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76 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 27, 1909. 



Vacuum Pumps Boiler Feed Pumps 



For low pressure heatlns. Used with our Squires' Traps. FOR HOT OR COLD WATER. 



STEAM TRAPS for Vacuum Steam Heating:. 



ASK POEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove, III. (are using 70 Traps and 6 Vacuum Pumps). 



Write for 

 Catalogue O. 



ADVANCE PACKING 

 & SUPPLY CO. 



Chicago, - • Illinois 



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Martin Rocking Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN GRATE GO. "'(^"cr,^ 



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SMITH, UNEAWEAVER & CO. 



COAL 



Anthraeitet Bltamlooat« Coke and Gaa Coal 



TruYt^&^ufiSfo^. Philadelphia 



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fireenhonse Heating. 



Curiously enough, all the evidence aa 

 to the cause of the disastrous boiler ex- 

 plosion at the establishment of Miller & 

 Sons, Bracondale, near Toronto, goes to 

 show that the cause was the same as in 

 the case of the equally disastrous explo- 

 sion at the George M. Kellogg plant, 

 Pleasant Hill, Mo., a year or so ago. It 

 appears that in each case the explosion 

 was due to an inoperative safety valve, 

 combined with the almost certain fact 

 that the valve in the pipe connecting the 

 exploding boiler with the main steam 

 pipe was closed. 



PEAT FOR FUEL. 



In reply to an inquiry in the Heating 

 Department of the Review of May 20, 

 I would say that we have had one win- 

 ter's experience with peat for green- 

 house heating. Late in October, 1908, 

 we bought a huckleberry swamp, which 

 for generations has been considered 

 worthless, except for the fine huckleber- 

 ries that grow on it. 



I took notice of the quality and quan- 

 tity of the peat contained in this swamp, 

 some of which is valuable for florists ' use 

 and some as fuel. 



Its former owners had burned this peat 

 in cook stoves and heaters for the last 

 thirty years, but never thought of oflfer- 

 ing it to the public, and therefore were 

 willing to sell out at the first opportun- 

 ity. 



In November we dug a good supply of 

 peat. The peat had the same appear- 

 ance as the brown coal in Germany, 

 which is due to the dry season we had 



For The Greenhouse 



^ MOREHEXD 



RETURN STEAM TRAPS 



The present improved Moreliead Automatlo Return 



am Trapi are thi resul o twenty years' use and development in thousands of heating 

 and steam plants throughout the world. The "Morehead" was the Orisrlnal atd has at 

 all times been the Standard by which the comparative values of other traps have been 

 measured. They've stood the test for 20 years, and have gained the "well done" of all users. 

 Will you join the ranks ? Catalogue on request. 



MOREHEAD MFG. CO., I043 Grand Riier Ave., Detroit, MlCh. 



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ScrewedThreads 



WATBR, STKAM, GAS 

 COMPRKSSKD AIR 



Can be put together tig^ht and 

 easily taken apart if you uee 



TRIPP'S 



Pipe^Joint Componod 



Price 

 10c per Pound 



The Alan H. Tripp Co. 



260 South Clark Street 

 Telephone Harrison 6339 CHICAGO 



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last summer. We burnt it just as it 

 came from the bog. We also pressed 

 some under a cheese press into the shape 

 of a brick, which we gave a trial in zero 

 weather, with good results. 



If pressed, its heat is equal to that of 

 hard coal. Three tons will go as far as 

 two tons of coal. It contains an oily, 

 alcoholic substance, making a blue blaze, 

 as when alcohol is burning. The smoke 

 is something like that of green wood. 

 Any stove or fireplace intended for hard 

 or soft coal burns peat. The fire does 



HEATING PIPE 

 AND GLASS 



We have something special on 

 glass and heating pipe. Send us 

 a list of what you need and get 

 our prices before you buy. 



You will save money if you 

 write at once. 



Our glass is natural gas hand 

 made and A quality— the best that 

 money can buy. 



JOHN C. M0NIN6ER GO. 



129 E. Blackhawk St, CHICAGO 



Dept. B. 



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Steel 



Return 

 Tubular 



Boilers 



The most economical type of boiler for 

 Qreenbouse heating. Highly recommended 

 by well-known floriBts. 



JOHNSTON -HEATING CO. 



138 E. 31st St., NEW YORK 



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not clog up. The ashes drop through like 

 wood ashes. 



We do not know how valuable these 



