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The Florists' Review 



July 22, 1015. 



n. H. LINEAWEAVER & CO., Inc 



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 West End Trust Building, PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 

 Nutting Building. LEBANON . PA. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



SuBSCsiBEacs 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. 



THE COAL MABKET. 



The coal men are hopeful, though not 

 enthusiastic, in their opinions of the 

 present situation in the trade. There 

 is no decided, clearly marked improve- 

 ment, they say, but such slight changes 

 as are visible are in most cases changes, 

 for the better. A Chicago correspond- 

 ent for the Black Diamond prefaces 

 his report with this reserved, dispas- 

 sionate little bit of philosophy: 

 "There is some more buying of pretty 

 nearly every grade of coal, and senti- 

 ment in favor of better prices arid 

 bigger business seems to be solidifying. 

 At the same time the actual transfer 

 from sentiment to fact is a little slow. ' ' 



Florists will be especially interested 

 in the Chicago reporter's statement 

 that the most obvious enlivenment of 

 business is in the department of smoke- 

 less coal. He even intimates a possi- 

 bility of a future shortage of smoke- 

 less, with an unsatisfactory market for 

 the purchaser. "Some of the re- 

 tailers," he says, "have signed up 

 their contracts for the full amounts 

 stipulated in previous years and are 

 now taking coal on contract. Others 

 have contracted for only a part of 

 their requirements. Others have not 

 contracted at all so far. As this indi- 

 cates, the mine run business is firm, 

 but a little slow. If there is any short- 

 age of coal later, which some people 

 now anticipate, the market situation 

 will be far from satisfactory for the 

 buyer a little later. In the meantime 

 the spot buying is a trifle heavier, be- 

 cause some retailers are taking advan- 

 tage of the last discount month, prices 

 advancing on mine run August 1. 

 Smokeless, lump and egg, is firm at the 

 new circular of $2; in fact, where any 

 coal is available it can readily be sold 

 at a premium of 10 to 15 cents." Mine 

 run smokeless is $1.25 at the mines. 



THE INQUIRY IS INDEFINITE. 



Will you kindly tell me how much 

 pipe, and of what size, will be needed 

 for a greenhouse 25x75, for hot water 

 heatf State, also, how to pipe a 3-room 

 residence which is located fifty feet 

 from the boiler. H. G. B. — Iowa. 



The amount of radiation required for 

 heating a greenhouse depends, first, on 

 the amount of exposed glass; second, 

 on the temperature desired, and, third, 

 on the character of the construction 

 of , the house and the nature of the 

 exposure, including the minimum win- 



k Breanhousa Boilar that fairly shot into fame 



Here is the boiler that is making the most wonderful greenhouse heating 

 record in the world. Florists tind gardeners who have used other makes are 

 constantly giving the Kroesohall GreenliouBe BoU«r the highest praise. 



QUICKEST WATER HEATER IN THE WORLD 



The large combustion chamber in the Kroeschell Boiler enables the gases to expand 



and fully ignite before reaching the tubes or flues. This feature is entirely lacking in 



flrebox boilers and cast iron sectional boilers. 



Unlike Cast Iron Boilers, which cannot be depended upon to carry their 

 ratings even when crowded with hard coal, "tb* Kroasoliell" again 

 excels because— every Kroeschell Boiler is honestly rated and cuar- 

 anteed to carry the glass and pipe capacities stated in our catalogue to 

 60 desTees at IS below zero. Any kind of fuel can be used. Our 

 rattnes are easily maintained with the cheapest grades of coal. 



OVKR 1500 CAST IRON BOUUBR8 were replaced by tbe KroescbeU Hot Water BoUer 

 durlns tbe past six years. It is a common occurrence for a Kroescbell Hot Water 

 Boiler to replace two to, four cast iron boilers at a single place; tbls is tbe CEN- 

 TRAL HKATIN6 SYSTEM PLAN, and bas saved many florists bimdreds of dollar* 

 per season in fuel alone, besides a bis: savins in labor. 



KROESCHELL VERSUS CAST IRON 



No More Caat Iron Boilers 



I have used several different makes of 

 boilers but none I like as well as yours. 



The Kroeschell is easier to fire, takes less 

 coal and water, circulates Quicker than any 

 other boiler. 



I have used two di£Ferent makes of sec- 

 tional boilers— no more cast iron boilers 

 for us. 



(Signed) FAUMiNCiTON Greenhousk Co., 

 E. H. Steele, Manager. 

 Farmington, Mich., June 30, 1913. 



Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron 



Your I^o. 12 Kroeschell Boiler which I pur- 

 chased last fall is heating 38,000 so. ft. of 

 glass. I have no trouble in the least to 

 keep 60 to 70 degrees in the greenhouses in 

 the coldest weather. 



Your boiler is doing the work for which I 

 formerly used Uiree oast iron sectional 

 boilers, but I would recommend the 

 Kroescbell to anyone wanting to heat 

 their greenhouses with the least trouble. 

 (Signed) Fannie D. Whitk. 

 Lexington, Ky., June 27, 1918. 



Kroeschell Best of All 



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 

 coMest weather. The boiler has given entire satisfaction. 



The Kroeschell is the b^st boiler we have ever handled. 

 Madison, N. J.. June 80, 1B13. (Signed) Charli-^s Totty. 



Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron 



I am heating between 17,000 and 18,000 sq. 

 ft. of glass with the No. 12 Kroeschell. main^ 

 taining 50 to 54 degrees in the greenhouses. 



I have night fireman and we fire about 

 every hour in extreme cold weather, but in 

 ordinary weather every two or three hours, 

 leaving the boiler run five to six hours at 

 the last firing. 



Have had tbree different makes of 

 sectional cast iron boilers, but would 

 not return to the sectional boiler under any 

 consideration. 



(Signed) Frederick Carey. 

 Kennett Square, Pa.. July 3. 1918. 



Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron 



We are lieatlnK 6000 sq. ft. of kIbss with the 

 Kroeschell House Boiler you furnished last fall, 

 and we think it can take care of more. 



We maintain a temperature of 60 deKrees in 

 the greenhouses and have no trouble keeplnK 

 temperatures, even in the coldest weather. 



The tmiler does not require attention after 

 9:00 p. m., except In the coldest weather, when 

 we t>ank at 11:00 p. m. 



The lx>iler haa frlven entire satisfaction. We 

 doubt If yonr boiler could be Improved U|>on, It 

 is by far the l)est we bave ever used, and we've 

 been using heating systems for tbe past :)0 years. 

 (Signed) Thk Avinu* Flobai. Co., 

 E. W. Eichllng, Sec'y. 

 New Orleans. La., March 3, 1918. 



WHKN YOU BUY QIY A KROKSCHCLL 

 'TNK BOILER OF OKNUINK KFnCIINCY" 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



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