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Dbcbmbeb 9, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



9J 



W Bumham 



Smoke Box is interchangeable, 

 so pipe can be attached at back, 

 top, sides or bottom if you want 

 to— without buying a thing extra 

 — simply a turn of the bolts. 



Lerd & Birifcam C^o 



IRVINQTON, N. Y. 

 Mew ¥ork Boston Philadelphia Chicago 



Mention The Revlew_when you write. 



High-Grade Boilers 



ga£S,.For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN&CO.. Utica, N.Y. 



otherwise sinking and cracking of the 

 walls is sure to follow sooner or later. 

 Having, as I said, water in the hole, we 

 ♦lump our concrete in dry. It is best to 

 have a pump fixed in the hole to keep 

 out water not necessary for working the 

 .iob. Having shot in our concrete and 

 made level, we put on this a 2-inch layer 

 of cement ; on this the bricks are laid for 

 the floor. The walls are built in the 

 usual way, leaving a space of a couple 

 of inches between the walls and the 

 biicks, which space is filled in with con- 

 <iete, say three parts sharp sand and one 

 of cement. As the work proceeds let the 

 water rise up to the level of the work, 

 ITcventing any pressure of water from 

 tlic outside. Get a couple of men inside 

 tlic hole. If the water rises too quickly 

 keep the water level with the work. Have 

 the outside space well filled up with 

 fcinent. TTie weight of the water will 

 li'lp to settle the bottom firm, and the 

 '•'■inent will set under water equally hard. 

 Alter setting, the water can be baled out 

 '" the hole, and nothing but careless 

 ^\' rkmanship will make the job a failure. 

 ' For the solid concrete bottom any 

 ^ ik — such as the Americans call it — 

 '"■IV be used, coarse gravel, broken-up 

 J'i>'ks, clinkers, broken-up pots, provided 

 ' y are clean, i. e., free from soil. 

 ■^ xed dry with cement. 

 "Where time is limited, and the boiler 



' "• to be fixed almost at once, strong 

 ^ I'l water for mixing the cement may 

 J used. Builders will tell you that it 



' 1 not last, but not long ago the writer 



■* speaking to a gasfitter, laying new 



^' "^ mains, and he was saving "how well 



j' '' cement had stood the' test of fixing 



^vater pipes in a greenhouse. ' ' 



1^ A Better Growth of Flowers ^ 

 ^s^ Guaranteed ^^ 



\, 



The reason more Morebead Steam Traps than any other make have been 

 Bold In the past twenty years is becaase they are directly responsible for abetter 

 growth of flowers wherever Installed. "The best investment we ever made," is 

 he statement we invariably receive. 



" How and why " in the Trap Book. Send for it. 



MOREHEAD MFG. CO- Dept. M, Detroit, Mich. 



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THE KROESCHEU BOHER 



18 THK ONLY PSRFXCT 



Hot Water Boiler 



Not Cast Iron 



Has thin waterways. Heats quickly. It Is the 

 most eincient, safest and most economical 

 boiler built. Vary powerful. 15 sizes, 

 heating from the smallest greenhouse up to 

 50.000 square feet of glass to 60 degrees, at 

 15 degrees below zero. 



Prices and catalogue on application. 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 444 Erie St., CHICAGO 



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Detroit Return TRAPS 



in the Sieejn-Heoiied Greenhouse 



Betur than a RffiATE IN theGoal Bill . 



BliMRCO. ("-"*^)DErROIT.MICH. 



8«U Tonr Cuatomora Vlower Bozos aa Woll 

 MM Flowers. Increase Tour Sales and Please 

 Tour Patrons by Showing a line of the 



Illinois SELF-WATERIN6 

 FLOWER BOXES 



THE BEST THING EVER DEVISED for INEXPERIENCED ELOWER GROWERS 



Totur cnstomera will not complain of plants which yon sell them if planted in these 

 boxes. These handsome metal window boxes, porch boxes, hanging baskets, jardiniere pans, 

 etc., are made in 25 different shapes and sizes for use in all manner of places where growing 

 plants are employed. Reservoir has to be filled with water only about once in two weeks- 

 perfect sab-irrigation provided. Widely advertised in the leading magazines. Tour }obber 

 will supply you. or write to 



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Bolglano's Seed Store, Baltimore, Md., distributors for Maryland, Virginia, W. Va. and p. 0. 



