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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



July 30, 1008. 



SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS ^ 

 FOR HOT WATER HEATIN6 



SuperiorMachine&BoilerWorks 



126 W. Superior St., Chlcagro, III. 

 Writ* for Prices and Catalogue 



of access} (3) direct surfaces formed 

 by deep cross fire channels; (4) all 

 cleaning surfaces in plain sight and easy 

 to reach; (5) fire pot water-surrounded. 

 "The great success of their Burnham 

 vertical sectional boiler prompted them 

 to incorporate in this new boiler some of 

 its economy principles, the keynote of 

 which is the direct fire surfaces formed 

 by the deep fire channels running across 

 the boiler. There are no water legs, 

 drop tubes or arms extending into the 

 combustion chamber of great depth, 

 which extends from the grate to the in- 

 side limit of the top channel. This ar- 

 rangement permits of deep firing and 

 the consequent carrying of a fire a long 

 time without attention, as well as the 

 economy in coal consumption resulting 

 from same. The indirect fire surfaces 

 formed by the sections above the com- 

 bustion chamber section are so arranged 

 that the gases must travel back and 

 forth, completely across the boiler, thus 

 adding greatly to the positive eflSciency. 

 In the dome of the steam boiler is placed 

 a baffle plate above the water line and 

 directly under the steam outlet, which 

 prevents the water going over into the 

 steam outlets." 



THE PLUMBER SPOILED THE JOB. 



We had trouble heating our green- 

 houses last winter. We had a plumber 

 pipe the houses. He said he knew liow 

 they should be piped, but he made a 

 botch of it. for it does not heat. He put 

 in a gravity steam system,. with his main 

 return below water line in the boiler. 



Our boiler is twelve feet long, with 

 thirty-two 3-inch return flues and a grate 

 46x50 inches. We have four houses, three 

 of them 18x170 feet and one 20x84 feet. 

 The houses are six feet to the eave and 

 twelve feet to the ridge. Our beds are 

 solid concrete beds. The houses run east 

 and west and are well sheltered on the 

 north side and west end. The boiler has 

 two 6-inch outgoing taps and two 5 inch 

 return taps. 



We should like to heat the houses to 

 50 or 60 degrees iu zero weather, in this 

 Illinois climate. We grow only cool 

 plants. S. E. L. 



Each of tlio 170-foot houses should be 

 equipped witli u 3-inch flow under the 

 ridge, returning by twelve li4inch re- 

 turns. The 84-foot house can be handled 

 with a 2 1^; -inch flow pipe and fifteen 



'Tis true— we told Meyer and 

 Meyer told you.^ 



F.W.MEYER, 



Riverside ireunhousks, 



Box 1, R, F. D. 1. 



Kalamazoo, Mich., 7-7-08. 



MoRKHEAi) Mkg. Co , Detroit, Mich. 



Dear Sirs:— If tbe Morehead Return Trap cost ten times what you ask for it, it would 



be cht-ap when time, labor and cost of repairs are consid- 



ered. in comparison wiili the steam pump I had installed 

 before Ketting your Trap. I cannot praiue ii too highly and 

 I recommend it to everyone who talks steam., ifours, 



F. W. MEYER. 



MOREHEAD RETURN STEAM TRAP 



Manufactured by 



MOREHEAD MFG.GO.. Grand lat'er Ave.. Detroit, Mich. 



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IMICO 



Hot Water Boilers 



Made by 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



S39 Diniseii BoulnanI, CHICA60, 



Are noted for coal economy and 

 gfood results generally. 



SKMD rOR CATALOG. 



- WE WILL STAKE 



OUR IMPROVED METHOD OF HEATING 



ag^ainst any other steam or hot water system of heating, on every 

 point necessary in a satisfactory heatings system. 



We eecure a greater flexibility of the heating medium. Also se- 

 cure economy in installation and in fuel for operation. We 



guarantee users of our syatems against infringements. 



Simonds Heatinq & 



105 Washington Ave., DETROIT, 



iaity 



MICH. 



Co. 



The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



Is acknowledged the best for the 

 florist because it is durable, and does 

 its work without trouble and annoy- 

 ance, savinK its cost by the economy 

 in coal bills. 



E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio 



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1^4 -inch returns. All the returns should 

 be at least two feet above the water level 

 of the boiler. The main returns, if long, 

 can be made three or four inches in diam- 

 eter and used as a water-leg to seal the 

 system, but the greater the difference in 

 level between the water-leg and the heat- 

 ing returns the better. The water-log 

 can bo carried on the level of the bottom 

 of the shell of the boiler, if desired, and 



be satisfactory. Without a good differ- 

 ence between the level of the heating re- 

 turns and the water in the boiler, diffi- 

 culty will le experienced, but the water- 

 leg will help to overcome it to some ex- 

 tent. L. C. C. 



I don't see how any florist can do 

 business without the Review. — Alfred 

 RuNNiON, Sheldon, Dl. 



