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The Florists' Review 



June 26, 1919. 



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We Nine and Sell Good Coal 



Best Coal 



Best ^Preparation 



Best Service 



PEABODY COAL COMPANY 



332 S. MICHIGAN AVE. 



CHICAGO 



ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY 



CINCINNATI 



BUFFALO 



sections be needed! I have about fifty 

 feet of 2-inch pipe and 125 feet of 1^4- 

 inch pipe which I wish to use. 



G. B. M.— Pa. 



The piping suggested in the diagram — 

 a 21/4-inch main and two 2-inch flow 

 pipes in the new house — should be satis- 

 factory, although we would prefer to use 

 a 3-inch main from the boiler, with a 

 2%-inch- overhead flow on each line of 

 purlin posts, if th& hotbed is also to be 

 heated. 



For the coil on the north side of the 

 house we would suggest using three 1%- 

 inch and two 1^-inch returns, although 

 we would prefer to have them all l^/^- 

 inch were it not for using the pipe on 

 hand. In the south coil use three or four 

 li/^-inch returns, starting this coil, as 

 well as the other, at the door and fol- 

 lowing around the ends and sides of the 

 house to the boiler. 



If the hotbed is to be heated, run a 

 114 -inch pipe upon each wall. These may 

 be supplied from the overhead flow on 

 the south purlin posts, and the two re- 

 turns may be united and carried back 

 through the new house to the boiler in a 

 2-inch pipe. If two 2i^-inch overhead 

 flows are used in the house, only three 

 returns will be required for the coil on 

 the south side. With this arrangement 

 the fifty feet of 2-inch pipe on hand 

 may be used for one of the pipes in the 

 hotbed. 



Had the size of the present houses 

 been given, with the temperatures de- 

 sired in them, we could have offered an 

 opinion upon the possibility of supplying 

 the radiation in the new house by add- 

 ing two or three sections to the No. 518 

 Lord & Burnham boiler now installed. 

 The grate is only eighteen inches in 

 width,and wewould not consider it worth 

 while to add more than two sections. 

 The No. 518 boiler will handle about 800 



square feet of radiation with soft coal. 

 The new house and hotbed will require 

 about 350 square feet of radiation, 

 which would leave 450 square feet for 

 the present houses. The addition of two 

 sections to the boiler will add about 250 

 square feet to its capacity, but, of 

 course, will make it necessary to use 

 more fuel and to give more attention to 

 the firing, especially in zero weather. 

 With seven sections we would expect to 

 be able to heat the new houses to 45 

 degrees, and 700 square feet of radiation 

 in the old houses. 



BOCHESTEB, N. Y. 



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The Market. 



Business throughout this section con- 

 tinues to be fairly good, although the 

 terrific heat plays havoc with all flow- 

 ers. Everything is drying up for want 

 of rain. The last good shower here was 

 several weeks ago. Outdoor flowers are 

 short-lived. Immense quantities of 

 them arrive daily, many of them going 

 to waste before they can be sold. Much 

 of this surplus stock is sold daily on 

 the streets by some of the returned 

 soldiers. Large quantities of peonies, 

 roses and carnations that would other- 

 wise have been a complete loss have 

 thus brought in a little money. 



June with its deluge of weddings is 

 truly felt by all the florists, but there 

 appear to be no large decorations as in 

 former years. Funeral work continues 

 to be heavy and consumes much stock. 



All kinds of stock are showing signs 

 of the extreme heat. The poorness of 

 much of the indoor stock is visible. 

 T'arnations are particularly poor and do 

 not keep well at all. They are being 

 offered at low figures in order to make 

 a clearance. Eoses are in abundance 

 and as soon as exposed to the air open 

 up wide. They do not sell readily. 



A Florist 

 Cannot Afford 

 to Take a 

 Chance 



on either the quality 

 ^of the fuel he uses 

 or on the possibility 

 of getting it. 



It is possible that 

 there will be plenty 

 of Goal next winter, 

 but it is hardly likely. 



Buy or contract for 

 your coal n0w and be 

 sure it is 



ENERGY COAL 



stocks well and 

 burns very satisfac- 

 torily in the proper 

 place. 



Energy is mined and 

 sold by 



TAYLOR COAL CO. 



OLD COLONY BLDG.. 

 CHICAGO 



Southwestern Office: St Louis, Mo. 



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