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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



April 23, 1908. 



MONEY 

 SAVED 



and better flowers 

 grown by installing the 



Morehead Trap 



Hondreds of our traps are la use in 

 ffreenbouses throughout the country. 

 They can do (or 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. 



Mention Th» RfTlp w wh>n ynn wrlta. 



(ireenhoiise Beating. 



PIPING IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



I am about to put up an addition to 

 my greenhouses and would be thankful 

 if I could get the proper information as 

 to piping the old as well as the addi- 

 tional houses. 



My present house contains seven 

 flows and eight 2-inch returns, arranged 

 as follows: Under the north bench are 

 three flows and three returns; under the 

 middle bench, two flows and two re- 

 turns, and under the south bench, two 

 flows and throe returns. These flows 

 are fed by a 4-inch cast-iron main, which 

 runs across the houiSe near the boiler and 

 returns in 4-inch pipe, which runs aside 

 of the main flow and returns to the boil- 

 er. My house is an even-span house, 

 18x70 and eleven feet to the ridge, with 

 two feet of glass at the sides. The east 

 end has a glass gable and the west end is 

 protected by a workshop over the boiler- 

 cellar. The north and center radiators 

 are fed by the one side opening from my 

 Hitchings Camel Back No. 16 boiler, and 

 the south radiator is fed by the other 

 side opening from the boiler; also a 4- 

 inch pipe. 



I find that during severely cold weath- 

 er the front part of the house runs from 

 8 to 10 degrees colder than the rear 

 end, and wish to be informed how to ar- 

 range the piping diflferently, so as to 

 maintain about the same temperature at 

 both ends. Could I feed two 2inch re- 

 turns and one 1%-inch return with one 

 2-inch flow, by feeding at the far end 

 from the boiler? That is, could I run 

 the 2-inch flow along the ridg6, and at 

 the far end, seventy feet from the boiler, 

 branch out into two 2-inch returns and 

 one 1^-inch return, the 1^4 -inch return 

 to run directly under the middle gutter, 

 between the two houses, so as to keep 

 the gutter free from ice? Could I cut 

 out the radiator under the south bed al- 

 together, if I place the above-mentioned 

 piping along the ridge and purlins, and 

 feed the entire house from the one side- 

 opening 4-inch main? This would give 

 me the other side opening from the boiler 

 to run a 4-inch main into the new addi- 

 tion, which will be 20x80, even-span, and 

 eleven feet to the ridge; the two gables 

 and the south side will have two feet of 

 glass. Could this house be heated with 

 the one 4-inch main and about twelve 

 2-inch pipes? 



I want the additional house for chrys- 

 anthemums and vegetables, while my 



Bniltifis. 



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And Here's Another 



Grand Island, Neb., January 22, 1906. 

 UnitedStates Heater Co., Omaha, Neb. 



Dear Sirs:— We have one of your Capitol Boilers in our greenhouses, 

 and I want to say that it is the finest Steam Boiler I ever saw. Glass surface is hard 

 to heat, but we have no trouble whatever. It is saving us coal and we can keep a 

 better temperature than we ever had before. No work to take care of It. no flues 

 to clean. It is simply a bird. We shall build more houses In the near future, and 

 shall want another of the very largest you have. Very respectfully, 



John Ellsworth, Bus. Mgr., Ellsworth Greenhouses. 



This is the evidence of practical experience. If your present 

 heating Bystem does not give you similar results, surely you will put 

 in a Capitol Boiler without delay. If you are building new greenhouses, 

 surely you will equip with Capitol Boilers. 



[ totted Slates Heater fompany. 



General Offices and Worlis : Fort Street and Campbell Ave., DETROIT, MICH. 



BRANCHKS 



NEW YORK, 129 Worth Street 



CHICAGO, « Dearborn Street 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 120 West 11th 

 Street 



OMAHA, NEB., 415 South l&th Street 



SALK8 AGENCISS 



ST. LOUIS, MO., L. M, Rumgey Mfg. Co. 

 DENVER, COL., Kelloggr & Stokes S tove Co. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Plumbingr & S. 

 F. Supplies Co. 



NORFOLK and RICHMOND, VA., Virgin- 

 ia-Carolina Supply Co. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



THE SUPERIOR 



Return Flue rire=Box Boiler 



This boiler 

 has given 

 better satis- 

 faction than 

 any other 

 boiler on the 

 market. 



Made In 

 8 slzea tor 

 Hot Watar 



I • 1 1 IS of these bonffht and used by one Krower 

 I I 6 by another 



Send for new 



Catalogue 



and list 



of growers 



that are 



using 



this Boiler 



Ask the man that knows; the names are yonrs for the asking of thei» 



Superior Machine & Boiler Worics 



125 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



present house is used for carnations. I 

 know I am taxing my boiler above the 

 rating, but will have arrangements made 

 to twin another No. 16 boiler to the 

 present one, in case the one cannot heat 

 it properly. Can three 2-inch returns be 

 properly fed with one 2-inch flow! 

 ^ ^ ^ F. N. B. 



The house 18x70 should be heated for 

 carnations by twelve 2-inch pipes. It 

 should be possible, therefore, to elim- 

 inate the three pipes in question with- 

 out danger. 



Yes, one 2-inch flow will carry two 2- 

 inch returns and one li,4-inch return of 

 the length required by your house. 



The new house, 20x80, should have at 

 least thirteen 2-inch pipes to give a di 

 sirable temperature for mums, lettuco, 

 radishes, etc. If tomatoes are contem 

 plated, install at least fifteen pipes. TIi ; 

 two houses, thus piped, carry abou! 

 1,200 square feet of radiation andshoul'l 

 have a boiler capacity of at least 1,500 

 square feet. L. C. C. 



STEAM FOR THREE HOUSES. 



In the department of the Review dr 

 voted to greenhouse heating I have no- 

 ticed from time to time many practical 

 suggestions. I would greatly appreciat< 

 an answer to this letter from a practical 



