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The Rorists' Review 



Mat 20. 1916. 



H. H. LINEAWEAVER & CO., Inc. 



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West End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 

 Nutting Building. LEBANON. PA. 

 Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



SUBSOEIBERS 8X6 invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 anj details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please So not 

 ask The Beview 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 qpecial 

 field of its adaptation. 



A FLUE-HEATED GBEENHOUSE. 



Can I get enough heat from a grate 

 about 18x25 inches to heat a house 

 20x50 feet, through a fluet I wish to 

 maintain a temperature sufficient to 

 propagate geraniums, coleus, etc. Only 

 in two winters during the last eight 

 years has the temperature here dropped 

 below zero, and then only for a night 

 or two. The lowest temperature was 5 

 degrees below zero. Can I get a book 

 anywhere that describes the construc- 

 tion of a flue-heated house f Would 

 6-inch tile be large enough for a flue 

 for such a heater? I have never seen 

 any discussion of flue-heated houses in 

 the trade papers and I realize that 

 such heating is out of date, but I 

 have the ironwork for such a furnace 

 and wish to build a small house if it 

 can be heated in that way. A florist 

 friend here says my plan will work. 

 What do you think! D. C. L.— N. J. 



A grate of the size mentioned should 

 answer for a house 20x50 feet, but if 

 wood is to be used for fuel, as is de- 

 sirable, the furnace should be five or 

 six feet in length and eighteen or 

 twenty inches wide inside. The heat- 

 ing of greenhouses by flues is described 

 in "Greenhouse Construction," by 

 L. R. Taft, which will be sent post- 

 paid by The Review for $1.50. Hard 

 burned or fire brick should be used for 

 the flue, for the first ten feet at least, 

 and after that, if sewer pipe is used, 

 it should be 8-inch. 



THE COAL MARKET. 



The long heralded expansion of the 

 export trade in coal has now passed the 

 period of prophecy, it is said, and is 

 entering the era of fulfillment. It is 

 slowly assuming an actual existence, 

 just beginning to be. Though this stim- 

 ulus from abroad has not yet aroused 

 the home market to any great degree, 

 it has caused a little "precautionary 

 buying of smokeless coal," since the 

 foreign purchasers, like the florists, 

 principally favor that grade of fuel. 

 Perhaps it may soon be advisable for 

 some florists to give more than their 

 usual amount of serious consideration 

 to "precautionary buying." 



A Chicago reporter for the Black 

 Diamond, after referring to these pre- 

 cautionary purchases, goes on to say: 

 "It is now known that for several 

 months the export trade will take vari- 

 ous amounts of coal, estimated at about 

 2,000,000 tons in excess of what has 



QUICKEST WATER HEATER IN THE WORLD 



The inunense amount of direct self-oleaiiliiK hwrtlng surface, the 



thin vertical water ways and the Ions effective fire travel, cause 



the Kroeflchell type of boiler construction to heat water quicker 



than any other form of boiler. 



Expressions from Hen Who Know Boilers 



THE LEASING GB.0WEB IN VER- 

 - XONT. 



I bare the Kroescbell Boiler six years; 

 it is heating 17,000 sq. ft. glass. No 

 other but a Plate Boiler for me. 



(Signed) H. M. TOTMAN. 

 RANDOLPH, VERMONT. 



WELL KNOWN IN THE GOLDEN 

 WEST. 



Our No. 2 Kroescbell is doing fine work 

 and I am well pleased wltb it. 



(Signed) G. P. BUTLER, JR., 



SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



ONE OF BOSTON'S WELL KNOWN 

 OBOWERS. 



Tbe Kroescbell bas talien the place of 

 four cast iron boilers at a big saving in 

 coal. We are using it now for tbe flftb 

 year. Tbe longer we use it tbe better 

 we like it. 



(Signed) A. B. KNOWLTON, 

 NORTH GRAFTON, MASS. 



THE PLANT XING OF THE WEST. 



I bave used Kroescbell Boilers eyer 

 since I built my first greenbouse. Tbey 

 have always given me tbe very best 

 satisfaction and I believe tbem as good 

 boilers as money can buy. 



(Signed) F. OECHSLIN, 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



OHIO'S CELEBRATED CTCLAXEN 

 SPECIALIST. 



After using your No. 12 Kroescbell 

 Boiler I came to tbe conclusion tbat 

 bad I to install more boilers it would 

 be tbe Kroescbell and no otber. It 

 really is a pleasure to beat, no trouble to 

 get tbe desired beat in a very abort time. 



(Signed) CHRIST. WINTERICH, 



DEFIANCE, OHIO. 



THE QTTALITT PLACE OF BOSTON. 



Regarding tbe Kroescbell it is tbe best 

 we bave ever bad and satisfactory beyond 

 our expectations. It beats up especially 

 quick and bas saved us considerably al- 

 ready In tbe price of fuel. Wben we are 

 <n need of another boiler we will give 

 the Kroescbell tbe first consideration. 



(Signed) WM. W. EDGAR CO., 



WAVERLEY, MASS. 



A BIG MAN IN THE FLORICTrLTTTRAL 

 WORLD. 



The Kroescbell Boiler I instdlled last 

 year usually runs from 10 p. m. to G 

 a. m. without attention. I do not bave 

 tbe least trouble to keep temperatures 

 in tbe coldest weather. Tbe boiler bas 

 given entire satisfaction. 



The Kroescbell is the best boiler we 

 liave ever bandied. 



(Signed) CHARLES TOTTY, 

 MADISON, NEW JERSEY. 



A FAXOXTS ILLINOIS ROSE RANGE. 



In speaking of the Kroescbell Boiler as 

 an economical greenhouse boiler I cannot 

 say too n.uch. Personally I bave bad 

 the pleasure or misfortune to fire nearly 

 every make of G. H. Boiler on tbe mar- 

 ket and I can safely say tbe Kroescbell 

 is the best of them all. 



(Signed) CHAS. McCAULEY, 

 RIVERBANK GREENHOUSES, 



GENEVA, ILL. 



THE WORLD'S GREATEST KITSH- 

 ROOM PLANT. 

 We spent flOO.OOO in building and 

 equipping tbe largest modern mushroom 

 plant in the world. We purchased in 

 every instance tbe best of everything we 

 could get. and the fact tbat we installed 

 a Kroescbell Boiler to furnish our beat 

 is snfliclent evidence of our opinion of 

 same. 



Since installing this boiler and operat- 

 ing it we bave never had any reason to 

 change our opinion. 



(Signed) FALMOUTH MUSHROOM 

 CELLARS. INC., 

 FALMOUTH, MASS. 



A WELL KNOWN CARNATION PRIZE 

 WINNER. 



The carnation range of Mr. Nic Zwei- 

 fel, of Nortb Milwaukee, consists of 

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

 plant is heated by a No. 14 and No. 15 

 Kroescliell Boiler and Kroescbell Gener- 

 ator. Tbe product of the plant is known 

 throughout the West for its fine quality. 

 Mr. Z. has used difterent kinds of boilers. 

 As for the Kroescbell, be says: "I think 

 the Kroescbell Boilers are the best boilers 

 a florist can buy." 



(Signed) NIC ZWEIFEL. 

 NORTH MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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