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PSBBUABt 20, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



73 



Take no Chances When Selecting: 

 Your Heating Apparatus. 



BETTER BE SAFE 

 THAN SORRY 



Have a 



FloreoceHeater 



installed and then you can 

 bum any kind of fuel with 

 the most economical results. 



Write for catalogue to 



Colombia Heater Co. 



BELVIDERE, ILL. 



OB ITS 



CHICAGO SAUBS DXPABTMBIIT 



LOCATKD AT 



85 East Lake Street. 



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EMERGENCY PIPE CLAMP 



Ti Repair SpNts «hI 

 Rust Holes in Pik* 



Made of malleable 

 iron, all sizes, M-in. 

 to la. in. Send for Cat- 

 alog: on Pipe Repairs. 



JamesMcCreaftCo. 



MANUFACTURERS 



63 W. WasliMitM SI. , CHICAGO 

 Mention The Beriew when yon write. 



S. WILKS MFG. CO. 



Ifanufaotiirers of 



Greenhouse Boilers 



35th and Shields Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL 



High-Grade Boilers 



aiaSSu. For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



6IBLIN&C0., Ltica, N.Y. 



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Wliat size of boiler will it take to 

 supply this j)lant, with seventy or eighty 

 iMiunda' pressure carried on the boiler? 

 <"an ail returns be connected to a mani- 

 fold and the condensation be returned 

 ti) the boiler through a steam trap, where 

 '10 boiler pit is used ? I want to use a 

 liorizontal return flue boiler. Please give 

 ■^ize of shell, the number, size and length 

 of flues and the extent of grate surface 

 you think it will take to heat this plant. 



All things considered, which is the 

 better way to set greenhouses — north and 

 -^outh or "east and west? .T. H. H. 



If I may be allowed a suggestion in 

 '•'gard to the construction of your houses, 

 I would say in regard to butted glass, 

 '^•in't. r have had so much trouble with 



STANDARD 

 TBERJHOSTAT 



STYLE I 



Diameter, 6 in. 

 PRICI, $4.60 BACH. 



Arranged with binding 

 posts to be connected 

 with wires so as to ring a 

 bell. Can be set at any 

 two points on entire 

 scale. Especially adap- 

 ted for Greenhouses. 



Parker Mf g Co. 



Clifton and Shirley 8ts. 

 BOSTOir, MASS. 



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THE SUPERIOR 



Return Flue Fire^Box Boiler 



This boiler 

 has given 

 better satis- 

 faction than 

 any other 

 boiler on the 

 market. 



Made in 

 8 sizes lor 

 Hot Water 



Send for new 



Catalogue 



and list 



of growers 



that are 



using 



this Boiler 



Superior Machine & Boiler Worlds 



125 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO, II L. 



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The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



is acknowledged the best for the 

 florist because it is durable, and does 

 its work without trouble and annoy- 

 ance, saving its cost by the economy 

 in coal bills. 



E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio 



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butted glass that it is like a nightmare 

 to me. For general purpose houses I 

 would say use even-span houses, set north 

 and south. Such houses get more light 

 during winter than any other type. 



To heat your houses, a good plan would 

 be to use a 3-inch riser under the ridge 

 in each house and eighteen 1 14 -inch re- 

 turns, disposed so as to supply heat 

 under each of the benches, and in addi- 

 tion a coil of three or four pipes on each 

 outside wall. A good plan would be to 

 arrange four pipes under each of the 



DO TOU KNOW ABOUT THS 



Martin Rocking Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN GRATE GO.'^^.S^" 



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twelve 5-foot beds and three pipes on 

 each of the two exposed walls, thus using 

 fifty-four 11/4 -inch returns in the whole 



