86 



The Florists^ Review 



UCTOBHU 11, H>17. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



■^— ^— ■ - ' ' I. -■■.-.. I. .. . I.I ^- ^ ■ — ■ 



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 Review 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. 



CAN HEAT 25,000 FEET GLASS. 



How many squiue feet of jjlass can be 

 heated to 50 degrees by a horizontal 

 tubular boiler 4x11' feet, with forty-one 

 ;!-inch tubes? Also, what sliould be the 

 grate area of the l)oi]er? 



C. O. (J.— Mo. 



The boiler tlescribed would be rated 

 iit about forty horsepower, and it is 

 customary to consider each liorsepower 

 capable of haiidliug- seventy-five to :i 

 hundred square feet of radiation. To 

 maintain a temperature of 50 degrees 

 iu zero weather, there should be one 

 square foot of radiation to eight square 

 feet of glass. On this basis a 40-liorse- 

 l>ower boiler should heat 25,000 square 

 feet of glass to 50 degrees, provided, of 

 course, the liouses are well built and 

 have aji average exposure to high winds. 

 While twelve square feet of grate might 

 .l)e satisfactory, it will be better to have 

 sixteen square feet of grate area for tiic 

 liighest economy in labor and fuel. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Meeting of National Show Committee. 



On arrival in St. I^ouis after a (i-hour 

 delay due to ;i railroad wreck, the mem 

 hers of the National Flower Show com 

 mittee were entertaineil at lunciicon at 

 Hotel Jefferson l»y the officials of the 

 city, including the secretary of the 

 Chamber of Commerce, secretary of tlu' 

 convention bureau, secretary of the 

 bureau of jjublic safety, the ])ark coui 

 niissiouer, representatives of the daily 

 press and others prominent in tlie dif 

 fcrent business interests. 



The committee met and iield meet 

 ings September 29 and 30 and October 1. 



Those present were: (leorge Asnuis, 

 cliairman; John ^'oung, secretary; J. J. 

 Hess, treasurer; i*atrick Welch, Charles 

 U. Totty, Tiiomas Roland, A. Faren 

 wald and R. ('. Ken-, president of the 

 S. A. F. Jules Bourdet, i)residcnt of 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club, was iu at 

 tendance at all the sessions. Many of 

 the representatives of the llorists' in 

 tercsts in St. Louis attended these meet 

 ings, among them being J. I'. Ammann. 

 F. II. Meinhardt and .1. .1. Beneke. 

 Philip Foley, of Ciiicago, w;is ]uesent 

 in an advisory capacity in regard to the 

 auxiliary Iniildings, which are to be 

 erected adjoining Moolah Temple. 



Plaiming the Show. 



.Vrrangements are now jiracticall.N 

 completed for the Fifth National 

 Flower Show, and it may confidently 

 be expected that it will bo a success in 

 every way. Jules Bourdet brought up 

 the question of retail florists' exhibits, 

 and suggested that it would be neces- 

 sary to make some concessions to the 

 florists in order thiit their cooperation 

 in the trade exhibition be assured. The 

 committee considered this question ciiic 



B°= 



a 



B 



The Kroeschell Water Tube Steam Boiler 



WHAT THE USERS SAY: 



Kirkwood, .Mo , May 22, 1915. 



THIS STEAM BOILER 1 THINK IS A WONDEK, 

 a quick steamer, and holds the steam; the easiest boiler 

 in the world to clean and to keep clean. The double 

 steam trap system is working fine, keeping all the steam 

 lines well drained. (Signed) W. J. PILCHEK. 



New Haven, Ind., Oct. 13, 1916. 



The two No. 46 KROESCHELL WATER TUBE 

 STEAM BOILERS which you furnished for our new 

 plant surely are giving us satisfactory service. 



These boilers are internally fired, and KCONOMICAL 

 fuel burners, being very fast steamers. 



With battle arrangement such as you have, it con- 

 sumes all the heat cast from the combustion chamber 

 instead of letting it out of stack. 



(Signed) NKW HAVEN FLORAL CO., 



Per H. .1. C. Leity.. 



D 

 D 



TUBES 



TO 

 CLEAN 



d 



BRICK 



WORK 



REQUIRED 



WHAT THE USERS SAY: 



Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 28, 1915. 



I wish to report that I have used my No. 45 KROES- 

 CHELL WATER TUBE STEAM BOILER for the past 

 two seasons, and will say I could not compare it with my 

 former boiler, as it is so far superior in every way that 

 there is no comparison whatever. 



It does the work of two tubular steam boilers— saves 

 fuel, needs less attention, as the fire lasts much longer 

 — is easily cleaned, there being no dues to clean every 

 night, as was the case with the old boilers. 



If I should need another boiler, I would not tliink of 

 buying any other kind. (Signed) S. E. MUNTZ. 



Bd^ 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



444 W. Erie Str««t, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



□ 



an 



