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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 10, 1900. 



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martin Rocking Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN BRUTE CO.'"^icr«^ 

 SMITH, UNEAWEAVER & CO. 



COAL 



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fireenhonse Heating. 



The Eeview is glad to answer in- 

 quiries in this column, concerning any- 

 thing which has to do with greenhouse 

 heating, and also is glad to have sub- 

 scribers give reports of how they have 

 overcome their heating troubles. 



A GREAT many florists are reluctant to 

 invest their money in digging holes in 

 the ground; they want to set their boil- 

 ers as near the surface as possible. "While 

 the system can be made to work without 

 an adequate pit, the money laid out in 

 digging and walling the hole will usu- 

 ally come back_ in a short time in the 

 saving of coal.' 



HEATING HINTS. 



To make a stiff or immovable joint, use 

 shellac; for a movable joint, use graphite. 

 Bed lead is the best all-around substance 

 to use. 



To find the water line in a steam boiler 

 when the water is below the glass, take a 

 wet cloth and draw it quickly down over 

 the head sheet. You will have to do this 

 three or four times to find out the line 

 of the water. The water from the cloth 

 will evaporate quicker where the steam 

 is than where the water is. 



Keep the register in the fire door open 

 a little. It helps to burn the gases which 

 generally go up the chimney. 



Keep the flues in your boiler clean; 

 soot is a non-conductor of heat. 



Set up the hand holes and man hole 

 on tubular boilers after they are under 

 way, as the heat expands them, and they 

 are liable to leak. 



Put a piece of white cardboard with a 

 narrow strip of red ribbon on it behind 

 the water glass, and you will not have to 

 lose your eyesight looking for the water 

 in the night. 



If the boiler gets to foaming, cool it 

 down and let the water settle; then start 

 it up easy again. You would better put a 

 clean supply of water in the boiler when 

 the fire is out and the sun shining in 

 good shape. 



Do jiot turn on the cold water when 

 you do not see any in the glass; you are 

 liable to be picked up in the next countv. 



G. T. E." 



BOILER WORKING POORLY. 



I have a house 25x180, six feet to the 

 eaves, fourteen feet to the ridge, with 

 glass in the south end and three feet four 

 inches of glass in the sides. There is a 

 3-itich flow on each side wall, with four 

 2-inch returns right below each flow pipe, 

 and one 2-inch return on each walk, mak- 



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 Buckskin Hose, 



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made under our own 

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 length. 



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DETROIT, , MICH. 



Can handle MIohlBan and Nortbem Indiana orders, only. 



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for The Greenhouse 



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The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



l8 acknowledged the best for the 

 florist. becauBe it is durable and 

 does its work without trouble and 

 annoyance, saving its cost by the 

 economy in coal bills. 



E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio 



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Pipe Fittings -- Imico Boilers 



FOR GREKNHOUSK WORK- 



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Screwed Threads 



WATKR, STKAM, GAS 

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Can be put together tight and 

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Price 

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 Telephone Harrison 6339 CHICAGO 



BEATING PIPE ) 

 AND GLASS 



We have something special on 

 glass and heating pipe. Send us 

 a list of what yon need and get 

 our prices before you buy. 



You will save money if you 

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Our glass is natural gas hand 

 made and A quality— the best that 

 money can buy. 



JOHN C. M0NIN6ER GO. 



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