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The Florists' Review 



June 3, 1915. 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



SuBSCEiBEES 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. 



LEGISLATION IN MICHiaAN. 



During its recent session the Michi- 

 gan legislature had up for consideration 

 a bill (8. B. 234) that would have re- 

 quired the inspection of many green- 

 house boilers now uninspected, and the 

 employment of licensed engineers in 

 many greenhouse establishments in the 

 place of the present firemen. The bill 

 passed the Senate but did not get out 

 of committee in the House, largely be- 

 cause of opposition by thresher engine 

 interests. The bill no doubt will come 

 up again at the next session, when flo- 

 rists should be heard. It is not so bad, 

 a bin as some that have been offered, 

 as it follows quite closely the code of 

 the American Society of Mechanical 

 Engineers. 



THE COAL MARKET. 



Readers who are satiated with war 

 news, columns and columns of war news 

 of the most startling character, are not 

 likely to be electrified or even mildly 

 inspired by such monotonous reports 

 of continued dullness as are now com- 

 ing from the coal market. A Chicago 

 coal reporter, oppressed with the diffi- 

 culty of his task in manufacturing 

 news out of such colorless materials, 

 prefaces his weekly letter thus: "A 

 week is a mighty short time in these 

 days of dullness to note any big change 

 in one section of the coal market. As 

 a matter of fact, the essential features 

 of the Chicago market this week are 

 almost precisely the same as they were 

 a week ago." 



And yet the public ought to be deep- 

 ly if not excitedly interested in the 

 present situation in coal, for the cir- 

 cumstances and the prospects are in 

 some respects unprecedented and are 

 largely due to this selfsame war which 

 is so engrossing some people's thoughts. 

 Florists and other users of smokeless 

 coal ought especially to give the mat- 

 ter close attention — such attention as 

 will result in the right course of action, 

 as the market in smokeless shows real 

 symptoms of a change in conditions. 



Says the Chicago writer already 

 quoted: "Smokeless coal of all sizes 

 continues to gain in strength. Two 

 weeks ago the smokeless operators were 

 given the hope of selling coal in for- 

 eign markets by the withdrawal of Eng- 

 lish coal from large selling zones. Last 

 week they had some inquiries and, this 

 fact becoming known, inland buyers 

 began to think of placing contracts. 

 This last week the foreign prospects 



TO THE MAN WHO NEEDS A BOILER 



THE CVSTOMERS' INTEREST FIRST— Is the basis of the Kroeschell standard, and this 

 principle malies the Kroeschell policy the most liberal of all in the greenhouse beller 

 business. 



The great variety of boilers that we make places us In a commanding position. We make 

 every type of boiler that is used, from the smallest house heater to the largest water 

 tube steam boiler (600 horsepower). For the above reason we can furnish the most 

 efficient boiler unit In every case. 



It Is the Kroeschell principle to supply only that type of boiler which is best suited to the 

 conditions, and under no circumstances do we take any other stand. 



WHIN YOU BUY-aiT A KROHCHILL 

 'THK BOILIR OP OKNUINI ErPICIKNCY' 



The Kroeschell 



is making the most 

 wonderful greenhouse 

 heating record in the 

 world. Florists who 

 have used other 

 makes are constant- 

 ly giving the Kroes- 

 chell the h i gh e s t 

 praise. 



13,468,320 sq. ft. of 

 glass was equipped 

 with the Kroeschell 

 Boiler during the 

 past Ave years. 



The Kroeschell 



has replaced hun- 

 dreds of cast Iron 

 boilers. In every case 

 higher temperatures 

 are secured with the 

 Kroeschell with the 

 same piping and 

 with less fuel. 



The Kroeschell is 

 sold direct from fac- 

 tory to users. This 

 eliminates the un- 

 necessary mid<dle- 

 man's profit. 



Every Boiler Nade at Our Works is of the Highest Standard 



MATERIAL- cov«rn«d by Kroaschall spaclflcatlons-th* bast that meiMy 

 and bralna can produea. WORKMANSHIP-tha kind that la an inaplratlen 

 to all othar hollar makara. BOILCR CPFICiCNCY- datarmlnad by actual 

 taata undar wo* king conditions. BOILER RATINGS- honaat and truo bluo- 

 Kuarantaod actual warklas capacltloa. 



Probably yon have wondered why the Kroeschell Greenhouse Boiler is not sold b.v any 

 of the greenhouse construction companies. In Justice to all concerned we feel it is our 

 duty to state that the Kroeschell Boiler is never sold by any one but — The KROESCHELIi 

 BROS. CO. — We have no agents, and as our prices are based on sales direct from factory 

 to user, we do not quote anyone dealing in boilers special resale prices. Our stand in this 

 matter has brought out a lot of competition; nevertheless the great efficiency of the 

 Kroeschell Greenhouse Boiler cannot be disputed and in spite of the lieen competition 

 the Kroeschell Greenhouse Boiler is heating more glass than any other make. 



Get the Kroeschell First 



In 1911 I purchased a No. 1 Kroeschell boiler to heat our uptown plant and can 

 truthfully say that this boiler has given entire satisfaction, as it does the work so 

 easily. 



At our other place we had a large cast Iron sectional boiler; two years ago we 

 cracked two (2) sections and but for the mild weather would have lost everything 

 before we could make repairs. That experience was enough for me to show me that 

 the cast iron boiler man has the best of it when I went to him for new sectl6ns, as 

 they could only be gotten from him and he made the price to suit himself. So this 

 year (1913) I thought I would take no more chances, so we Just Installed a No. 5 

 Kroeschell. I can get better results with the Kroeschell than with any other boiler 

 I have ever flred. I believe If the Kroeschell were better known amongst the grow- 

 ers generally they would use no other. 



(Signed) RIVER STREET GREENHOUSES, 



August 12, 1913, Rome, N. Y. W. T. Hughes, Prop. 



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