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The Florists' Review 



March 12, 1914. 



WILKS 



Hot Water Boilers 



ARE THE MOST fCONOMICAl 

 BOIURS fOR GREENHOUSES 



No NIslit Flroman Roquirod writh our 



SELF-FEEDING 

 HOT WATER BOILERS 



Send for Cataloffue and prices. 



S. WILKS MFG. CO. 



S82S ShloMo Avo.. CHICAQO 



Mention The Berlew when yon wnte. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard 

 to any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Eeview to make a choice of 

 apparatus for you. The greenhouse 

 heating equipment advertised in this 

 paper is, we believe, the best for the 

 trade to buy, and each article the best 

 in the special field of its adaptation. 



PIPING FOB HOTB^S. 



>^ I am enclosing a diagram of some 

 hotbeds and should like to know 

 whether the system of piping there 

 shown would be suitable for the grow- 

 ing of lettuce, beets and radishes, in 

 this New York climate. Which would 

 be the better place for the pipes — about 

 five inches underground or above the 

 surface, about one foot from the back 

 and front! The piping will be con- 

 nected to the boiler with shut-off 

 valves, so as to maintain a tempera- 

 ture of 45 to 50 degrees. It is impos- 

 sible to buy manure here for the mak- 

 ing of hotbeds. F. M. V. N. 



The sketch shows two hotbeds, each 

 6x60 feet, with a 2% -inch flow pipe 

 running up one side and back on the 

 other. This should be sufficient to 

 maintain a temperature of 50 degrees 

 in zero weather, if placed above 

 ground. 



By running the pipes underground, 

 eo that they would be covered with six 

 inches of soil, bottom heat would be 

 furnished, which would materially pro- 

 mote the growth of the crops men^ 

 tioned, and especially of lettuce. Thar 

 radiation in this case would be suffi- 

 cient after the first part of March, but 

 in extremely cold weather the frost 

 might work in around the sides of the 

 bods unless some form of covering is 

 u?ed. 



TESTINa BOIUIBS. 



Manufacturers regularly test the dif- 

 ferent boilers and get accurate informa- 

 tion as to just how much work each 

 will do. The aim Ib to find out exactly 

 the amount of heat the boiler will give, 

 and determine how muQh greenhouse / 

 glass it will take care of. The general 

 public has never been admitted to these 

 tests. Manufacturers make the testB 

 for their own information, and give out 

 as much or as little of the results as 

 seems fitting. The John C. Moninger 

 Co., however, contemplates inviting the 

 trade to some boiler tests to be made in 

 Chicago. 



Testing boilers is quite complicated. 



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Don't Have a Fife in 

 Your Boiler Rdom 



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It means a big loss to have the heating plant put out of business 



at this time of year.. 



Fire Proof Boiler Rooms 



can be erected easily by any handy mSn at comparatively small 

 expense if you use 



King Iron Frame Construction 



covered with Asbestos Protected Metal or Sheet Iron. The main 

 framing members, posts, rafters and purlins are of steel tubing, and 

 assembled by means of joint fittings of malleable castings. Any man 

 can put it up as it comes fitted ready to go together. 



The buildings are standard, and parts are carried in stock, so we 

 can guarantee prompt deliveries. The saving in fire insurance alone 

 soon pays for the building. 



Write for Bulletin No. 45, and ■"*'' 



protect yourself against fire. 



King Construction Company 



27 KING'S ROAD, NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y. 



Makers of King Iron Frame: Greenhouse 



It.ntlon Th. H.y1.w*wh»n yon wrlf. 



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HianEST PRICED and CHEAPEST 



BOIIJERB MADE 



GiBLiN Greenhouse Boilers 



GIBUN Si CO. 



109 Broad St., Utica, N. Y. 104 John St., New York City 



LET US TELL YOU 

 ABOUT THEM 



MpDttoD Ihe Hevlew when you write. 



Pipe Fittings -- Imico Boilers 



-FOB GBKEirHOUSK WOBK- 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



MOIOSSS DXVXBaCT BOUIXVARD CHXCAGO 



G. B^TBATIS CO.. HSNRT. ILL. 



Mentlwi The R«Tlew when yoo l^^te. 



a technical proceeding. The boiler is 

 set up in the same way one would set 

 it up in a boiler room. To get a uni- 

 form fuel value, a selected grade of 

 hard coal is used. Fuel is selected that 

 shows a rating of a given number B. 

 T. U. per pound. Hard coal is uniform 

 in fuel value, so the firing of the boiler 

 is uniform throughout the test, which 

 lasts for eight to ten hours. After the 

 boiler is ret up and connected to a 

 chimney of proper size, the various ap- 

 pliances for making the tests are at- 



BOILER FLUES 



We make a apedalty of handllitr carefally aeleotod 

 BoUer rioee, 4-lnch diameter and other alxea for 

 rreentaooae piping, Ontter Poeto, etc. Alao, we 

 make a epecialty of flaes for retnbtng bollera. All 

 llnee are thorouffhly cleaned inside and out, 

 trimmed, and are ready for nae. General Salea 

 Affenta for Stnttle'a PMsnt 01amt> and Elbow for 

 Joining flnea— no packing, no leaka. New standard 

 pipe and all kinds of greenhonae fittings. Right 

 prices and prompt shipment. 



H. MUN80N 



1 405 Wells St. Phone NorOi 572 Chloaco 

 Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



tached. A glass plate is fitted in th^ 

 front of the boiler and in the rear. A 

 strong light is placed over the glass 

 plate in the rear, so when one looks 



