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The Florists^ Review 



July 29, 1915. 



H. H. LINEAWEAYCR & CO., Inc 



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West End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 

 Nutting Building. LEBANON. PA. 



fireenhonse Heating. 



PAINTING HEATING PIPES. 



Please inform me whether it is best 

 to paint hot water pipes in greenhouses, 

 particularly in fern or show houses. 

 Please state what kind of paint is 

 used. V. B. W.— la. 



A smooth, glossy surface is objection- 

 able for greenhouse pipes, since it 

 lessens the radiation, and for this rea- 

 son the use of asphaltum or the ordi- 

 nary paints is not advisable. On the 

 other hand, unpainted pipes are un- 

 sightly, and when they become cov- 

 ered with a thick coat of rust they 

 may afford less efficient radiation than 

 painted pipes. A halfway course be- 

 tween the two extremes is to use a 

 paint composed of lampblack and tur- 

 pentine. The addition of a small quan- 

 tity of linseed oil will render this paint 

 more durable without impairing its ef- 

 ficiencv. 



OBSTRUCTED CIRCULATION. 



I am sending you a sketch and some 

 information, with three plans for chang- 

 ing my heating system somewhat, and 

 want you to tell me which plan would 

 be most economical and most likely to 

 give satisfactory results. 



My greenhouse at first was 20x50 

 and was well heated, but I added thirty- 

 three feet to the carnation section last 

 summer, making the total length 

 eighty-three feet. I first made inquir- 

 ies of the greenhouse concern as to the 

 length I could add by putting one more 

 section on the boiler, and was told I 

 cduld add forty feet. So you see my 

 addition of thirty-three feet was on 

 the safe side, but when I tried the 

 heating it did not work; I had to run 

 too heavy a fire. The only change I 

 made in the piping was to lengthen 

 the side coils in the carnation section, 

 which is at the north end, next to the 

 boiler. I could not heat all the pipes 

 in the carnation coils, although 1 was 

 running the water up to 180 degrees 

 or more, and the water returning to 

 the heater was quite hot and the coils 

 in the general section were heated as 

 of old. 



Originally the water was reduced 

 from the 2-inch flow into the 6-pipe 

 side coils by li{.-inch pipe, and of 

 course left the coil in li/^-inch, but 

 when I found this was giving trouble 

 I made the whole flow 2-inch to the 

 coil, but could not fix up the return, as 

 it was too late in the season. I got 

 through the winter without disaster, 

 but only by using lots of coal and night 

 work, although the winter was a mild 

 one. 



I am considering three methods of 

 remedying the trouble, and in each 

 method I would change the 1%-inch 

 coil return to 2-inch, so as to remove 

 that much resistance. I propose, first, 

 to install two coils with separate re- 

 turns, from a new flow pipe, as shown 

 in the sketch, running two flows in- 



A BreenhousB Boiler that fairly shot into fame 



Here is th<t boiler that is making the most wonderful green*>ouse heating 

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

 constantly giving the Kroeacliell Greenhouse Boiler the highest praise. 



The Kroeschell 



has the highest stan- 

 dard of heating val- 

 ues. Immense Self- 

 cleaning Heating 

 Surface. Lo' gest 

 Fire Travel. Perfect 

 Combustion. Free 

 Circulation. Thin 

 Waterways, Honest 

 Working Capacities, 

 Unequaled Fuel 

 Economy. 



The Kroeschell 



has replaced hundredn 

 of cast iron boilers. 

 In every case higher 

 temperatures are se- 

 cured with the Kroe- 

 schell with the same 

 piping and witn less 

 fuel. 



We have no agents. 

 The Kroeschell is sold 

 direct from factory to 

 users. This eliminates 

 the unnecessary mid- 

 dleman's pro6t. 



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

 ratings even when crowded with hard coal, the Kroeschell" again 

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

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

 60 desrees at 15 belo\7 zero. Any kind of fuel can be used. Our 

 ratings are easily maintained with the cheapest grades of coal. 



OVKR 1500 CAST IRON BOILERS were replaced by the KroesoheU Hot Water Boiler 

 durlns; the past six years.. It is a common occurrence for a Kroeschell Hot Water 

 Boiler to replace t\70 to four cast iron boilers at a singrle place; this is the CEN- 

 TRAL BEATING SYSTEM PLAN, and has saved many florists hundreds of dollars 

 per season in fuel alone, besides a bie savins in labor. 



READ WHAT THE USERS SAY ABOUT 



KROESCHELL BOILERS 



Kroeschell Heats Lar^e Office 

 BuUdlnc 



Enclosed please find another order for No. 

 9 Kroeschell Boiler. This boiler is for a 

 new office building. In reference to the two 

 No. 8 boilers which you furnished for three 

 buildings last year, will say that we are 

 getting excellent results. The No. 13 is 

 doing duty in a six-story building with 208 

 radiators, and the owner is so well pleased 

 with it that he has ordered a No. 10 Kroe- 

 schell for another building which heiserect- 

 ing, also ordered another No. U Kroeschell. 

 LEEK & CO.. Vancouver, B. C. 



There Is No Better Boiler 



The Kroeschell Boiler works belter in 

 every way than the boiler I had before and 

 has given m* all the satisfaction I want. 

 ROBT. HARDIES. Manheim, 111. 



Kroeschell Boiler, Generator and 



Heatinr System Insure 



Perfect Results 



Having promised you a letter as soon as 

 we have passed through a good fair test. I 

 consider it now most timely. We had the 

 thermometer 18 degrees b«»low and we've 

 just gone through a blizzard bad enough for 

 most any season, and am very well pleased 

 to inform you that our heating system was 

 eaual to the occasion. So far as we have 

 «one, am certainly well satisfied with the 

 Kroeschell Boiler, Oenerator and Heating 

 System. 



J. E. MATTHEWSO.^, Sheboygan, Wis. 



A Prominent Rose Grower Praises 

 the Kroeschell 



I ihink your boiiar is the boss of all 

 boi'ers. 



JEFP DOREMUS. Green Village. N. J. 



Heats Canadian Ranse Easily and 

 Saves Fuel 



I had a flue boiler before I got the Krd^- 

 schell, which could hardly heat the glass, 

 although it used more fuel than>ours. I 

 also have your Generator, which is giving 

 good satisfaction. I think a Generator 

 would pay for itself in a few weeks. 



J. L. HILLBORN. Leamington, Ont. 



Heats Up Entire System in 80 Min- 

 utes- Kroeschell Boilers Are Fine 



It only takes 30 minutes from firing to 

 drive the water entirely through my system, 

 a distance of 200 feet. When heavy firing is 

 necessary, I make i80 degrees in the main 

 returns at the boiler. Your boilers are fine. 

 W. C. SCOVELL, Malta. Ohio. 



Get a Kroeschell— You'll Be Pleased 



Will say that the boiler has given me per- 

 fect satisfaction and have had no trouble 

 whatever in heating my house during the 

 very cold winter, and it is with very great 

 pleasure that I recommend your boiler 

 whenever opportunity occurs. 



A. H. KNIGHT, Shrewsbury, Mass. 



Kroeschell Rephbces 2 Cast Iron Boilers 



The Marysville Floral Co.. of Marysville. 0.. installed a No. 4 Kroeschell 

 Boiler in 1905. Previous to this time they used cast iron boilers. The following 

 letter speaks for itself: 



"Has the Kroeschell Klven entire satisfaction? Tesl W^e had two 

 cast iron boilers, but yours proved by far the best. Tour boiler has 

 already outlasted the two cast iron boilers by five years, and all the 

 expense that we have been put to v^as a smoke dome." 



July SI, 191S, MarysviUe, O. (Signed) MARYSVILLE FLOR.^ CO. 



BUY DIRICT-PACTORT-TO-USKR PRICKS 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



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 CHICAGO, ILL. 



