. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ,?>! i'/*; V^^r- ?,/^-''.i .?^?. -^ -•'yJrirv: ??y ^!i^. ^^^^^^.-'^r^^T^^Ty^vf^ 0VTEHBBH 26, 1912. The Florists^ Review 93. i/BUILT FOR BEGINNERS ? Wilk9 Boilers are ideal for the man who owns a small greenhouse, who does his own firing and needs a boiler that can be relied on at all times. ;* Wilks Boilers are self-feeding. Fill the magazine with fuel in the evening and an even, continuous fire will be maintained until morning without any attention. Wilks Self-feeding Hot Water Boileis are built entirely of steel. Read what this user says about


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ,?>! i'/*; V^^r- ?,/^-''.i .?^?. -^ -•'yJrirv: ??y ^!i^. ^^^^^^.-'^r^^T^^Ty^vf^ 0VTEHBBH 26, 1912. The Florists^ Review 93. i/BUILT FOR BEGINNERS ? Wilk9 Boilers are ideal for the man who owns a small greenhouse, who does his own firing and needs a boiler that can be relied on at all times. ;* Wilks Boilers are self-feeding. Fill the magazine with fuel in the evening and an even, continuous fire will be maintained until morning without any attention. Wilks Self-feeding Hot Water Boileis are built entirely of steel. Read what this user says about their lasting qualities: R. D. No. 7, Rockford, 111., Jan. 7,1910. S. Wilks Mfg. Co.: ? . ' We are usiqg one of your 20x36 Wilks Heaters in a 20 X 50-foot greenhouse, and it is giving excellent satisfac- . , tion. Has been in constant use since 1883 and seems to ' ? , be as good as new. Yours truly, D. E. Burdick. Wlllcs Boilers will heat as much as 3000 eq. ft. of glass to 65^ in zero weather. Write for Catalogue S. WILKS NFG. CO., 3S23 SUelds Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. MontlAn Th» R»t1pw wh»n von writ* Full Weight ''Reading*' Wrought Iron Pipe Sizes H-in. to 12-ia. from stock FORD & KENDIQ CO. 24th and Wood Sts., I'hiladelphia, Pa. Mention The Review when Ton writ* Med. With steam heat one 2-inch flow and six 114-inch returns would answer. The lean-to would require one 2i^-inch flow and three 2-inch returns for hot water, or one 1^-inch flow and two 1%-inch returns for steam. HEATINQ A HOTBED. I would like to get some information in regard to the construction of a pipe- heated hotbed for propagating sweet potato plants in Louisiana. Would you '?ecommend laying the pipe in direct contact with the soil about twelve or fourteen inches below the surface, or do you think it best to build a flooring inder the bed and lay the pipes in an excavation under the floor? It occurs to me that laying the pipes in direct contact with the soil, as mentioned above, is best if a suflSeient a


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