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The Florists^ Review 



Auauw B. Itt20 



Greenhouse Heating 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 editor of this department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. When information 

 is desired regarding the capacity of boil- 

 ers, or the amount of radiation required 

 for a greenhouse, the needed temperatures 

 should be stated in the inquiry, as well 

 as the amount of glass in the side walls, 

 and the dimensions and general arrange- 

 ment of the greenhouses. It is often help- 

 ful, also, to have a sketch showing the 

 location of the houses. 



HOPE FOB MORE COAI.. 



President Wilson told the coal miners 

 the government couldn't, or wouldn't, 

 consider their wage increase until they 

 went back to work. So President Lewis, 

 the national head of the miners, told the 

 Illinois miners to go back to work. And 

 President Farrington, who bosses the 

 Illinois organization, said they'd better 

 do it. Then the Illinois coal strike came 

 to an end. The result is the postpone- 

 ment of a wage increase — maybe it will 

 be retroactive, however — and the re- 

 sumption of work in the Illinois mines 

 for as many days per week as the freight 

 cars will provide. The extreme short- 

 age threatened in that state and the 

 danger of the strike spreading through- 

 out the central fields have been averted. 



Opportunity is thereby given to see 

 the unhindered results of the plans of 

 the operators and carriers to speed up 

 the shipment of coal. By facilitating 

 the movement of open-top freight cars 

 these hope to increase production twen- 

 ty-five per cent. How the railroads and 

 mine operators propose to do this has 

 not been set forth by them in detail. 

 Whatever results they can obtain will 

 be watched interestedly by the trade. 

 Growers in New England and in the 

 northwest hope to benefit by the orders 

 of the interstate commerce commission 

 which direct a larger proportion of coal 

 to those sections. Throughout the coun- 

 try greenhouse men are buying coal as 

 they can get it and paying for it what 

 they must. A number still have empty 

 bins, hoping for easier conditions. Now 

 that August is here, however, and the 

 cry for coal is still loud, the need of 

 early action is strong. 



EXCELLENT PIPINO PLAN. 



I am sending you a sketch of three 

 greenhouses. The ground slopes away 

 from our boiler and the return pipes 

 are on the ground. Some of them have 

 to be sunk in order to give a fall to the 

 returns and they are away from the 

 bench. Will satisfactory results be ob- 

 tained from the piping as it is sketched? 

 Will one 4-inoh flow feed eight coils of 

 2-inch pipe 103 feet long? Will one 

 4-inch return carry the water back to the 

 boiler quick enough to give good re- 

 sults? W. E. R.— Mo. 



The sketch shows three houses, 103 

 feet long, with the boiler at the south- 

 east corner. The 4-inch flow pipe runs 

 uphill along the south end of the houses 

 and connects with the coils, of which 

 there are three in the two west houses 

 and two in the east house, with four 

 2-inch returns in each coil. At the 

 north end of each house the coils con- 

 nect with a 4-inch main return pipe, 

 which, after running along the north 



KROESCHELL BOILERS 



Neither in tiie East or West nor tlie Nortii or Soutli lias any otiier 

 maice off Boiler ever equaled the performance off the Kroeschell. 

 Installed ffori3,974,60S square ffeet off glass in 1916-1917. 



The Kroeaehell has provaa ita worth 

 in many of the largest establish- 

 ments in this country. It has fre- 

 quently been installed by the most 

 careful buyers in competition with 

 all other makes of boilers. 



Greenhouse owners like the Kroe- 

 schell because of its extreme sim- 

 plicity and freedom from trouble. 

 As a fuel saver it pays its own way 

 — it can be operated with the cheap- 

 est grade of fuel. 



Every customer immensely satitfied. The high 

 efficiency and low cost of operation make the 

 Kroeschell the best of all boilers for florists' use. 



CAN SHIP 

 ANY SIZE 

 AT ONCE 



TELEORAPH 

 ORDERS AT 

 OUR EXPENSE 



WHEN YOU BUY-QET A KROESCHELL 

 "THE BOILER OF UNEQUALED FUEL ECONOMY" 



NOT 



CAST 



IRON 



NOT 

 CAST 

 IRON 



EXPRESSIONS FROM MEN WHO KNOW BOILERS 



No More Cast Iron Boilers 



I have used several dififerent makes 

 of boilers, but none I like as well 

 as yours. 



The Kroeschell is easier to fire, 

 takes less coal and water circulates 

 quicker than any other boiler. 



I have used two different makes 

 of sectional boilers— no more cast 

 iron boilers for us. 



(Signed) Mr. . Mich. 



Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron 



The Kroescholl has replaced three cast 

 Iron sertloniil IkjIUts, ami it ccitaluly 

 has jrlveii entire satisfaction. 



It (inly takes a few words to express 

 the Rood imality of your boilers and they 

 are as follows: "Of all flrine handling 

 hollers and advertising thcni truth- 

 fully, the party buylnK a lioller would 

 have to tret the Kroeschell, as you are 

 certainly advertislnR nothiu); bat facts." 



(Signed) Mr. , N. T. 



KROESCHELL BOILERS will put high 

 temperatures into your heating lines. 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



444 W. Eri* Street 

 CHICAGOp ILL. 



