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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



I^BRUARY 16, 1905. 



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A COIL BOILER. . 



I am thinking of building a hoUet of 

 1-inch wrought pipe, to heat 2,000 

 square feet of glass, 1,500 feet in car- 

 nations and lettuce and 500 feet in 

 roses, also three rooms in the dweUing 

 house, average size 10x12. How many 

 lineal feet of pipe will I need, arranged 

 in horizontal coils? How large a grate 

 area will be required and how large and 

 tall a smokestack? I use soft coal and 

 hot water for heating. What provision 

 can I make for cleaning such a boiler? 

 Thtf houses are all new and tight and 

 not much exposed. Is there a book 

 published treating on the above? • 



C. L. W. 



A boiler constructed as shown in the 

 Revieav of December 31, 1903, p. 269, in 

 order to heat the house you have, should 

 contain 140 feet of .1-inch pipe exposed 

 to the action of the heated gases of the 

 furnace. Such a furnace will contain 

 only about fifty feet of heating surface. 

 The size of the grate will depend some- 

 what upon the arrangement of the pipes 

 in the furnace. The more compact the 

 coils the smaller the grate can be 

 made. By making the top of the fur- 

 nace of cast-iron plates covered with 

 sand they ran be removed when it is 

 necessary to clean the water tubes. I 

 know of no book which will aid 'you in 

 the construction of such - boiler. 



L. C. C. 



SOOT IN FLUES. 



I have two houses 18x60 heated with 

 a horizontal boiler with thirty 2-inch 

 flues and have trouble with soot in the 

 flues except where using wood with my 

 soft coal, but wood is expensive. "Wbat 

 is the most economical fuel to use, or 

 should I get a boiler with larger flues? 



W. N. T. 



The trouble with the heating plant is 

 evidently poor draught in tlje chimney. 

 If the stack were larger or" higher and 

 the fire coaled very lightly and more 

 frequently it is probable that less trouble 

 would be experienced. The flues should 

 be cleaned every twenty-four hours, how- 

 etrer) when using soft coal. If after^ 

 trying the plan of light, level, "pan- 

 cake" firing no better results follow, 

 secure buckwheat or pea coal and try it. 

 Plants which act badly with soft coal 

 frequently give good results when fired 

 with hard coal. L. C. C. 



DRAFT IN FLUES. 



Referring to the inquiry of T. F., who 

 is having trouble with the draft in his 

 flue heating a house fifty feat long, if 

 he~*ni put a ffftmll stovtr where his floe 

 t\irni?'int6 'the cHimney'and starts to go 

 straight up, keeping a wood fire in it, 

 he will find his draught much improved. 

 A vary small stove, will .do the work by 

 heating the air in the flue and thereby 

 creating a draught. "W. N. Thorp. 



SHExaxdoah. Ia. — The past year has 

 been a very prosperous one for the. trade 

 here and many improvements have been 

 made. Since the holidays trade has held 

 up better than usual and good prices have 

 been realized for cut flowers. Lately the 

 weather has been very severe, adding 

 gteatly to the work. O. B. Stevens is pre- 

 paring for a big business on dahlias, 

 c'annas and gladioli, which have been lead- 

 ing specialties with him. 



HIBISCUS REGIS MAXIMS, 



PESCH BLOW, 

 CARMINATUS PEREECTUS 



Healthy, well eetabllBbed plants, in 8-inch pots. 75c per doz.: 16.00 per 100. 



EAREUGIUM GRANDE 



We still have a few hundred left. Fine plants In 4-lnCh pots, well colored, at $15.00 per 100. 



BOSTON and PIERSONI FERNS 



We desire to repeat our offer on a limited quantity of rooted runners on these two varieties. 

 Prices, 92.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 260 at 1000 rate. Terms Cash. 



Michel Plant and Bnlb Co., St. lonis, Mo. 



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SHAMROCK 



Irish. Grown from cuttlnjrs. Very strongr 

 and fine. None better oflfered. Will be Juat 

 rlgrht for St. Patrick's day. Don't wait until all 

 are sold. $1.00 per 100, or nOc doz.. by mail. 



XXX SEEDS. 



Phlox Pamlla Compact*. Veir dwarf and 

 compact; grrand for pots; in finest colors, 

 mixed. TrAde pkt., 2&c. 



AlyMnm Compactum. The most dwarf and 

 compact variety grrown; perfect little balls 

 when g'rown in pots. Trade pkt.. 25c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest lar^e-floweringr 

 f ringed yarletlea, mixed ; single and double, 

 600 seeds. $1.00: half pkt, 50c 



Pansy, Finest Giants- The best larre-flower- 

 Inc varieties, crlticallv selected; mixed, 5000 

 > seeds, $1.00: half pkt , 50c. 



Petnnla. New star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 26c. 



Cash. Liberal extra count of seeds in all t>ackets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown,. Pa. 



THE HOBI£ OF PBlMROSBS. 



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We want room and for every order you send 

 the Cash with before March 1. 1905. you may de- 

 duct 10 per cent on .the followlngr Ferns. Satis- 

 faction Oaara^itecd. 



Boston Ferns 



We quote Fine Mo. 1 Stock We want to 

 call your attention to our prices on Ferns. Fin- 

 est st6ck. ' We would like a trial order and will 

 fruarantee to please you. Boston, per 100— 2^-in., 

 $4: 3-ln.:$8: 4-ln., $15; 5-ln.. $25: 6-ln., $40. Each— 

 8-in.. $1 to $1.50; 10-ln.. $1 50 to $2.50. Plersonl. 

 ber 100-2W-in.. $5; 3-iii.. $12 50; 4-ln., $20; 4^1n.." 

 135. Ksch— 6-in., 75c to $1 : specimen plants, $1 50, 

 $2.50, $3 50 and $5. FINE A8PARAOUS— 

 Plnmosna. per 100— 2-ln , $;3.50 to 15; ;Mn., $5 to 

 $8: 4 In.. $15; 5 in. $26 Sprengerl. per lCO-2-in.. 

 $250to$3.50; 3-in.. $;130 to $.'>: 4-Tn., 110; 5-in.,$25 



In bending: for samples of any stock you want 

 to buy, send 60c or $1 00; then you get enough to 

 show you the Quality of stock. 



GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL. 



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For Sale, Greenhouse Material 



milled strictly of Louisiana Cypress. And will 

 Tut wad spHcr to* order. Hotbed sash a spec- 

 ialty. Try V. E. Reich's Oxford Putty specially 

 made for greenhouse purposes. Estimates freely 

 mmished for greenhouse and hotbed glass. . 



YC DCIPU 1429Metro- 

 I Li nLlUlliPolitan Ave. 



Brooklyn, N.Y. 



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CEMENT 



BENCHES 



NIAGARA CEMENT & CONCRETE GO. 



North Tonawanda. N.Y. 



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IMPORTED JAPANESE 



POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



HavinR seciired the Japanese exhibit of 

 Pompon Chrysanthemums at the World's 

 fair, we have the following: colors to offer: 



Flowtn from 1 to SH Iti. across; 

 White; White with Lavenrter Edge; 

 Yellow; Yellow with White Edge; 

 Yellow with Bronze Bdge; I^aven- 

 der. Dark: 1a vender. Ught ; Bed; 

 Be<l Hairy Petals, and Bronze, at 

 •3iOO per lOO. Cash with order. 



Bentz6n Floral Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



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PANSY PLANTS.. 



j 100. 



Large Flowering, $2.50 per 1000. ; 90.W 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, small plant 1.75 



10 YarietieB Geraniuma, 2 and2}^-inchpot8.. 3.00 



Altemantheras. red and yellow, March 1 2.00 



10 Varieties Coleus, 2-inch pots, March 1 2.00 



CASH 



JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Dataware, 0. 



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PmiM KAISER KRONEN stiRdin 

 ,,Bay Trees 



Orders booked now. 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO. ru°.l.'.°r%?.:*i^';: 



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...PANSIES... 



London Prize Show Flowers, extjuieite colors, 

 large transplanted plants from cool houses, 50c 

 per 100 by mail : S3.00 per lOOO by express. 



Oboonlca— 3incb per lOO. $8.00 



4-inch " 5.00 



A.sparag-ns Bpreng'erl— 4-inch. 5.00 



Plamosns— 4 inch. 6.00 



C. WHITTON, • UTICA, N. Y. 



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RUDBECKIA Per 100 



Extra choice, large clumps S6.00 



AAPABAOUB 8PBBHOBBZ, Extra 



quality. 2>!rln. pots ; 2.00 



A8PAXIAOUS F&UMOSUB. Extra 



quality, 2^-in. pots... 2.60 



A8PABA.OU8 PXVM08UB, Extra 



quality, 3-ln. pots 4.60 



Above prices cash with order. 



JOHN BROD, Niles Center, Illinois 



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