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The Florists^ Review 



June 18, 1014. 



under each of the side benches and the 

 other four under the middle bench. 



I have no catalogue of the Ideal 

 boiler at hand and do not recall the 

 rating of the No. 10 size. To heat the 

 house to 55 degrees, the boiler should 

 have the capacity to handle 350 square 

 feet of hot water radiation, and an 

 Ideal heater with a grate eighteen to 

 twenty inches in diameter should be 

 ample for the purpose. If the flow pipe 

 runs downhill and the expansion tank 

 is attached at the highest point, no air 

 valves will be required. 



SMALL HOUSE FOR POT PLANTS. 



I am building a greenhouse 25x28% 

 and eleven feet high to the ridge. The 

 greater part of one side of the house 

 will be against a brick building, in 

 which the boiler is located. There will 

 be four benches, each 5x21, running 

 across the house. The benches will be 

 two feet from the walls on all sides. 

 I want to grow potted plants, such as 

 geraniums, fuchsias, etc. I shall use 

 hot water for heating. Will you kindly 

 tell n)e how this house should b© piped 

 to get the best results! The location is 

 southeastern Michigan. G. E. D. 



To act as the flow pipe, a 2i/4-inch 

 main should be carried to the farther 

 side of the house, to a point directly over 

 the ends of the benches, where pipes 

 should be taken off at right angles and 

 run to the ends of the house. From 

 these pipes "risers" should be dropped 

 to supply coils under each of the four 

 benches and on each of the walls. There 

 should be three 2-inch pipes in each of 

 the under-bench coils and two in each 

 of the wall coils. Connect the pipes in 

 each coil at the lower end, and join 

 them with a common return of the same 

 size as the main flow. pipe. Unless the 

 main flow and return can be given a 

 fairly direct connection with the boiler, 

 it would be well to have them of 3-inch 

 pipe. 



FORECASTS BY COAL MEN. 



This week's reports of the coal trade 

 still consist mostly of cheerful predic- 

 tions, as they have done for several 

 weeks, but the predictions have become 

 more positive and definite. If the coal 

 men have read the signs of the times 

 correctly, the long expected improve- 

 ment in the market is now so near in 

 the future that the prices are already 

 "trembling on the rise," like the fa- 

 mous drawbridge in Walter Scott's 

 "Marmion." There seems to be gen- 

 eral agreement in the belief that the 

 business reawakening will begin not 

 later than July 1. This opinion is re- 

 peated frequently throughout the coal 

 men 's reports, in so unhesitating a way 

 as to indicate that they are pretty sure 

 of their ground. "The outlook is for 

 a considerable improvement in business 

 after July 1," says one authority. 

 "Everyone looks forward with confi- 

 dence to good business after July 1," 

 he says again. 



The symptoms of coming revival ia 

 the coal trade are said to be of a gen- 

 eral character and visible in many dif-* 

 ferent lines of industry. Nearly all 

 kinds of business seem to be approach- 

 ing a turning point. The lowest level 

 has been reached and must be followed 

 by a rise, and the assurance of goo<l 

 crops will aid much in the boom. The 

 railroads, however, are referred to now 

 as a special factor in the case, partly 

 on account of their intimate connection 



WHICH SHALL IT BE? 



CAST IRON BOILERS-FOOL ECONOMY (false ratings, fuel waste, dan- 

 ger of breakdowns by cracking of sections, dealers' commissions on sales)— OR 



KROCSCHELL boilers- fuel economy (honest and "true blue" 

 boiler ratings, safety, (luick heat, factory-to-user prices). 



READ WHAT THE USERS SAY ABOUT 



KROESCHELL BOILERS 



Cast Iron Boiler Cracked 

 in Two Years 



"We haye a No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler. It 

 takes care of 7000 sq. ft. of glass; It would 

 take care of twice that amount. 



I first had a new cast iron boiler which 

 lasted two years, when it cracked to pieces. 

 The second was a second-hand boiler. 



1 consider your boiler the best paying in- 

 vestment I ever made. 



You can refer anyone to us." 



MarysvUle Floral Co., MarysvlUe, Ohio. 



Cast Iron Cannot be Compared 

 with Kroeschell 



"We bought a No. 2 Boiler in 10O4. It 

 takes care of 5000 sq. ft. of glass, and we 

 could add 20CO more. We are very well sati<!- 

 fled. We uaed a cast iron boiler before we 

 had yours. It cannot be compared with the 

 Kroeschell Boiler. Your boiler has certainly 

 u great capacity for heating water." 



Hall & Robinson, Montreal, Canada. 



Kroeschell Better Than 

 Cast Iron 



"I bought a No. 6 Boiler in 1903. It lias 

 now 10,000 sq. ft. of glass, and we could add 

 .'{.'too more. This is ahead of five or six cast 

 iron boilers which I have used. I saved ISO 

 per season on the coal bill." 



M. ('. Ward, Quincy, Mass. 



"I bought a No. 4 Boiler In 1902. Has 7000 

 sq. ft. of glass; could add 2000 more. It is 

 perfectly satisfactory. Would keep only 

 Kroeschell Boiler. Would not have a cast iron 

 boiler for a gift." 



Geo. Kiigel, Xenla, Ohio. 



.Mr. Engcl has Increased his riant and or- 

 dered another No. 4 Kroeschell. 



Better Than Cast Iron 



"We bought a No". 1 Boiler in 1902. It Is 

 verv satisfactory. We had several cast iron 

 boilers, but like yours much better." 



E. Ferrand & Sons, Detroit, Mich. 



Cost of Heatings One-hall Less 

 Than With Cast Iron Boilers 



"I bought a No. 3 Boiler In 1901. We had a 

 corrugated cast iron Are Iws boiler and a sec- 

 tional cast iron boiler liefore we bought yours 

 in 1901. The cost of the heating with your 

 holler is one-half leas than it was with my 

 cast iron boilers. Your No. 8 Boiler, which 

 we bought recently of you, Is not being run to 

 its capacity." 



/ Wni. Geenen, Klmberly, Wis. 



Has enlarged place and installed another 

 No. 6 Kroeschell. 



Kroeschell ts. Cast Iron 



"I have one of your new 1910 model Kroe- 

 schell Boilers, and same has proven very satis- 

 factory. We have no trouble to keep tempera- 

 tures in the coldest weather. We fire once or 

 twice during the day, and once at night, and 

 have had the best satisfaction I have ever ex- 

 perienced in a boiler. Formerly I had two 

 cast iron boilers; one cracked and I took both 

 of these boilers out. My ooal bill with the 

 cast iron boilers ran from $195 to $207 per 

 season during the past seven years. This 

 year, with your boiler and soft coal, my coal 

 bill was only $103, and I still have some coal 

 left. Your boiler Is the best and cheapest 

 on the market, not alone for the price, but 

 also in fuel saving. I am very glad that you 

 are so well known in Buffalo, N. Y. I have 

 never heard anything but praise, in which I 

 Join heartily. Wishing you every success, 

 I remain. Max Buehler, Forks, N. Y." 



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