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The Florists' Review W^-m''. mat 4. i9i«. 



For COAL write to 



MITCHELL & DILLON 

 COAL CO. 



Bedford Building. CHICAGO 



Vtm can sav* y«u iiMiiay. 



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H. H. LINEAWEAVCR & CO., inc. 



COAL 



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and 

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Weit End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW TORE 



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Creenhouse Heating. 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Eeview to make a choice of ap- 

 paratus for you. The greenhouse heating 

 equipment advertised in this paper is, we 

 believe, the best for the trad« to buy, 

 and each article the best in the special 

 field of its adaptation. 



WOULD BOILER BE SUITABLE? 



Kindly let us know whether a second- 

 hand marine fire-box boiler would be a 

 good boiler for greenhouse heating. 

 Would it be more economical in con- 

 sumption of coal than a bricked-in 

 tubular boiler? W. B.— Ont. 



A marine boiler would give good re- 

 sults for greenhouse heating and would 

 be quite economical of fuel. Whether 

 it would excel a tubular boiler in this 

 respect would depend upon the rela- 

 tion between the grate and fire surface 

 in each. Thus, if either boiler has 

 a large grate and a comparatively small 

 fire surface, while it would be econom- 

 ical so far as the labor of firing is 

 concerned, it would be likely to use a 

 good deal of coal. On the other hand, 

 a small grate and large fire surface 

 might be economical m fuel consump- 

 tion but require frequent attention. 



ABOUT PIPING UNDER BENCHES. 



I intend to build an additional house, 

 16x70, which will be protected on the 

 west side by another house. The other 

 house has pipes running under the 

 benches. In the new house I wish to 

 use beds with concrete walls twenty- 

 four inches high. In these beds I would 

 place, first, twelve inches of cinders. 

 Above the cinders I would put twelve 

 inches of soil. I would distribute the 

 return pipes along the bench walls, in 

 sufficient number to give plenty of heat. 

 Can ferns and geraniums be grown suc- 

 cessfullv without any bottom heatf 



W. G. H.— Pa. 



While there will be no difficulty in 

 growing ferns and geraniums on solid 

 beds, as described in the inquiry, a 

 more rapid development can be ob- 

 tained, especially with geraniums, if 

 a part of the pipes are under the beds. 



THE COAL MARKET. 



As this is being written, the uncer- 

 tainty in the labor situation is still 



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M.B. Skinner & Co. 



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 Beul., Chicaio 



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Coils, Bends, Railinp, etc, made to Sketch 



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the main factor in determining the 

 status of the coal market, but the crisis 

 in the wage dispute may be past, for 

 better or for worse, before these words 

 are printed. The unsettled state of af- 

 fairs has produced among coal users a 

 feeling of uneasiness and foreboding 

 that is adding strength to the market. 

 Actuated by the natural instinct for 



STEEL 



RKT TTRW 

 TDBDLAB 



BOILERS 



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PIPE 



Wrottcht Iron of sound second-hand analitj 

 with new threads and couplinss. 14-ft. lencthi 

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Established 1902. 



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Wrought Iron Pipe, thoroughly overhauled, 

 with new threads and couplings, guaran- 

 teed to give entire satisfaction. Pipe cut 

 to sketch. It will pay you to correspond 

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ALBERT & DAVIDSON, Inc. 



1 17-SSS Unioa ATeaae. BBOOKLTII, If. T. 



"safety first," the consumers are look- 

 ing distrustfully into the troubled fu- 

 ture, with its possible coal famine, and 

 are "getting under cover" by either 



