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The Florists' Review 



AutiUST 9, 1917. 



Mr. Allen says : 

 "I used Dixon's Silica-Graphite Paint 



on hot water pipes 16 years agro. The pipes 

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

 •ervlceable paint for the purpose."— 0. H. 

 Allen, Florist, Floral Park, N. Y. 



Write for booklet No. 64-B. 



Joseph Dixon Crucible Companr, 



Jfemer City, N. J. 



SET YOUR BOILER RIGHT 



We make a specialty of all ktads of fire-brick 

 work. No order is too largre, and the smallest order 

 receives the same careful attention. Let us call sn 

 yon. 



Estimates cheerfully furnished. 



PETER KNOWE & SON 



31S Chamber of Commerce Bldgr. 

 188 West Waablngton Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Phone Main 3766 



GreenhoBse Heating. 



SuBSCBiBEBS 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 trade to buy, 

 and each article the best in the special 

 field of its adaptation. 



MAY CURB COAL PRICES. 



Drastic action by the state to curb 

 high prices of coal was recommended to 

 the Illinois State Council of Defense by 

 the council committee which last week 

 met with representatives of the coal 

 mine operators of Illinois. 



The report said: "There is no ex- 

 cuse for the present high prices of coal 

 in Illinois.^' Whether the action would 

 be a request for a special session of the 

 legislature to give greater powers to the 

 council or an order fixing a maximum 

 price was not announced. The report 

 called attention to the fact that coal 

 which was selling last year for $1.25 a 

 ton is now being quoted at $2.75 a ton. 

 Wages have gone up only 20 cents a ton. 

 "This increase," the report declares, 

 "cannot account for a jump of $1,50 

 a ton in the price of coal at the mines 

 between July, 1916, and July, 1917. 

 Federal action has been and may be so 

 long delayed as to be totally ineffective. 

 If no other way remains, the control of 

 prices in Illinois alone will be urged and 

 enforced if necessary." 



WILL CHANGE THE BOILER. 



I have a greenliouse 16x61, five and 

 one-half feet high to the eaves and 

 eleven feet high to the ridge. The house 

 runs north and south. The north end 

 is boarded up and lined with tarred 

 roofing; the space between the inner 

 and outer boarding is filled with saw- 

 dust. The west wall contains one foot 

 of glass; the east wall contains two 

 and one-half feet of glass. The south 

 end has a 2M>-foot sash across it. The 

 rest of the house is finished like the 

 north end. 



Please tell me what size of Wilks 

 boiler will be needed to heat this house 

 to 60 degrees when the outside tempera- 

 ture is, say, 20 degrees below zero. 

 Will a boiler 34x48 be too large? I am 

 trying to get a used boiler and am 

 wondering whether a boiler larger than 

 is required would be unsatisfactory. 

 Will you tell me how to install it? I 

 have a quantity of IVt-inch pipe and 

 some of the li/4-inch size. At present 

 I am using a boiler of another make and 



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' WHIiN YOU BUY-GET A KROESCHELL 



"The Boiler of Unequaled Fuel Economy" 



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The KroescheH 



has replaced hundreds 

 of cast iron boilers In 

 every case higher tem- 

 peratures are secured 

 with the KroescheH. 

 with the same piping 

 and with less fuel. 



KROE SCHELL 

 BOILERS, the best by 

 test since 187<J. Forty 

 years' experience — 

 guaranteed design — 

 workmanship and 

 working capacity. 



The KroescheU 



is making the most 

 wonderful greenhouse 

 heating record in the 

 world. Florists who 

 have used other makes 

 are constantly giving 

 the KroescheH the 

 highest praise. 



8,016,28« SQ. ft. 

 of glass was equipped 

 with KroescheH Boil- 

 ers during the year of 

 1916. 



Ilundreds of Florists' Review readers are using tlie Kroescliell 

 Boiler and mighty it, their praise. The year of 1916 brought an 

 enormous number of new customers who saw our boiler in opera- 

 tion at other places. We attribute the large sales of this season to 

 the good worlt the KroescheH Boiler Is doGig everywhere. 



With our policy — "the customers' Interest first" — perfection of construction 



factory to user prices — honest and "tme blue" boiler ratings — you simply cannot 

 lose. 



EXPRESSIONS FROM MEN WHO KNOW BOILERS 



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0N£ OF BOSTON'S WELL KSOWV 

 OHOWEBS. 



The KroescheH has taken the place of 

 four cast Iron boilers at a big saving in 

 coal. We are using it now for the fifth 

 year. The longer we use it the better 

 we like it. 



(Signed) A. B. KNOWLTON. 

 NORTH GRAFTON, MASS. 



THE PLANT KINO OF THE WEST. 

 I bare used Kroescbell Boilers erer since 

 I built my first greenhouse. Tbey bare 

 always given me the very best satisfaction 

 and I believe them as good boilers as 

 money can buy. 



(Signed) F. OECHSLIN. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



OHIO'S OELEBKATEB CYCLAMEir 



SFECIALIST. 

 After using your No. 12 KroescheU 

 Boiler I came to the conclusion that bad 

 I to install more hollers it would be the 

 Kroescbell and no other. It really is a 

 pleasure to beat, no trouble to get the 

 desired beat in a very short time. 

 (Signed) CHRIST. WINTERIGH, 

 OEFIANCB, OHIO. 



THE QUALITY PLACE OF BOSTON. 



Regarding the Kroescbell, it Is the best 

 we have ever had and satisfactory beyond 

 our expects tions. It beats up especially 

 quick and has saved us conHiderably al- 

 ready In the price of fuel. When we are 

 in need of another boiler we will give tbe 

 Kroescbell the first consideration. 



(Signed) WM. W. EJDQAB C0.,< 

 WAVERLEY, MASS. 



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A BIO MAN IN THE FLOBICTTLTUllAL 

 WOBLS. 



The Kroescbell Boiler I Installed last 

 year usually runs from 10 p. m. to 6 a. m. 

 without attention. I do not bave tbe 

 least trouble to keep temperatures in the 

 coldest weather. The boiler baa given en- 

 tire satisfaction. 



Tbe Kroescbell is tbe best twiler we 

 bave ever handled. 



(Signed) CHARLES TOTTY, 

 MADISON. NEW JERSEY. 



A FAMOUS ILLINOIS KOSE BANGE. 

 In speaking of tbe Kroescbell Boiler as 

 an economical greenbouse boiler I cannot 

 say too mucb. Personally I have had the 

 pleasure or misfortune to fire nearly every 

 make of greenhouss boiler on the market and 

 I can safely say tbe Kroescbell is the 

 best of them all. 



(Signed) CHAS. McCAULEY, 

 RIVERBANK GREENHOUSES. 



GENEVA, ILL. 



THE WOBLS 'S OBEATEST MUSH- 

 BOOK PLANT. 



We spent $100,000 In building and 

 equipping tbe largest modem mushroom 

 plant in tbe world. We purcbased In 

 every instance tbe best of everything we 

 could get, and tbe fact that we installed 

 a KroescheU Boiler to furnish onr heat is 

 sufficient evidence of our opinion of same. 



Since instslUng this l>oiier and operat- 

 ing it we bave never had any reason to 

 cbange onr opinion. 



(Signed) FALMOUTH MUSHROOM 

 CELLARS, INC., 

 FALMOUTH. MASS. 



A WELL KNOWN CARNATION PRIZE 

 WINNEB. 

 The carnation range of Mr. Nlc Zweifel, 

 of Nortb Milwaukee, consists of nearly 

 70,000 sq. ft. of glass and the water plant 

 Is beated by a No. 14 and No. 15 Kroe- 

 scbell Boiler and Kroescbell Generator. 

 The product of the plant is knowa 

 throughout the West for its fine quality. 

 Mr. Z. bsB used different kinds of boilers. 

 As for tbe Kroescbell, be says: "I think 

 tbe Kroescbell Boilers are the t>est iMilers 

 a florist can buy." 



(Signed) NIC ZWEIFEL. 

 NORTH MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



WE HAVE HO AGENTS-BUY DIRECT-QET FACTORY TO USER PRICES. 

 WHEN YOU BUY-GET A KROESCHELL ^^>;f" 



YOU WILL BE SATISFIED Xk'bO^'c 



KroescheH Bros. Co. 



444 W. Erie St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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