March 10, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



771 



One of our best growers makes a specialty of 



Lilies tor Easter 



And they have for years produced 



THE BEST LILIES offered in this market. 



We handle all the cut from these greenhouses and these are the lilies on which 

 we are now booking orders. 



$15 per JOO; $125 per 1000; 500 at 1000 rate. 



Place your order now and make sure of a supply 

 of the BEST LILIES to be found in this or any 

 other market. 



All CIT FLOWERS in Season. 



i 



AMERICAN BEAUTY, 



Per doz. 



Long stemmed $5.00 



30-inch stem 4.00 



24-iDch stem 3.00 



20-inch stem 2.50 



15-inch stem 2.00 



12-inch stem 1.50 



Short stem $6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Per 100 



E. C. AMLING, 



The Largrest, Best Equipped and Most Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cnt Flower Honse In Chicago. 



Chicago, III. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



long Distance Telephones I97S and 1977 Central. 



Brides and Maids $3.00 to 



Meteors and Gates 3.00 to 



Liberty 6.00 to 



Carnations 1.50 to 



large and fancy. 3.00 to 



Violets 50 to 



Valley 2.00 to 



Romans. Paper Whites 2.00 to 



Tulips 2.00 to 



Callas. per doz.. $1.25 to $1.50 



Harrisii per doz.. 2.00 



Asparagus, per string. 25 to 50c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 3.00 to 



Ferns... per 1000. $3.50 



Galax per 1000. $1.00 



Adiantum 



Smilax per doz.. $2.00 



Leucothoe sprays 



Subject to change without notice. 



$8.00 

 8.00 



15.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 .75 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 



6.00 

 .35 

 .15 



1.00 



.75 



Mi^ntinn The Review when you write. 



A COIL HEATER. 



We expect to install a new boiler in 

 the spring, one we made ourselves, on 

 the same principle as one that we are 

 using, only about six times as large. 

 The one I am using at present is made 

 of inch piping and I can heat 4,000 

 square feet of glass when it is 20 de- 

 grees below zero outside. This winter we 

 maintained 50 degrees in a carnation 

 house of 2,000 square feet of glass am"! 

 40 degrees in a lettuce house of 2,000 

 square feet. The back is a cast hollow 

 core with a pocket cast on it, where 

 two 3-inch returns enter the boiler, one 

 on each side, and out of it flow the pipes 

 that run forward and back, forming a 

 coil which, all told, equals about 325 feet 

 of l^.i-inch pipe, the flows going out at 

 the top. Now, what I want to know is 

 how many feet of 2-inch pipe should i', 

 heat? I am putting up a new house for 

 roses, but it is small. I am going to 

 use it for show and salesroom in a few- 

 years. It is about 15x35, ten feet to 

 ridge, four feet sides, glass ends and 

 sides to one foot of the ground. Will 

 one 3-inch flow feed six 2-inch returns 

 and heat it and maintain a temperature 

 of 56 degrees at 10 degrees below zero? 

 I intend putting the boiler in a pit two 

 feet deep. I would put it lower, but 

 cannot on account of drainage. I will 

 run an overhead feci of 3-inch pipe and 

 return with six 2-incli pipes. I burn 

 natural gas to heat my boiler, in fact 

 have never used anything else. About 

 how does it compare with coal, gas 20 

 cents per 1.000 feet, coal $6 per ton? 



L. H. W. 



The boiler described, with gas fuel. 



51 Wabash Avenue, 



Wholesale Florists, 

 CHIC;2(GO. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



AUERICAN BEAUTY— Per doz. 



Extra long stem $5 00 



30 to36-lnch stems 4 00 



24-lnch stems 3 00 



20-lnch stems 2 00 



15-lnch stems 1 60 



12-lnch stems 1 25 



8-lnch stems per 100,»6 00 to 8 00 



Bridesmaids 5 00 to 8 OO 



Per 100 



Bride $6 00 to $ 8 00 



Ivory 5 00 to 8 00 



Liberty 5 00 to 12 00 



Golden Gate 5 00 to 8 00 



Perle 6 00 to 8 00 



Garnatlons, good 2 00 



fancy 3 00 



*• extra fancy 4 00 



All other stock at lowest market rates. The above prices are for select stock. Extra select or 

 Inferior stock billed accordingly. Prices subject to change without notice. 



should prove very efiScient and econom- 

 ical. A water tube boiler is always more 

 efficient than 'a fire tube boiler. The 

 arrangement described, if it is equivalent 

 to 325 feet of l^A-inch pipe, should have 

 capacity to carry 1,300 feet of radiation 

 or about 2,100 lineal feet of 2-inch pipe. 



The 33-foot house to be maintained at 

 56 degrees in cold weather will require 

 at least 202 feet of radiation, which will 

 require an equivalent of 325 feet of 2- 

 inch pipe in the house. With a 3-inoh 

 riser eight 2-inch returns will be suf- 

 ficient. 



With natural gas at 20 cents per 1,000 

 cubic feet it would be about equal in 

 value to the best coal at $6. The usual 



basis for estimating these fuels is to con- 

 sider 30,000 feet of gas equal to one ton 

 of the best coal. The poorer grades of 

 coal at $6 per ton would be more ex- 

 pensive for a given number of heat units 

 than the gas at 20 cents per 1,000 feet. 

 Then, too, there is a great saving in la- 

 bor with the gas. No firing is neces- 

 sary and there are no ashes to remove, 

 which is a big item with a large plant. 



L. C. C. 



We are in receipt of Part III of Vol. 

 VII of the proceedings of the American 

 Park and Outdoor Art Association. This 

 contains a report of the special school 

 garden session held at Buffalo last July. 



