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The Florists' Review 



I'KUllUARY 20, 1913. 



IMPROVED RETURN TUBULAR 

 FIREBOX BOILER 



Johnston Heatlns: Co. 



131 E. 26tli St., N«w York City 



Mention Tbe BeTlew when you write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



The worst of the winter has passed 

 and at no time has there been the antici- 

 pated fuel famine; the only trouble was 

 before the season really had opened, when 

 there was a sharp flurry in anthracite 

 that also was felt in smokeless coals. 



Thk price of crude petroleum has ad- 

 vanced to the point where it is not eco- 

 nomical as a greenhouse fuel and some 

 who use it are, indeed, finding it difficult 

 to procure a supply to keep their boilers 

 going. Not so long ago the market for 

 crude was $1.35 per barrel; noW it is 

 $2.50 and the trade expects to see $3 

 before the production begins to increase 

 in response to the advance in price. 



RESIDENCE AND GREENHOUSE. 



I'lease tell mc whether our residence 

 and greenhouse can be heated with a 

 Wilks hot water boiler. The size of 

 my greenhouse is 9x50 feet. 1 think it 

 is what you would call a lean-to house. 

 It is eight feet high on one side and 

 five feet six inches on the other. I am 

 thinking of remodeling the front of 

 our residence, enlarging room No. 1, 

 the front room shown on the enclosed 

 diagram, and making a flower store of 

 it. I have been wondering whether I 

 can heat the rooms, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, 

 numbering them in order from the front 

 backward, with the same boiler. The 

 rooms are all on the ground floor. The 

 kitchen, at one side of room No. S, does 

 not nee(T*a'ny heat, as we have a gas 

 range- there, for cooking. The green- 

 housq .is attached to the rear of the 

 kitchen. 



Can I use radiators in these three 

 rooms? If so, please let me know what 

 amount of radiation is needed for each 

 room. The following is the size of the 

 rooms, with the doorways and windows: 

 Room No. ], J 3x29, 9 ft. 6 in. high, one 

 window 6x6 ft., t^fo windows each 3x5 

 ft., and two (kwi-s -«a«h 3x7 ft. Room 

 2, 13x21, 9 ft. 6 in. high, two windows 

 each 2 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft., one window 5x6 

 ft., and one' door 3x7 ft.; this room 

 contains an open stairway, with a small 

 hallwav at the landing, which is 5 ft. 

 wide, It ft. 6 in. long and 8 ft. high. 

 Room :!, 10x1 11^, 9 ft. 6 in. high, two 





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 Catalogue 



Boiler and Haatlnc System Works FIno 



The boiler Is workintr flJie and we are well pleased. 

 It uses loss coal than any boiler we have had any- 

 thing to do with and we have ui^ed several kinds. 

 We followed your piping plans and are getting per- 

 fect eatisfaction. We arc well satisfied. 



Law s N< icsEKiKs, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 (P. E. Law. Prop.) 



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There Is a Splendid Chapter on 



Greenhouse Heating 



In The Florists' Manual 



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 fully illastrated. Treats on over 200 eubjecta concerning greenhouse Duild- 

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windows each 2 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft., and one 

 door 2 ft. G in. x 7 ft. 



If I can not use this boiler, what size 

 of boiler will fill the bill? H. T. 



The size of the boiler is not stated 

 and hence it is not possible to say 



whether or not it will heat the green- 

 house arid the three rooms in the dwell- 

 ing, but with a boiler of sufficient size 

 there should be no difficulty *in doing 

 so, provided the boiler can be placed 

 below the level of the floor. As nearly 

 as can be deterinined from the sketch 



