. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 468 The American Florist. Mar. 26, WILKS' Ho< Water Boilers ASS THE MOST ECONOMICAL Boiler for Greenhouses Me NKht nrenuui Keonlrad wltli onr SELF-FEEDING HOT WATER BOILERS. Send for Catalog and Prices. S. WILKS MFG. CO., Sa03 Shield! Ave. CHICAGO. THEALLIEDTRADES A Heating QuesUon. Ed. American Florist: — As we are putting up another green- house, and going to have a 214-inch main, we asli your advice as to how many 114-inch returns it would re- quire. The house will be 21x100 feet. The coldest we ever have he
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 468 The American Florist. Mar. 26, WILKS' Ho< Water Boilers ASS THE MOST ECONOMICAL Boiler for Greenhouses Me NKht nrenuui Keonlrad wltli onr SELF-FEEDING HOT WATER BOILERS. Send for Catalog and Prices. S. WILKS MFG. CO., Sa03 Shield! Ave. CHICAGO. THEALLIEDTRADES A Heating QuesUon. Ed. American Florist: — As we are putting up another green- house, and going to have a 214-inch main, we asli your advice as to how many 114-inch returns it would re- quire. The house will be 21x100 feet. The coldest we ever have here is 15°, and that for a few nights only. Alabama. H. B. It Is not possible to tell how much radiation will be required in a green- house without knowing what tempera- ture is desired, but supposing that 60° is required and that the 2%-inch main passes through the house so that it will be available for radiation, it will be necessary to use five 1%-inch returns. For 50° only four returns will be re- quired. The above estimate is for steam heat. L. r. t. The Lord & Burnham Co., Chlcag-o. The formation of a Chicago corpo- ration in connection with the well- known firm of Lord & Burnham Co., New York, is an event of much im- portance. Not only is a separate cor- poration formed but plans are about matured for a strictly modern, up-to- date factory to be built upon a site of 15 acres which the company has secured at Desplaines, III., a splendid location, being only about 17 miles from the heart of Chicago, yet well outside the city limits and high labor zone. The tract of land purchased is bounded on three sides by railways, one by the Wisconsin Central another by the Chicago and North-Western and the third by a belt line belonging to the latter company. Thus switch ac- commodations will be easily arranged connecting with all three lines and as the railway companies have promised Chicago freight rates to the new com- pany—a matter of two cents per 100 pounds less th
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