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Jandary 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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About Your Water Supply 



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F COURSE, you know that your tower tank would have to be 

 over 100 feet high to give you 50 pounds' pressure. But do you 

 know that you can put in a Standard Pumping* Eng^ine and 

 get better results by Pumping Directly into the Pipe 



Line ? The Automatic Safety Valve takes care of the water while 



the faucets are shut off by changing hose connections ; none wasted. 



Can be started in a minute and the expense stops when you are done 



watering. 



If you want a little reserve let us tell you about our machines in 

 connection with pneumatic water supply tanks. We can give 90 

 pounds pressure with The Standard Pumping^ Eng^ine. 



Gas or Gasoline for Fuel. 



•Send for Catalogue. 



The Standard Painp and Engine Co., cieva'aAdr omo 



Mention The Review when you write. 



I Manufacture 

 and Erect 



IRON FRAME and VOOD GREEN- 

 HOUSES of every type for commercial 

 and private use. 



If you contemplate building, allow me 

 to submit sketch and estimate covering 

 your requirements. 



JOHN A. PAYNE 



HoiUtilloral Architect and Billilir 



■«!■ Offiec SBd rMtory, 

 860-874 CalTer Ats. 



JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



Bash Op«niaff Appantiui and all klada 

 of ChrMnhonM Structural Matarlal. 



sure is fifty-eight pounds to the square 

 inch when the standpipe is full, but 

 varies as the standpipe becomes par- 

 tially empty. Would this variation 

 make any difference t What pressure 

 do I need on the plant? My water pipe 

 is %-ineh. Should this be attached to 

 the return near the boiler, the same as 

 the expansion tank, and would the ex- 

 pansion of the water drive the surplus 

 back into the main? Where should the 

 reducing valve be placed? If the city 

 water should be shut off at any time, 

 what would be the result? A. D. S. 



You can use the city pressure in the 

 way you indicate. It will be well to 

 hold the pressure between twelve and 

 twenty pounds, depending upon the 

 pressure the boiler is guaranteed to 

 carry. If you have a good steel boiler 

 of the return tubular type, you might 

 use the city pressure without a reduc- 

 ing valve. If you use a reducing valve, 

 you should also equip the boiler with a 

 safety valve, set at three or four 



SELF-BALANCING VENTILATORS 



IT IS COMMON SENSE 



AFFLISD TO VENTILATION 



X. Rasmussen -- New Albany, Ind. 



CAIDWEIL TANKS 



oi Galvanized Steelare 

 used everywhere. Sizes 

 upto 12V0granonscanbe 

 shipped set up at small 

 cost for freight. These 

 tanks are strong, tight 

 and durable. Cost less 

 than wood tanks. Ask 

 for illustrated catalogue 

 and delivered prices. 



W. E. Caldwell Co. 

 lionlBTlll*, Ky. 



TANKS (Steel. Wood. Galvanized) TOWKBU, 



Wlndmllla, Pomps, Qmm Bngln**. 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION 



Has paid 1107,000.00 for flaas broken durlnr the 

 last M yean. For particalars conceralnff Ball 



Insnrance, address 

 John G. Efller, Bee'y, Saddle Rlvert N. Jl. 



pounds higher pressure than the reduc- 

 ing valve. The water connection should 

 be made to the main return close to the 

 boiler, the same as with the expansion 

 tank. The reducing valve can be 

 placed at the most convenient point in 

 the water supply pipe. L. C. C. 



A NEW DISEASE GERM. 



While the entire country is now bat- 

 tling with the germ of "La Grippe, ' ' 

 another, and more serious germ has 

 taken quite a foothold among those en- 

 gaged in the greenhouse business; 

 strange as it may seem, the robust, 

 active and prosperous in the profession 

 appear to be most susceptible to this now 

 disease. 



While there is evidence of the pres- 

 ence of this germ at all seasons of the 

 year, it is most prevalent at about this 

 time. The symptoms are exhaustion, 

 restlessness and irritability during the 

 day, and mental depression, or acute in- 

 somnia during the night; this latter in 

 aggravated cases. 



During the day the one affected may 

 be seen walking about with bowed head 

 and wrinkled brow, apparently oblivious 

 of all that is going on about him. When 

 seated at his desk he seems to be gazing 

 off in the distance at — nothing. When 

 called, or disturbed by the slightest 

 noise he is suddenly startled, and cold 



