can sug- 

 gest any other hot water system that 

 would be better than the one I have de- 

 scribed, I shall be greatly obliged. 



A. P. 



Each house 26x150 can be heated to 

 60 degrees if one 4-inch or two 3 -inch 

 flows are used in connection with four- 

 teen 2-inch returns. My preference 

 would be to use two 3-inch flows, each 

 supplying seven 2-inch returns. The 

 flows would be placed overhead about 

 halfway between gutter and ridge and 

 would be graded so as to rise about eight 

 inches in the length of the house. The 

 highest point in the system would be the 

 one most distant from the boiler and at 

 the place where the branches for supply- 

 ing the return manifolds are taken off. 

 The main returns should in this case be 

 3-inch, so as not to throttle the flow. The 

 expansion tank should have a capacity 

 of seventy-five to 100 gallons and should 

 be located twenty-five or thirty feet 

 above the highest point in the system if 

 possible. This will give twelve to four- 

 teen pounds of pressure, which will en- 

 able you to heat the water to a much 

 higher temperature than is possible with 

 a lower tank. The connection from the 

 system to the expansion tank should be 

 made with the main return close to where 

 it enters the boiler; a 1-inch pipe should 

 be sufficient. L. C. C. 



DAMAGE FROM PAINTED PIPES. 



I am in trouble and I come to you as 

 the surest source of reliable assistance. 

 Last July the man in charge of my 

 houses painted the hot water pipes with 

 Haskell- Wise rubber paint, like the en- 

 closed sample. I noticed no ill effects 

 until we began to close up the houses and 

 had put on about 60 degrees of heat. 

 Now everything looks very bad. The be- 

 gonias are losing their leaves, the mums 

 were discolored, the callas are brown at 

 the edges, the smilax is dwarfed and 

 twisted, and in fact nothing looks a 

 healthy color. Is it on account of the 

 fumes from the pipes? If so, what can 



■ lydinytiyi^F of tour plants from 



1 1^ a|IJ IC/* 1^ V»l- FREEZING in cold weatlier 

 may be obtained at triflinK cost il you •vrill. use a 



LEHMAN WAGON HEATER 



There li no daa^er of Are: no smoke, dirt or gaiet to injure 

 the plants. They burn Lehman Coal, which costs less than 

 half a cent per hour. *«' 400,000 Lehman Heaters are in 

 use, which clearly shows they have merit. KloristR everywhsre 

 use and recommend tbem. Have you one? Be^rare of Imitations I 

 telling more about tbem. 



Write for circular 



LEHMAN BROS., 



Msnufactorert 

 10 Bond Street. NEW YORK. 



J. W. ERRINGER, 



Gsseral Wettera Sales Aiest, 

 45 E. Congress St., CHICAGO. ILL. 



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THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Halsted, 22cl and Union Ste., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



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



This is what one of our customers thinks of oiu* valves : 



Lincoln, III., January 8, 1906. 

 The Johx Davis Company, Chicago, 111. 



Gkntlkmen:— You can strongly and unbeBltatinrly 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 

 lind them as sensitive as a watch. We will t>e in Chicago soon to take up 

 the vacuum system with you. V^ours truly, 



W. H. OuLLKTT &, Sons, Flobists. 



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Take no Chances When Selecting 

 Your Heating Apparattts. 



BETTER BE SAFE 

 THAN SORRY 



Have a 



FloreoceHeater 



installed and then yoti can 



bum any kind of ftiel with 



the most economical results. 



Write for catalogtte to 



Colambia Heater Co. 



BELVIDERE, ILL. 



OR ITS 

 CHICAGO BAUBS DSPARmBIIT 

 LOCATKD AT 



85 East Lake Street. 



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I do? Would painting them over with 

 a strong lime whitewash do any good, or 

 is there an acid of any kind that would 

 kill the effects of the paint? I must do 

 something immediately. 



MONEY 

 SAVED 



and better flowers 

 grown by installing the 



While I know nothing of the materials 

 used in the paint in question, it is likely 

 that if it contains creosote or coal tar 

 products of any kind it is responsible for 

 the trouble in the houses. A little of 

 either of these is suflScient to prove detri- 

 mental to plants under glass. I find that 

 the paint in question will burn slowly 

 and the only remedy I can suggest is 

 that you procure a plumber's gasoline 

 torch and use it to burn the paint off the 



Morehead Trap 



Hundreds of onr traps are in use in 

 greenhouses throughout the country. 

 Ttaey can do for you what they are 

 doing for others— Every pipe in your 

 steam system of equal beat. Write 

 for florists' booklet. 



MOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



1043 Grand River Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. 

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DO TOn KNOW ABOUT THS 



Martin Rocking Orate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN GRATE GO.'^;;^:^"- 



UentloQ Th# Rerlew when yoa Trite. 



NO FIBBS ! NO FIBK ! NO FROSTil 



We protect your Buildines from Fire, your Green- 

 1 ouse Irom P'ro.t. Metal Thermometer, rtn^s bells at 

 your residence, office or boiler room, when the build- 

 inirs set too hot or the greenhoute too cold. Are 

 adjustable and will last. The r ost is small, the results 

 are grtat are an insurance against loss by fire or frost. 

 Have lock box case, for use where a night fireman is 

 used. Systems famished at cost to P'lorists in cities 

 where not now introduced. State distance away that 

 alarm is desired. BBOWN AI.AKSI CO. 



I860 I<afay«tte St., Denver, Colo. 

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Higti'Grade Boilers 



SJJSSu. For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBI IN & CO., titica , N. Y. 



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