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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 14, 1915. 



H. H. UNEAWEAVER & CO., Inc. 



*^^" COAL 



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 West End Trust Buildinc. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place. NEW YORK 

 Nattins Buildins. LEBANON. PA. 

 MtBtloa Thm BTlir when yott write. 



for COAL write to 



MITCHELL & DILLON 

 COAL CO. 



Bedford BHilding, CHICAGO 



W* can •■¥• you monoy. 



Mention The Hrlew when yoo write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



SUBSOBIBEEUS 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 Beview to make a choice of ap- 

 paratus for 70U. The greenhouse heating 

 •quipment advertised in this paper is, we 

 believe, the best for the trade to buy, 

 and each article the best in the special 

 ield of its adaptation. 



PIPING AN 11-FOOT HOUSE. 



Will you please give me some infor- 

 mation about the piping of a green- 

 house 11x21 and four feet four inches 

 high to the eaves? The side walls con- 

 sist of three feet of double sheathing 

 and sixteen inches of glass. The 

 rafters are six and one-half feet long. 

 I shall use a hot water system and I 

 want a temperature of 55 degrees when 

 the outside temperature is 10 degrees 

 below zero. Kindly tell me how much 

 pipe will be needed in the coils, stat- 

 ing the size of the flow and returns. I 

 intend to place a flow at the top of 

 the house, with branches leading to 

 coils on the side walls. 



G. S. B.— Ohio. 



To heat the house described to 55 de- 

 grees, I would start from the boiler 

 with a 2%-inch flow pipe and carry it 

 under the ridge to the farther end of 

 the house, where I would drop it be- 

 low the bottom of the glass in the end 

 wall and, dividing it into two 2-inch 

 pipes, connect with two coils, each 

 •containing three 2-inch returns. These 

 -should run to the respective corners of 

 the house and then along the side walls 

 to the boiler end, where they should be 

 ■connected with the main 2^-inch re- 

 turn leading to the boiler. 



ENIiABGING AND BEFIPING. 



Enclosed you will find a sketch of 

 two houses. The one at present in use 

 is 16x25. The other will be an exten- 

 sion of the present house and will be 

 16x42. Please tell me the best method 

 of piping them both for hot water 

 heat, and state the amount of radiation 

 that will be required in this climate, 

 where the lowest outside temperature is 

 about 6 degrees below zero. I am 

 burning hard coal. At present the 

 smaller house has a 2i^-inch flow under 

 each side bench. These are connected 

 to six 2-inch pipes twenty-four feet 

 long, and also to six 2-inch pipes six 

 feet long, under a bench at the end 



WNEN YOU BUY-Qlhr A KROKSCHKLL- 



ICY 



Do you want true heatine values for your money? Many 

 florists, to their sorrow, have made the mistake of buying^ 

 cast iron boiler*, which, because of their ratines, appeared 

 to be cheaper than the Kroeschell boiler. 



The extravacant ratlnKs of cast Iron boilers are misleading, and 

 liave been the cause of much disappointment and serious trouble to 

 many sro^vers. The fuel waste is enormous when oast Iron boilers 

 are used for commercial purposes, such as sreenhouse heatlnar. 



Do not make a mistake when selecting your new boiler; 

 £et a Kroeschell and yoa will never be disappointed. 



Expressions From Hen Who Know Boilers 



Range of Alexander A. Laub, New Hamburg:, N. Y., heated by No. 6 Kroeschell 



Boiler. 



We do not have to Are our boiler as often as our brother florists 

 who are using: different malces. The Kroeschell has replaced three 

 cast iron sectional boilers, and it certainly has given entire satis- 

 faction. 



It only takes a few words to express the grood quality of your boilers 

 and they are as follows: "Of all Arms handling boilers and advertising 

 them truthfully, the party buying a boiler would have to get the 

 Kroeschell, as you are certainly advertising nothing but facts." 



(Signed) ALEXANDER A. LAUB. 



July 18, 1913, New Hamburg, N. Y. 



Range of A. 



B. Knowlton, No. Grafton, Mass. — devoted to the growing of high 

 grade carnations. No. 13 Kroeschell heats entire plant. 



Enclosed find photo showing partial view of my range which you 

 are at liberty to use in connection with any advertisement you see fit. 

 In regard to the No. 13 Kroeschell Boiler, we are now using it for 

 the fifth season. The long«r we use it the better we like it. It has 

 taken the place of four cast iron boilers at a big saving of coal and 

 labo^. No matter what the weather is outside we have no trouble 

 whatever in keeping the temperature Just where we want it. 



(Signed) A. B. KNOVVTLTON. 



January 10, 1912, North Grafton, Mass. 



Range of H. M. Totman, Randolph, Vt. — the largest cut flower establishment in 

 Vermont. No. 7 Kroeschell heats the entire plant. 



Your No. 7 Kroeschell Boiler rated at 15,000 sq. ft. of glass is car- 

 rying my entire range of 17,000 sq. ft. of glass — It might heat more. 

 We maintain a temperature of 50° and have no trouble to keep the 

 proper temperatures In the coldest weather. During the cold snap 

 of 1912 we fired every three hours during the night; I find it a sav- 

 ing in fuel to fire often. I have the Kroeschell Boiler six years 

 and the only expense Is one set of grates. No other but a plate 

 boiler for me. 



January, 1912, Randolph, Vt. (Signed) H. M. TOTMAN. 



BUY DIMCT- FACTORY TO USER PRICKS 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



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 CHICAGO, ILL. 



