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The Florists^ Review 



JCNB 10, 1915. 



ANTHRACITE 



and 

 BITUMINOUS 



H. H. LINCAWEAVER & CO., Inc. 



COAL 



West End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 

 Nutting Building, LEBANON, PA. 

 Mention The B«Tlew when yon write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



Subscribers 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 Eeview 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. 



THE COAL MABKET. 



A leading coal journal clearly sum- 

 marizes the news of the market in this 

 one sentence: "The east is helped by 

 export business, but the west awaits 

 industrial revival." The same author- 

 ity more fully explains the situation 

 thus: "It is true beyond a perad- 

 venture that export business has helped 

 the eastern coal trade, for there is an 

 improved foreign demand and vessels 

 also are more plentiful. But in the 

 west, trade is even below normal for 

 this time of year. If smokeless coal is 

 off the market, meaning that there is 

 no free coal, the market is strong. The 

 minute any free coal strikes Chicago 

 the market is soft. A few contracts 

 are being closed, but not many, and 

 such as are, are going on the contract 

 price of $1.25 for the summer and $1.40 

 for the winter months on mine-run. The 

 lump and egg situation is somewhat 

 stronger, largely due to the fact that 

 the operators are producing no fine coal 

 for coke ovens and consequently are 

 not making the prepared sizes. Betail- 

 ers have been buying really more than 

 the operators are producing and thus 

 that market is strong at the June cir- 

 cular. ' ' 



PIPE AND OTHEB MATERIALS. 



I am contemplating the construction 

 of a greenhouse and should like to know 

 which is considered the better kind of 

 pipe, cast-iron or wrought-iron, espe- 

 cially with reference to the circula- 

 tion. Or, why not use spiral, galvan- 

 ized, flanged pipe, as it would radiate 

 heat much more quickly! I wish to 

 know, also, whether it would be prac- 

 tical to run the return pipe just below 

 the seed bed, insulating it in farm 

 drain tile, say ten or twelve inches be- 

 low the surface. The winter tempera- 

 ture here seldom drops lower than 10 

 degrees above zero. How would you 

 estimate the needed capacity of a boiler 

 in this climate, for a house of about 

 7,500 square feet of glass? Should the 

 base of the side walls be of concrete or 

 of regular wood siding, with an insu- 

 lating material between? I expect to 

 grow winter vegetables. 



J. C. W.— Ark. 



Under most conditions wrought-iron 

 pipe will be found most satisfactory for 

 heating gfreenhouses. The flanged, spi- 

 ral, galvanized pipe is less durable than 

 either wrought or cast-iron pipe and, 

 requires more care in installing it; be- 



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DEEDS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS 



THC RIASON IS-WKLL, ASK ANY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER* 



WHICH DO YOU WANT? 



Cast Iron Bolters— FOOL Economy (false ratings, fael waste, danger of break- 

 downs, dealers* profits), OR 



Krooscholl Bollors— FUEL Economy (honest ratings,- safety, quick heat, no 

 boiler pits, no dealers' profits). 



Kroeschell Boiler — Half the Coal and 

 Half the Work 

 Your No. 13 Boiler Is carrying 

 25,000 sq. ft. of glass, and I can 

 keep it at 60° in the coldest weather 

 without any trouble. I hare three 

 cast iron boilers also, heating a range 

 of 25,000 sq. ft. of glass, but the 

 No. 13 Kroeschell Boiler only takes 

 half the coal and half the work to get 

 the same results. 



J. G. FRISZ, Vincennes, Ind. 



Kroeschell Boiler Better Than Tubu- 

 lar Boilers or Cast Iron Boilers 



Washington Court House, Ohio. 

 Have used upright boiler, tubular 

 boiler and cast iron boiler. The 

 Xroeschell Boiler heats up better and 

 easier than any other boiler we have 

 ever had anything to do with. If we 

 ever buy another, It will certainly 

 be a Kroeschell. 



Very truly yours, 



POOLE? & PURLIiANT. 



Cast Iron Cannot Be Compared with 

 Kroeschell 



We bought a No. 2 Boiler in 1904. 

 It takes care of 5000 sq. ft. of glass, 

 and we could add 2000 more. We are 

 very well satisfied. We used a cast 

 iron boiler before we had yours. It 

 cannot be compared with the Kroe- 

 schell boiler. Your boiler has cer- 

 tainly a great capacity for heating 

 water. 



HALL & ROBINSON, 

 Montreal, Canada. 



Cast Iron Boilers Break Down 

 Have flred greenhouse boilers since 

 1885, both steam and hot water. 

 Yours suits me the best. I have two 

 of your boilers. At one time I bad 

 two cast iron boilers working to- 

 gether, and during a blizzard the 

 rear section of one boiler gave out 

 and the front section of the other 

 sprung a crack a couple of months 

 later. No more cast iron boilers for 

 me. I came very close to freezing 

 out in both instances. 



G. M. THOST, De Soto, Mo. 



Cast Iron Boiler Cracked in Two 

 Years 



We have 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. 



I consider your boiler the best pay- 

 ing ifaVestment I ever mad<. 



You can refer anyone to us. 

 MARYSVILLE FLORAL CO., 



MarysviUe, Ohio. 



Cast Iron Boilers Cause Freeze-out — 

 Kroesahell Boilers No Worry 

 I bought a No. 2 boiler in 1902. 

 Takes care of 7000 sq. ft. of glass — 

 would take care of 2000 more. I have 

 had a cast iron boiler, but it broke 

 down twice in four years, always in 

 the coldest weather. It broke down 

 Dec. 29, 1904, and I lost all my stock 

 in consequence. I have now two No. 2 

 and one No. 6 Kroeschell boilers and 

 do ,not worry about their breaking 

 down. 



GRANT NEWPORT, 

 " ' •■ " Cedar Rapids, la. 



Kroeschell Versus Cast Iron 



The No. 7 Boiler I bought from you 

 is beating 14,000 sq. ft. of glass; I 

 think it can take care of 16,000 ft. 

 I do not have any trouble to keep up 

 temperature of 50° in the coldest 

 weather. I fire only once after 12 

 o'clock midnight. The boiler has 

 given perfect satisfaction. I have 

 four cast iron boilers — like the Kroe- 

 schell best of all. If anyone wishes 

 to inquire about your boiler, let them 

 write me, for I think your boilers are 

 good ones. 



CHARLES SCHULTZ, 

 Menominee, Mich. 



The Kroeschell Does Our Woric Easier 



Than Catt Iron Boilers and 8*Tet 



20 to S6% Fuel 



The No. 4 boiler is heating 10,000 

 sq. ft. of glass — it would take care 

 of 18,000 sq. ft. easy. Have no 

 trouble to keep temperatures of '50 

 and 60 degrees in coldest weather. 

 The boiler has given perfect satisfac- 

 tion. We had two cast iron boilers, 

 one rated for 1200 ft. of pipe and one 

 rated for 1500 ft. These boilers never 

 did the work at their best and when 

 the greenhouses were new. According 

 to our experience with yours, we will 

 save 20 to 25 per cent of fuel. 



HILD BROS., Lake Forest, 111. 



WHKN YOU BUY-OIT A KROKSCHKLL 

 ■TNE BOILER OP UNIQUALED FUEL ECONOMY" 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



444 Wost Erio Stroot 

 CHICAQO, ILL. 



