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QCTOBER 15, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



69 



The John Davis Go. 



Balited, 2Sd and DbIob Street 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



• Manufacturers axid Wbolesalera of 



Wrought Iron Pipe 

 Cast-iron Fittings 

 Valves* Pumps 

 Steam Traps 



and evarytlilns used In a Steam Plant 



A majority of the Houses are changrlngr 

 from water to steam. The only pipe to use 

 is the genuine Wrouffbt Iron and "Byers" 

 Is the best made. Wbite Ds fob Pbicks. 



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W> BEFZB TO 



BASSRT A WASHBUBN 



POEHLHANN BBOS. CO. 



AEOBCIE BEINBEBfl 



PETEB BEHTBIMI ; 



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KENNETH ANDERSON MFG. GO. 



We carry a 'complete line of 



Also agents for REVERO, 



ttie hose you have been 



looking for. 



-38, 85 and 37 East Atwater Street, 



DETROIT, MICH, 



during cold weather, it will require at 

 least twelve returns the length of the 

 house, if you use 1%-inch pipe, which 

 is as small as is safe for a house of this 

 length. 



With the boiler located as you have 

 planned, if the houses are eighteen feet 

 wide, it will make a long run from the 

 boiler to the far end of house No. 1; in 

 fact, a distance too great to hope for 

 best results from hot water, unless you 

 use heavy pressure or a circulating 

 pump. However, you may find that it 

 will work well with an expansion tank 

 located ten or twelve feet above the 

 highest pipe in the system. My prefer- 

 ence is for an independent connection 

 for the expansion tank close to the 

 boiler, but you may find the plan you 

 suggest of connecting to the highest 

 point in the main return satisfactory. 

 If it does not prove so, run an inde- 

 pendent pipe and connect with the main 

 return near the boiler. I think you 

 will find it better to carry water away 

 from the workroom rather than toward 

 it. Four inches in 100 feet will be 

 ample fall for the gutter. L. C. C. 



A SHALLOW BOILER PIT. 



I have my hous9 ready for the pipes 

 and should like your opinion. The house 

 runs east and west and is 18x100 feet, 

 eleven feet to the ridge and four and 

 a half feet high at the sides, with eight- 

 een inches of glass in the south side. I 

 am thinking of puttin^"~tn one 2-inch 

 flow and five 2-inch returns on each side, 

 as I have no benches. Or would it be 

 better to put in one 3-inch flow under 

 the ridge and five 2-inch returns on 

 each side? With the expansion tank 





What Kind of Boiler flaveYoD? 



This question is a mighty important one, because with some kinds of boilers 

 there is the ever present continjtency of explosion and damage. 



With a steel builer the Florist will always have this possibility upon his mind; 

 that is, if he realizes that a steel boiler is liable to explode any minute. 



Capitol Boilers are made of cast Iron, made with divided sections. 

 Each section is in itself a small boiler, with its own internal circulation. If by any 

 accident any section breaks down it can be removed for repair or replaced with 

 a new section, and all the while the utility of the boiler itself is not interfered with. 

 Capitol Boilers ran not under any circumstances explode. 



Capitol Boilers are most economical in fuel, and are easy to operate. 



Capitol Boilers are the best boiler in the world for the Florist. 



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 any of our branches. 



pled Slates Heater rompany. 



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Standard 



Thermostat 



STYLE 1 



Diameter, • In. 

 PRICE, $5.00 EACH 



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 Mfg. Co. 



Cliflon and Shirley 8ts. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



Pipe Fittings -- Imico Boilers 



FOR GREENHOUSE WORK 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



539 DIVER8ET BOUIXVARD CHICAGO. 



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on the roof of the shed, over the boiler, 

 I believe I would get more pressure by 

 the first method. 



I intend to have a closed expansion 

 tank. Can I connect it with the return 

 near the boiler, or what is the best way? 



I want to get all the pressure I can. 

 Please explain how to put up a closed 

 tank and how to use it without any dan- 

 ger. 



I can get li4-inch pipes much cheap- 

 er. Would you prefer them to 2-inch? 



