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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 1, 1908. 



We want to send you the names of the 

 nearest llorists who are using the Martin 



ROCKING GRATE 



Drop UB a postal and we will send you the 

 names of growers you know are good busi- 

 ness men. 



See It working: and you will order the Martin Rocklnar Qrate for 

 the new boilers to be put in this season. Write for catalogue and 

 prices. 



IT SAVES COAIi ;- r ; 



Martin Grate Co. 



283 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 



Send order now— we will make up the sratet and hold until 



you say ship 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



how to arrange hot water pipes for heat- 

 ing this house, and the quantity required 

 to maintain a temperature of 55 degrees 

 in the coldest weather? In one end I 

 propose growing bedding plants, and in 

 the other end carnations in front and 

 Bweet peas and asparagus along the 

 back. It gets the Bun the whole day 

 long, and is warmly built with double 

 boards. A. P. 



My plan for piping such a house as 

 you have would be to carry a 2-inch riser 

 from the boiler high over the outside 

 door in one end. Drop to a point be- 

 neath the side bench and place five lines 

 of 2-inch pipe the length of the house; 

 then combine all into a manifold built 

 of tees and a close nipple, and carry 

 a 2-inch return to the boiler. The idea 

 of carrying the riser high is to make 

 head room over the door. Then, by 

 using an expansion tank in the attic 

 and an air valve on the high point in the 

 system, all should work well. L. C. C. 



CAN SLEEP IN PEACE. 



It wUl pay any florist who has no 

 need for a night man to employ instead 

 one of the thermostats that ring a bell 

 whenever the temperature goes too high 

 or too low. With one of these the 

 florist can sleep in peace, certain that 

 he will be called in tima^t things go 

 awry in the greenhouses. [ Even where a 

 night man is employed one of these de- 

 vices is an inexpensive guarantee that 

 he will not fall asleep or desert his post. 

 John P. Rupp, Shiremanstown, Pa., put 

 in one of the Parker thermostats last 

 winter, and writes that the feeling of 

 security it gives has been worth a great 

 deal to him and made him an active 

 advocate of the device. 



A GENERAL PURPOSE HOUSE. 



We are about to erect a greenhouse, 

 which will be 18x35 feet, even-span, 

 eleven feet to the ridge and five feet to 

 the eaves, with twenty-four inches of 

 glass in the sides and glass in both 

 gables. We wish to grow carnations and 

 a general line of bedding stock. 



Which way would it be best to have 

 this house runt We prefer to run it 

 oast and west, but if there would be 

 any advantage we could run it the other 

 vay. We shall use raised benches on the 

 sides, three feet six inches wide, and one 

 center bench six feet six inches wide. We 

 wish to have about one-half of the cen- 

 ter bench raised, the other half to be a 



*Tis true — we told MeyerCaiid 

 Meyer told you. 



p. W. MEYER. 



RiVXBSIDK Grikmhouses, 



Box 1, B. F. D. 1. 



KAIiAHAZOO, MiOH., 7-7-08. 



MOBKHEAD Mfg. Go , Detroit, Mich. 



Dear Sirs:— If the Morehead Return Trap cost ten times what yon ask for it, it wotild 

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

 ered, in comparison with the steam pump I had installed 

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

 I recommend it to everyone who talks steam. Tours, 



P. W. MEYER. 



MOREHEAD RETURN STEAM TRAP 



Manufactured by 



MOREHEAD MF6.C0.. orandB^i^r Ave.. Detroit, Micii. 



Write for Plorists' Booklet. 



EMERGENCY PIPE CUMPS 



r? — 5T*' — ^1 



To -repair splits 

 and rust holes 

 on pipe. Made 

 of malleable 

 iron, and guar- 

 anteed to stop 

 the leaks. 



Send for cat- 

 alogue of 

 Pipe Repairs and Steam Specialties 



JAfVIES McCREA & CO. 



Manufacturers 

 61 -63 W. Wuhington St., CHICAGO 



Steel "'Vu'buLr Boilers 



The most economical type of boiler for 

 Greenhouse heatintr. Highly recommended 

 by well-known florists. 



JOHNSTON HEATING CO. 



138 E. 31*t St., NEW YORK 



SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS ^ 

 FOR HOT WATER HEATING 



SyperiorMachiRe&BoilerWorks 



126 W. Saperior St., CUeaffO, 111. 

 Write tor Prices and Catalocue 



Higli-firade 



gaSS» For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y. 



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