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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 15, 1915. 



II. n. UNEAWEAVER & CO., Inc 



ANTHUJOR ^f^mW 



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West End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 



Nutting Building. LEBANON. PA. 



MeaUoM Th* Berlew when yon wrif. 



Greenhonse Heating. 



SuBSCEiBKRS 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. 



CHICAGO COAL MABKET. 



According to the Black Diamond, the 

 Chicago fuel market has a better tone, 

 everything considered, than it has had 

 for a year. There are still some weak 

 spots in the market, but it is generally 

 true that operators are more hopeful. 

 Prices are better today than they have 

 been for a long while, although a good 

 many florists are turning from West 

 Virginia to Illinois and Indiana coals 

 to save freight. Smokeless coals still 

 are the growers' favorite, but the 

 smokeless trade is still a little slow. 

 Sales agents have been trying to get 

 the large buyers to take in coal while 

 it is plentiful and while transportation 

 is easy. Retail dealers are not inter- 

 ested, largely because the real estate 

 agents have not yet begun to buy. Mine 

 run is kept firm in the meantime by be- 

 ing withheld from the market. The cir- 

 cular price is still $1.25 and is being 

 maintained. 



CIECUI.ATION IS SLUGGISH. 



I send you herewith a sketch show- 

 ing the layout of one of my green- 

 houses, in which I wish to change the 

 heating system. I have been heatiSl^ 

 with 4-inch flues under the side benches, 

 but this is unsatisfactory, as the flow 

 is too sluggish. What would be the 

 best way to heat this house f How 

 many feet of pipe would be required in 

 the shape of coils t Would it not be 

 better to place the coils on the walls 

 instead of under the benches? If 

 placed under the benches, the pipes 

 would be too close to the soil; this 

 would hinder the heat from getting 

 out into the house and would cause ex- 

 cessive drying out of the plants. A 

 circulator is attached to the boiler. I 

 grow geraniums in this house, and want 

 a temperature that will suit them. The 

 temperature outside is about the same 

 as in Chicago. H. K.— HI. 



The sketch shows a house 13x23 feet, 

 built against a dwelling, in the base- 

 ment of which the heater, with a rating 

 of 875 square feet, is located. The 

 heater supplies 260 square feet of radi- 

 ation in the dwelling. The walls of 

 the greenhouse extend two feet above 

 the ground level, and are of concrete, 

 banked to the top with earth. 



A temperature of 60 degrees can be 

 maintained by running a 2 ^/^ -inch flow 

 pipe under the ridge and connecting it 

 At the farther end of the greenhouse 

 with coils on the walls, each containing ' 



QUICKEST WATER HEATER IN THE WORLD 



The immense amount of direct self-cleaninK heating sarface, the 



thin vertical waterways and the long effective fire travel, cause 



the Kroeschell type of boiler construction to heat ■water quiclcer 



than any other form of boiler. 



Expressions From Hen Who Know Boilers 



THE LEASING OBOWSa IN YES- 

 HONT. 



I have the Kroeschell Boiler six years; 

 it Is beating 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 Kroeschell Is doing fine work 

 and I am well pleased with it. 



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



SANTA CRUZ. CAL. 



ONE OF BOSTON'S WELL KNOWN 

 GBOWEKS. 

 The Kroeschell has taken the place of 

 four cast Iron hollers at a big saving In 

 coal. Wo are using It now for the fifth 

 year. The longer we use It the better 

 we like it. 



(Signed) A. B. KNOWLTON, 

 NORTH GRAFTON, MASS. 



THE PLANT KING OF THE WEST. 



I have used Kroeschell Boilers ever 

 since I buHt my first greenhouse. They 

 have always given me the very best 

 satisfaction and I believe them as good 

 boilers as money can buy. 



(Signed) r. OECHSLIN, 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



OHIO'S CELEBRATED CYCLAMEN 

 SPECIALIST. 



After using your No. 12 Kroeschell 

 Boiler I came to the conclusion that 

 bad I to install more boilers it would 

 be the Kroeschell and no other. It 

 really is a pleasure to heat, no trouble 

 to get the desired beat Id a very short 

 time. 



(Signed) CHRIST. WINTERICH. 

 DEFIANCE, OHIO. 



THE QUALITY PLACE OF BOSTON. 



Regarding the Kroeschell it is tlw best 

 we have ever bad and satisfactory beyond 

 our expectations. It heats up especially 

 quick and has saved us considerably al- 

 ready in the price of fuel. When we are 

 in need of another boiler we will give 

 the Kroeschell the first consideration. 

 (Signed) WM. W. EDGAR CO., 



WAVERLEY, MASS. 



A BIG MAN IN THE FLOBICITLTITKAL 

 WOBLD. 



The Kroeschell Boiler I installed last 

 year usually runs from 10 p. m. to 6 

 a. m. without attention. I do not have 

 the least trouble to keep temperatures 

 in the coldest weather. The boiler has 

 given entire satisfaction. 



The Kroeschell is the best boiler we 

 have ever handled. 



(Signed) CHARLES TOTTY, 

 MADISON, NEW JERSEY. 



A FAMOUS ILLINOIS BOSE BANGE. 

 In speaking of the Kroeschell Boiler as 

 an economical greenhouse holler I cannot 

 say too much. Personally I have had 

 the pleasure or misfortune to fire nearly 

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

 ket and I can safely say the Kroeschell 

 is the best of them all. 



(Signed) CHAS. McCACLEY, 

 RIVERBANK GREENHOUSES, 



GENEVA, ILL. 



THE WORLD'S GBEATEST MUSH- 

 BOOM PLANT. 



We spent $100,000 in building and 

 equipping the largest modern mushroom 

 plant in the world. We purchased In 

 every Instance the best of everything we 

 could get, and the fact that we installed 

 a Kroeschell Boiler to furnish our heat 

 is sufficient evidence of our opinion of 

 same. 



Since Installing this boiler and operat- 

 ing it we have never had any reason to 

 change our opinion. 



(Signed) FALMOUTH MUSHROOM 

 CELLARS, INC., 

 FALMOUTH, MASS. 



A WELL KNOWN CABNATION PBIZE 

 WINNEB. 



The carnation range of Mr. Nlc Zwel- 

 fel, of North Milwaukee, consists of 

 nearly 70.000 sq. ft. glass and the water 

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

 Kroeschell Boiler and Kroeschell Gener- 

 ator. The product of the plant is known 

 throughout the West for its flue quality. 

 Mr. Z. has used ditferent kinds of boilers. 

 As for the Kroeschell, he says: "I think 

 the Kroeschell Boilers are the best boilers 

 a florist can buy." 



(Signed) NIC ZWEIFEL, 

 NORTH MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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