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Decembeb 15, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



117 



it is a pljiaipe to see them work" 



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is the statement of Mr. W. A. 

 Clarke of the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co. 



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Norehead Steam Traps and 

 Boiler Feed 



THE accompanying illustration sliows the 

 Moreliead Steam Trap installation at tiie 

 Qreenliouses of tlie Pittsburgii Cut Flower Co., 

 located at Bakerstown, Pa. 



Tlie installation consists of 2 No. 5 More- 

 head Return Steam Traps, one working on a 

 battery of Tubular. Boilers, developing, in cold 

 weather, 600 H. P. 



The Morehead Traps are feeding these 

 boilers entirely with the exception of just 

 what water is wasted by leaks through valve 

 stems, etc. 



The plant is furnishing steam to 12 

 houses having 300,000 square feet of glass 

 area and containing 184,000 feet of steam pipe 

 to keep dry. 



Let us put your name on our list of "satisfied^users." 

 Our "Trap Book" sent on request. 



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NoreheadNfgXo. 



Dept. M. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



Mention The Keview wnen you wme. 



the hardy rock and the serrated fern, 

 for the reason that they are tough and 

 capable of withstanding the rough 

 handling to which they are subjected 

 during picking and shipping. 



On the Bennington side of the moun- 

 tain the firm of L. B. Brague & Son, 

 of Hinsdale, Mass., has this season se- 

 cured the larger portion of the crop. 

 This firm, wMch has a cold storage 

 plant at Pittsfield and also one at 

 Springfield, went into the field early 

 in September with the purpose of se- 

 curing 20,000,000 ferns, and managed to 

 secure 13,000,000. Two Greek firms that 

 brought gangs of pickers from New 

 York, shipped to that city nearly as 

 many. There was but little rain during 

 the early fall and the picking was con- 

 tinued until the first snow covered the 

 ground. 



The pickers are paid 4 cents a hun- 

 dred for the ferns, tied in bundles of 

 twenty-five each. Some of the experts 



The Automatic Electric Condensation Pomp 



Saves 20 to 50 fo Coal 



Pulls hot steam through your Ideat- 

 ing system and pumpa the return water 

 into boiler at the same time. Operates 

 by electricity, and works equally well 

 on low or high pressure plants. Re- 

 quires uo attention. Costs very little 

 to operate. 



Write now for full desaiptive bulletin. 



CfllCAGd PUMP CO., 1059 Fulton St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you ■write 



during the present season have at that 

 rate earned between $7 and $8 in a sin- 

 gle day. The ferns were shipped from 

 the station either in crates or baskets, 

 the latter method being used by the 

 Greek firms in New York. Brague & 



Son shipped one carload as far west as 

 Denver. 



During the last two years the indus- 

 try has grown to such an extent that 

 the lumber companies that control the 

 mountain land on which the ferns are 



