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The Florists^ Review 



P&BBUAar 24, 1016. 



ror COAL write b 



NirCHELL & DILLON 

 COAL CO. 



Bedford Building, CHICAGO 



W« can •■¥• you nMiiay. 



MmtloH Th> R«Tlew wh— yon writa. 



H. H. LINEAWEAVCR & CO., Inc 



COAL 



ANTHRACITE 



and 

 BITUMINOUS 



West End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 

 , 17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 



Nuttinc Buildinc. LEBANON. PA. 

 Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Greenhonse Heating. 



WARNING! DON'T GET CAUGHT. 



The fuel situation is such that, while 

 nothing may happen, the man with 

 greenhouse property depending on his 

 alertness should not permit his fuel sup- 

 ply to be low any longer than it takes 

 to get the bunkers filled. Act today. 



As is well known to all florists, the 

 miners' contract with the coal operators 

 expires April 1. The negotiations look- 

 ing to a renewal of the contract, in 

 progress last week at Mobile, resulted 

 in a disagreement and a recess of one 

 week during which each side can obtain 

 fresh instructions from its principals. 

 All Fools' day possibly will not see a 

 cessation of mining, and then again it 

 may. The only wise course for a florist 

 is to have enough coal on the place to 

 last through the season. 



Because many large interests are tak- 

 ing the course here advised for florists 

 and storing coal, the demand for cars 

 is more than the railroads can supply. 

 Congested traflBc conditions make the 

 movement slow and it is said some 

 mines are not getting more than forty 

 per cent of the cars they requisition. 

 These causes, make the list quotations a 

 mere matter of form; one seldom can 

 buy coal for immediate delivery at the 

 market price; a premium must be paid. 



CAPACITY OF BOHiEE. 



My greenhouse is 28x70, six feet high 

 to the eaves and thirteen feet to the 

 ridge. It has a 3-foot concrete wall 

 all around, with three feet of glass 

 above the concrete. Both ends are 

 exposed. The house runs east and west 

 and the boiler is at the southwest cor- 

 ner. The top of the boiler is on a 

 level with the return pipes. The house is 

 piped as follows: One 3-inch flow runs 

 from the boiler across the west end to 

 the north side of the house and then 

 east; this flow is supported on brackets 

 attached to the purlin posts, about two 

 feet below the glass, and has a fall of 

 six inches. At the east end this pipe 

 is connected to nine 2-inch returns, 

 passing under the beds. At the south 

 side of the house there is a 2%-inch 

 flow, two feet below the glass and sup- 

 ported on brackets in the same way as 

 at the north side; this flow is connected 

 to eight 2-inch returns. 



I am using a 7-section, cast-iron Capi- 

 tol boiler; its grate is 18x36. There 

 is a 35-foot brick chimney; the flue is 

 twenty-four inches in diameter at tlie 

 base and sixteen inches at the top. 



[EAreKIN 



(Not 

 Cast Iron) 



Longest 



fire travel, 



more 



self-cleaning 



heating 



surface 



than any 



other boiler. 



JHf 



"'ss»fcasis::^ss; 



Installed 



for 13,468.320 



square feet 



of glass 



during 



tue paai 



five years. 



Send for 



Catalog 



ymajiMLD^Rs «AY^MT mmam 



Kroeschell Boiler, Generator and 



Heating System: Insure Perfect Results 



"Having promised you a letter as soon as we had passed through a good, 

 fair test, I consider it now almost timely. We had the thermometer 18 degrees 

 below and we've Just gone through a blizzard bad enough for any season and 

 am very well pleased to inform you that our heating system was eaual to the 

 occasion. So far as we have gone, am certainly well satisfied with the 

 Kroeschell Boiler, Generator and Heating System. 



"J. E, MATTHEWSON. Sheboygan, Wis." 



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Pipe Fittings -- Imico Boilers 



-TOR GRXEMHOUSB WORK- 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



1801'1825 DIVSRSKT BOUIJCVARD CHICAGO 



Mention T1» Rerlew when yon wrtta. 



^Superior'' 



INTERNAL-FIRED 

 BOILER 



For Hot Wator Hoatlac 



Superior Htchine & Bo3er Works 



•40 880 W. Superior Stroot 

 CHICAQO 



Mention Tho Roylyw when yon write. 



Am I using the boiler to its full ca- 

 pacity! I have no trouble in main- 

 taining a temperature of 55 to 60 de- 

 grees in zero weather. I am planning 

 to build another small house, 28x34, of 

 the same construction as the present 

 one. A. L. M. — Neb. 



The radiation is about right for 60 

 degrees in zero weather, although the 

 distribution of heat would have been 

 a little better if one 2i^-inch flow pipe 

 had been used on each plate and an- 



WILKS SELF-FEEDING 

 BOT WATER BOILER 



For ECONOMY 

 DURABILITY 

 DEPENDABILITY 



Install a 



WILKS 



and forget yoar troubles 



NO NIGHT FIREMAN REQUIRED with 

 the WILKS SELF-FEEDING BOILERS, 

 as the magazine or coal chamber holds 

 sufficient fuel to keep fire 10 to 12 hours 

 without attention. Best made for a small 

 greenhouse. 



Sand for catalogu* aad pricas. 

 TXUEPHONX YARDS 84M 



S. Wilks Mfg. Co. 



3523 Shields Avenue 

 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Mention The ReTlew when yog write. 



other three feet below the ridge, with 

 fifteen or sixteen 2-inch returns on the 

 walls and under the benches. 



One can judge better regarding the 

 capacity of a boiler by noting its per- 

 formance than by estimating what it 

 should do from the grate area. How- 

 ever, it seems safe to say that the 

 boiler described should heat the addi- 

 tional radiation, although it might be 

 necessary to give the fires frequent at- 



