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The Florists^ Review 



March 2, 1018. 



For COAL write to 



MITCHELL & DILLON 

 COAL CO. 



Bedford Building. CHICAGO 



W« can sav* you uioiiay. 



Mention Th» Rct1«w wb«B yon wrlf . 



H. H. LINEAWEAVER & CO., Inc 



COAL 



ANTHRACITE 



and 

 BITUMINOUS 



West End-Trust Buildins. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 



Nattinc Building. LEBANON. PA. 



Mention The ReTlew wh— yon write. 



Greenhoose Heating. 



SUBSCSIBEES are invited to write tho 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Beview to make a choice of ap- 

 paratus for you. The greenhouse heating 

 equipment advertised in this paper is, we 

 believe, the best for the trade to buy, 

 and each article the best in the. special 

 field of its adaptation. 



COAL IN SPECIAL CARS. 



Modern greenhouse establishments 

 are equipped with sidetracks to the coal 

 shed, to do away with cartage, and 

 many of them have elevated tracks, so 

 that the coal can be dumped and wilf 

 move into the bunkers by gravity, do- 

 ing away with much heavy labor. But 

 to work the dumping act the coal must 

 be loaded in a hopper-bottomed car. 

 And now, seeing a chance for a few 

 extra dollars on top of a freight rate on 

 smokeless to Chicago nearly double the 

 value of the coal at the West Virginia 

 mines, the railroads will make an extra 

 charge of 15 cents per ton in cases 

 where the consignee specifies the special 

 kind of car he wants the coal loaded 

 in. Of rourse, if one does not so 

 specify, it may come in a hopper-bot- 

 tomed car anyway, but the charge ap- 

 plies as well to the man who specifies 

 that hopper-bottomed cars be not used! 



FLOW PIPE IS TOO SMALL. 



My greenhouses are piped for hot 

 water heat. The main house is 17x65 

 and is exposed on both sides. The walls 

 contain two feet of glass and three feet 

 four inches of double board siding, with 

 paper lining between. The front gable 

 is exposed; the other gable is protected 

 by the boiler room and workshop. The 

 boiler, which is a 6-section Lord & Burn- 

 ham, stands three and one-half feet be- 

 low the floor of the workshop. A 2- 

 inch flow runs to the front of the green- 

 house. This pipe hangs about five inches 

 below the purlin and slopes slightly to 

 the front. It is connected with twelve 

 1^-inch return pipes, six on each side 

 of the house, under the benches. The 

 water in the l^^i-inch pipes runs back 

 into a 2-inch main return at the rear 

 of the house. 



I also have a glass-covered room, 

 10x18, located between the greenhouse 

 and the barn. The pipe used in this 

 room is all 2-inch. I also have a lean-to 

 house, 10x17, which contains a 2-inch 

 flow and six 2-inch returns. 



I find it necessary to fire the boiler 



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Mr. Allen says : 

 "I used Dlxon'8 Silica-Graphite Paint 



on hot water pipes 16 years sko. The pipes 

 are still free from rust. It Is by far the most 

 serviceable paint for the purpose."— C. H. 

 Allen, Florist, Floral Park, N. Y. 



Write for booklet No. S4.B. 



Joseph Dixon Crucible Company. 



Jersey City, N. J. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



too hard in cold weather, in order to 

 maintain the required temperature. Are 

 there too many returns for the flows? 

 How should I arrange the piping so as 

 to have a temperature of 60 degrees 

 when the outside temperature is 10 de- 

 grees below zerot 



T. H. M.— 0. 



There are two reasons why it is not 

 possible to heat the greenhouse 17x65 

 with the radiation as now arranged. 

 One reason is that while 550 square feet 

 of radiation should be provided in order 



WILKS SELF-FEEDING 

 HOT WATER BOILER 



For ECONOMY 

 DURABILITY 

 DEPENDABILITY 



Install a 



WILKS 



and forget your 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 catalogue aad pricat. 



XnJEPHONK YARDS 866 



S. Wilks Nf g. Co. 



3523 Shields Avenue 

 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Wrought Iron Pipe, thoroughly overhauled, 

 with new threads and couplings, guaran- 

 teed to give entire satisfaction. Pipe cut 

 tu sketch. It will pay you to correspond 

 with us. 



ALBERT & DAVIDSON, Inc. 



fll7-S8S Union Arenne, BBOOKLIN, If. T. 



fo MORE 

 BLOSSOMS 



on plants raised In 4-lDCh SQUARE paper pots 

 (64 cubic Inches of soil and roots) than on plants 

 raised In 4-lncb clay pots (31 cubic inches of soil, 

 and roots). See our 2-page advt., pages 10-11. 

 F. W. ROCHEX.LE & SONS, Chester, N, 3. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



to maintain a temperature of 60 degrees, 

 the amount now in use does not exceed 

 450 square feet. The other error is in 



