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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 27, 1908. 



SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS ^ 

 FOR HOT WATER HEATING 



SuperiorMachine&BoilerWorks 



126 W. Superior St., Chlcmgo, III. 

 Writ* for Prioes and Catalocue 



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(ireenhoMse Heating. 



CEMENT FOR CAST-IRON PIPE. 



What is the best material to use for 

 cementing 4-inch cast-iron water pipe for 

 greenhouse heating! 



C. J. 



In answer to your query regarding a 

 cement for cast-iron pipe, we have select- 

 ed the following from several recom- 

 mended by Bailey: "Sal ammoniac, 

 two ounces; sulphur, one ounce; clean 

 iron borings or filings, reduced to pow- 

 der, twelve pounds; water enough to 

 form a thin paste." 



EXCHANGE THE PIPE. 



I am completing a house 8x115 feet, 

 running north and south. The walls are 

 three feet high, and the ridge is seven 

 feet high. I have a Wilks boiler 20x42 

 and about 350 feet of 4-inch boiler tubes 

 I wish to use. How shall I go about 

 heating my house? The location is Chi- 

 cago and general stock is to be grown. 



T.G. 



Your house slightly exceeds the limit 

 of the length for best results with hot 

 water, especially with 4-inch pipe. For 

 a house of these dimensions I woul* ad- 

 vise the exchange of the 4-inch pipe to- 

 wards pipe of smaller size, preferably 

 2-inch. I would then pipe the house as 

 follows: Carry a 2V2inch flow pipe 

 under the ridge the length of the house 

 and return by six 2-inch pipes, three on 

 each side. Arrange the expansion tank 

 at least fifteen feet above the highest 

 point in the system. Place a pet cock on 

 the high point in the flow pipe, which 

 should be at the end of the greenhouse 

 farthest from the boiler, and connect the 

 expansion tank with the main return 

 near the boiler. L. C. C. 



GREENHOUSE AND DWELLING. 



I am going to build a greenhouse, 

 18x60, with sides four feet high and the 

 center eight feet high. I wish to con- 

 nect the heat to a dwelling of 600 square 

 feet. What size of lead pipe should I 

 have? I will drop the pipe at the end 

 of the greenhouse and take it sixteen 

 feet underground into the dwelling. What 

 size of return pipes will be needed in 

 the greenhouse? T will have steam heat. 



^Tis true— we told Meyer and 

 Meyer told you* 



F. W. MEYER, 



RiVEBSIDK GREHNHOUSKS, 



Box 1, R. F. D. 1. 



Kalamazoo, Mich., 7-7-08. 



MoEBHKAD Mfg. Co , Detroit, Mich. 



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

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

 ered, in comparison with the steam pump I had installed 

 before KettinR your Trap. I cannot praise it too highly and 

 I recommend it to everyone who talks steam. Yours, 



P. W. MEYER. 



MOREHEAD RETURN STEAM TRAP 



Manufactured by 



MOREHEAD MF6.C0.. Grand R^e'r Ave.. Detroit, Micli. 



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WE WILL STAKE 



OUR IMPROVED METHOD OF HEATING 



against any other steam or hot water system of heating, on every 

 point necessary in a satisfactory heating 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 systems against infringements. 



Simonds Heatinq & Specialty Co. 



105 Washington Ave., DETROIT, MICH. 



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THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Halsted, 22d and Union Sts., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



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



Tbis Is what one of our customers thinks of our Talves t 



Lincoln, III., January 8, 190S. 

 Thk Johv Davis Company, Chtcaro, Hi. 



Ggntlkmen:— You can Btroogrly and unbeflitatlDrly recommend th« 

 "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 

 find them as s<>n8ltlve as a watch. We will be in Chicago soon to take up 

 the vacuum system with you. V^oura truly, 



W. H. QuLLKiT & Sons, disaurs. 

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There Is a Splendid Chapter on 



Greenhouse Heating 



In The Florists' Manual 



By WILLIAM SCOTT 



A complete reference book for commercial florists. 253 large pages, 

 fully illustrated. Treats on over 200 subjects concerning' greenhouse build- 

 ing, heating, management, and plant culture. It tells you just what you 

 want to know, in just the way you want to be told. 



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with the average dwelling house tem- 

 perature and a temperature in the green- 

 house suitable for tomatoes or geraniums. 

 I am located in Indiana. 



The greenhouse 18x60 will be connect- 

 ed to a small greenhouse 12x50, with the 

 north wall three feet high and the cen- 

 ter five feet high, sloping to one foot on 



