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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



Seftbmbeb 8, 1910. 



WILKS 

 Hot Water Boilers 



Tbe Most Kconomloal Boilers 

 tor Greenliouses :: :: 



No night fireman required with our 

 Self-feeding Hot Water Boilers. 



leii for Citalogui lad Prices. 



S. WILKS MFG. CO. 



i. 



SS28 Shields Ave., CHICAGO 



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mal supply. Heretofore Chicago has de- 

 pended largely for its manufacturing in- 

 dustries on the Illinois mines. But the 

 Indiana operators, resuming work after 

 a very short delay, have seemed to fill 

 this gap without trouble, and Ohio has 

 been largely left out, owing to its larger 

 haul and higher rate, until the deficit 

 of at least 2,000,000 tons, which should 

 have come from Illinois mines, has been 

 supplied by other districts and appar- 

 ently can get on without any ^Illinois 

 coal — if need be. To us it seems that 

 the prospect is good for a good year 's 

 trade, as we know positively that about 

 so many millions of tons of coal will 

 be demanded and will be used, and 

 what is not ordered on Monday will be 

 certainly called for on Saturday." 



If there is any grower who did not 

 make his coal contract "Monday" he 

 ought to get busy, for "Saturday" is 

 only a half day. 



VIOLET HOUSE AND LEAN-TO. 



Will you please tell me how to pipe 

 a lean-to for hot water? It is 14x20, 

 slopes toward the south and is five feet 

 high at the eaves and ten feet at the 

 highest point. Three feet of the exposed 

 wall is siding, the rest glass. I want 

 to grow carnations another year, though 

 this year I shall use it for growing vio- 

 lets, on benches. I want it piped for 

 carnation temperature and I have some 

 1%-inch pipes which I should like to 

 use if practicable. 



The house is against an ofiice, having 

 a cellar under it, in which is the boiler, 

 a Wilks 20x36, used now to heat a 

 violet house, which is 16x40, three feet 

 at the eaves and eight feet at the 

 ridge; it is even-span, with glass in 

 the south side. Do you think this boiler 

 will carry both houses at a violet tem- 

 perature this winter, in this New York 

 climate? 1 had trouble to keep the 

 larger house from freezing at times last 

 winter, but thought it was due to in- 

 sufficient piping. It has four 1%-iach 

 flows on each side, above the beds, with 

 two 2-inch returns leading back to the 

 boiler. Is this enough? E. H. 



If the side and both ends of the 

 lean-to are exposed, it would be well 

 to heat it by running five lines of l'^- 

 incli j)ipe around these three sides of 

 the house, or a part of the piping could 

 be used under the benches. The boiler 

 should be large enough to heat both 

 houses without difficulty, and if every- 

 thing is properly arranged the eight 

 lines of 1%-inch pipe should be suffi- 

 cient to keep up a suitable temperature 

 for violets, although one or two extra 

 pipes might be desirable in extremely 

 cold weather. 



GET WISE 



to the fact 



you will 



by installing: Tbe Martin RocklnK Grate. Costs a little more than ordinary 



grates, but the conl bums— it doesn't go into tbe asbpit. 



We refer to Peter Reinberg, Emil Buettner, Bassett & Washburn, Wietor Bros., Adam Zender, 

 Sinner Bros., Albert Dickinson Seed Co., and many others. Ttaey will tell you to order the Martin 

 ituokiuc Orate for the new boilers to be put in this season. Write for catalogue and prices. 



MARTIN GRATE CO., 



283 Dearborn St. 

 CHICAGO 



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The Superior Standard 



Return Flue Fire Box Boiler 

 contains more heating surface, and less water space than any other steel boiler 



Ask the van 

 that knows, the 

 Me HsioK dif- 

 ferent style 

 boilers— names 

 are yours, for 

 the asking. 



^ of tbe Heatlnc Surface Is In tbe Tubes 



^waTM mvTun 



After aslng 

 oar boiler one 

 [ season, you will 

 say like all oth- 

 ers: "Nothing 

 .JJ hot 'Superior^ 

 for 



This boiler has given better saUsfadion than any other boiler on the market 



Blade In Nine (0) sizes for Hot Water 



Bend for oatalocue and list of (rowers tbat are uslnc tbls boUer 



Superior Machine and Boiler Works, w.s'-tSV.. Chicago, III. 



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Install the Best 



Return Trap You 



Can Buy 



It will save both money and 

 worry — all winter long. You can- 

 not afford any trap but a ** Detroit." 



Get Our Proposition. 



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