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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Max 18, 1011. 



Wrought Iron Pipe 

 For Sale 



Rethreaded. thoroughly overhauled, in 



random lengths, guaranteed free 



from splits or holes. 



1-inch. t2.70: 114-inch, 13.75; 2-inch, $5.80; 2'fl. 

 inch. |S 75: 3-inch. $11.50 per 100 feet. 



FITTINGS AND BOILER TUBES 

 AT LOW PRICES 



ALBERT,DAVIDSON&SALZINGER 



217-223 Union Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



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side, for which a separate main could 

 be used. A S^^-inch flow will answer 

 for each of these houses. For each 

 of the larger mains use a 5-inch pipe. 

 In the houses take three 2%-inch flows 

 and from eight to fifteen 2-inch returns, 

 according to the widths of the houses 

 and the temperatures desired. The 

 baJse of the chimney should be eight 

 feet square and deep enough to extend 

 below the frost line. 



ONE DETACHED HOUSE. 



"Will you kindly inform me what is 

 the best method of piping, for hot 

 water, one detached house, 17x42 feet, 

 running north and south? It measures 

 ten feet to the ridge and the side walls 

 are four feet two inches high, with 

 three feet of glass. The south gable 

 is glass; the north gable is joined to a 

 shed. The house is slightly protected 

 by buildings. The boiler will be two 

 feet below the level of the greenhouse. 

 What rating of boiler will be required? 

 The climate here, in southeastern Kan- 

 sas, is generally mild. I should pre- 

 fer to place all pipes on the side walls, 

 if practicable. W. C. L. 



To heat the house described to 60 

 degrees, when the mercury outside is 

 10 degrees below zero, two 2 14 -inch 

 flow pipes and twelve 2-inch returns 

 should be used. The flows and returns 

 can be upon the side walls, if preferred. 

 A boiler rated for 600 square feet of 

 radiating surface will give a good 

 margin. 



BEBUILDINQ GREENHOUSES. 



I should like to get some information 

 in regard to moving greenhouses. "We 

 have about 10,000 square feet of glass. 

 Most of the houses are 15x100, cypress 

 throughout and from four to eight 

 years old. Some of the gutter* are 

 somewhat warped. Would it pay to 

 use these^ If not, would it be bet- 

 ter to substitute iron or wooden gut- 

 ters? We intend to saw an inch or 

 two otf the ends of the sashbars and 

 wish to rebuild as economically as pos- 

 sible. 



We have two boilers, yoked, which 

 are just about right for th». present 

 glass area. How many feet of glass 

 can we add if we install a motor-driven 

 circulator? About what saving in the 

 cost of the heating pipe would result 

 from the use of a circulator, as com- 

 pared with an open gravity system? 



Would posts of 4x4 pecky cypress 

 outlast locust posts? How about a 

 better grade of cypress for posts? What 

 is the best wood preservative to use 

 on the lower ends? Would it be bet- 

 tet, and would it add to the life of 

 the posts, to set them -in -concrete? 



The New 



"Detroit" Return Trap 



The only successful modifications in Tilting Traps made 

 in years have been embodied in the "Detroit." Improve- 

 ments in the design and construction of "Detroit" Traps 



have fcifccri made 

 possi-ble by an- 

 other recently al- 

 lowed patent con- 

 trolled by this 

 company. 



In writing for 

 prices, advise 

 number of square 

 feet of glass in your 

 houses, together 

 with horse- power 

 of boiler and steam 

 pressure carried. 



American Blower Company 



DETROIT. MICH. 



U. S. A. 



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SaocesBors to the 

 John Davis Company 



ot'iui: Hughson Regulating Valve 



are all gatisfled with the results it has sriven, and many 

 duplicate orders is the proof. Tble Valve ^HU main- 

 tain a steady pressure on the low side, no matter 

 how the initial pressure fluctuates. By carrying 40 or 50 

 pounds pressure on the boiler and setting the valve to 

 carry 5 or 10 pounds on the line, you always have a 

 reserve to fall back on in rase of a sudden drop in tem- 

 perature. Our new^ catalogrue is Just out and if 

 you contemplate making any cnanges you had better 

 get one— it is yours for the asking. 



We Also Make Traps and Otber Devices. 



HUGHSON STEAM SPECIALTY CO. 



5021-9028 S.TState Street, CHICAGO 



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WtLKS 



Hot Water Bollors 



The Most Xoonomloal Bollera 

 for OreenlioaBea ti ii 



No night fireman required with our 

 Seli-feeding Hot Water Boilers. 



tmi hr Citalain ■■' Pricis. 



8. WILK8 MFG. CO. 



tStS Sliielda Ave.. CHICAGO 



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What is the. best way to handle 3- 

 inch and 4-inch pipe which can not be 

 uncoupled on account of rust or vrhite 

 lead? Must the casting be broken? 

 Would it be cheaper and more practical 

 to cut the pipe and then join it again 

 ■with Stuttle's patent pipe clamp? 



P. G. 



Whether it "will be advisable to use 

 the old gutters when rebuildiag a green- 

 house will depend upon the ^condition 

 of the wood and the care it has re- 

 <jeived. Ordinarily it is not good pol- 



WRITB TO 



GEO. B. LiMBERT & CB. 



5S7 Moa SL, OtlCAGO 



—For Prices on— 



fiefloine 

 WnisU Iroa Pipe 



Ask Vor Oatalogn*. 



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BOILER FLUES 



4-lnch and other sizes, cleaned and trimmed 

 ready for heating, retubing boilers or gutter 

 posts. Prices right. Also sales agent for Stuttle'i 

 Patent Clamp for Joining flues. 



606 No. State St., CHICAGO, IUm 



Teleplione North 157 



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icy to use gutterS that have been in a 



house as long as' eight years, and yet 



if they have been kept painted and arjB; 



I in good - condition it might.be well to 



