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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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May 4, 1911. 



pipes and connected with the main re- 

 turn near the boiler. F. R. 



A CONCRETE STACK 



How should we go to work to build 

 a concrete stack? We notice that there 

 are many stacks through the country 

 that look as though they might have 

 been built without outside aid and we 

 want to put up one of some kind, only 

 don't know how to set about it. 



"Vy. F. R. 



Van Aken Bros., Coldwater, Mich., 

 use a concrete stack at their green- 

 houses, built by their own labor. They 

 describe the method as follows: 



"We commenced with a foundation 

 twelve feet square and nine feet deep. 

 This was made solid with cobblestones 

 and cement grouting, using a cement 

 mixer and running the grouting thin, 

 so it would fill all hollows between the 

 stones. Six feet dowu in this we set 

 1%-inch and 1%-inch iron pipes on 

 end, so that they extended upward as 

 reinforcement for the stack. Above 

 the foundation, where we set our first 

 form for the stack, we wired old buggy 

 tires to the pipes every ten inches, 

 thus making a complete and secure re- 

 inforcement for the stack. Our forms 

 were three feet liigh and were put to- 

 gether in sections, which we fastened 

 in place by wiring them to the iron 

 pipes. We used two sets of the forms, 

 removing the lower set each day, put- 

 ting it on top and refilling it. Thus 

 we went up three feet per day. 



"The stack has a 36-inch flue. All 

 scaffolding was placed inside, thus sav- 

 ing a good deal in that item of expense. 

 The wall for the first thirty feet is 

 eight inches thick, and the upper 

 thirty-two feet is six inches thick. In 

 the upper thirty-two feet we also re- 

 duced the size of the reinforcing pipes 

 to 1-inch. 



"The entire cost, including the mak- 

 ing of the wooden forms and the ex- 

 cavating for the foundation, was $290. 

 The connection to the boiler is made 

 with a cement flue running from the 

 boiler cellar up into the square base 

 of the stack." 



The Beview sends Scott's Florists' 

 Manual postpaid for $5. 



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BOILER FLUES 



4-inch and other sizes, cleaned and trimmed 

 ready for beatincr, retubingr boilers or gutter 

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REASONS 



When a boiler salesman comes smilingly 

 into your work room, shakes hands vigor- 

 ously and slaps you on the back with one 

 hand, jingles the keys in his pocket with 

 the other while he tells you his boiler can 

 save 25 30 or even 50^ of your coal bill- 

 do you believe him? 



Suppose on the other hand that Mac, our 

 Trouble Man. should sit down quietly with 

 you and explain just how our boilerH are 

 made and give you the reasons why they 

 are made that way, and then answered 

 every one of your questions flatly and 

 frankly— would you believe h'm? Of course 

 you would. Then send for him when you 

 want a real greenhouse boiler, made for 

 greenhouse heating. 



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General Office and Factory. Elizabeth, N.J. 

 New York Office, 1170 Broadway 



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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 been made 

 possible 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. 



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