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October 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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The Standard 

 of Excellence 



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''POCAHONTAS" 

 SMOKELESS, 

 ^^OAL^ 



A Symbol of 

 Quality 



POCAHONTAS 



TRAM MARK RIQISTIRED 



Our registered Trade-Mark coTerlnr THE CELEBRATED C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAI. 



correspoDdB to the Sterling Stamp on silver, as tbe United States Oeologlcal Survey has made It The Standard for 

 gradine all Steam Fuel. 



C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS 



Is the only American Coal that has been officially Indorsed by the Gtovemments of Great Britain, Oermany 

 and Austria, and Is the favorite fuel with the UnitPd States Navy, which has used it almost exclusively 

 for many years. Vnequaled for the Generation of Steam and Domestic Parposes. 



CASTNER, CURRAN & BULLITT, Sole Agents 



*C. C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal Branch Offices 



Main Office: Arcade BIdg. NeaveBulldlngr. Cincinnati Ohlo. 

 1 eniiik 1 Rtk e»Ms» Terry Building, Roanoke. Vt. 



1 SOUin lOtnttireet, European A«:ts.—Hull, Blyth& company, 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Penchurch Ave., London, e.g., Bag. 



Branch Offices 



1 Broadway, New York City, N. Y.' 

 Citizen's BanH Butldlnif, Norfolk, Va. 

 Old Colony Building, Chicago, III. 

 50 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. 



Mention Tbe Bevlew when you write. 



fireeahoiise Heating. 



FROM A PRACTICAL FIREMAN. 



By means of an advertisement in the 

 Eeview I have obtained a position as 

 fireman in a first-class heating plant, 

 with 2-inch flow pipes under all the 

 benches. There are two boilers and 25,- 

 000 square feet of glass, and I have no 

 reason to complain. 



I was very sorry to hear of George 

 M. Kellogg 's loss, at Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo. This explosion goes to show that 

 the fireman did not know his business. 

 Who shut oflf the steam gauge? Was 

 there a safety valve on the boilers? All 

 boilers ought to be tested during August 

 and September, to make sure of safe 

 pressure. All water glass and pipe 

 should also be taken apart and cleaned. 

 And, most important of all, there must 

 be no cheap fireman, but a licensed fire- 

 man, who knows his business, and no 

 florist who owns boilers can get them 

 insured unless he has a licensed man to 

 look after them. 



As I have fired and run engines for 

 more than twenty years, perhaps I have 

 a right to say that I know what I am 

 talking about. I have asked florists and 

 other men if they depended on the glass 

 and gauge, and they answered, "Yes; 

 that's what they are made for." 

 "Well," I told him, "your undertaker 

 is depending on getting you." Then I 

 asked them, "Why do the boiler mak- 

 ers make the man-hole oblong?" "So a 

 man can get in and out easily," they 

 answered. "Wrong again," I said, "it 

 is in order to get the man-hole and hand- 

 hole plates in or out. If the holes were 

 round or square, you couldn't get the 

 plates out, could you? A man-hole or a 

 hand-hole plate must be an inch larger 

 than the opening, to allow a gasket to 

 be put on, and that is why the holes and 

 plates are made oblong." 



In my experience as an engineer I 

 have often had occasion to make hurried 

 repairs of leaky pipes, and I have found 

 that a good appliance for this purpose is 

 what is called the Emergency Pipe 

 Clamp, manufactured by James McCrea 

 & Co., Chicago. This is the best thing 

 a florist can have for stopping a leak. 



My experience has also taught me that 

 the best pump for florists' use is the 

 Marsh pump. It is powerful and gfives 

 good service. In cold weather, water- 

 ing the plants with cold water will chill 

 them, but the Marsh pump will take the 



MONEY 

 SAVED 



and better flowers grown 

 by installing the 



Morehead Trap 



Hundreds of our traps are in use in 

 Kreenbouses throuKbout the country. 

 Tbey can do for you what tbey are 

 doing for others— Every pipe in your 

 steam system of equal heat. Write 

 for florists' booklet. 



MOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



1043 Grand River Ave.. DETROIT. MICH. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



chill off, as it is built so as to turn the 

 exhaust steam into the water end of the 

 pump; hence it warms the water. The 

 address of the makers is: Marsh Steam 

 Pump Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 



I have also found out that the More- 

 head steam trap cannot be beaten. 



Now about the night fireman again. 

 There is enough to do looking after the 

 steam, the water and the temperature, 

 without his going outside to feed horses, 

 milj£ cows, or drive the horse to town 

 in a cold morning, after coming out, 

 all covered with perspiration, from a 

 warm house. There is none of that, 

 however, in my plant, as my employer 

 will not allow it. All he wants me to 

 do is to keep a bright lookout for the 

 heating of his houses. 



Feank D. Haebison. 



FROM STEAM TO HOT WATER. 



I inclose a blue print of my steam 

 heating plant and would like to know 

 what changes to make in it to change it 

 to a hot water system. The boiler is lo- 

 cated in a cellar or basement and the 

 bottom of the boiler is five feet below 

 the level of the returns. The boiler is a 

 regular steam locomotive firebox boiler, 

 rated at fifteen horse-power. 



The system I now have works well for 

 steam, but, of course, it requires con- 

 stant attention and I thought that for 

 that reason a change to a hot stater sys- 

 tem would be desirable, provided the 

 change could be made without too great 

 expense. I have two houses, connected, 

 each house 21x107 feet, and two more 



Take no Chances When Selecting 

 Your Heating Apparatus. 



BETTER BE SAFE 

 THAN SORRY 



Have a 



FloreoceBeater 



installed and then you can 



bum any kind of fttel with 



, the most economical results. 



Write for catalogue to 



Colombia Heater Co. 



DELVIDERE, ILL. 



OR ITS 

 CHICAGO gAIJBS DKPARTMXHT 

 LOCATKD AT 



85 East Lake Street. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



High-Grade Boilers 



gySS;.. For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOT WATER 



GIBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y. 



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 DO TOn KNOW ABOUT THS 



Martin Rocking Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN GRATE CO. 



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houses will be added next spring, of the 

 same size. E. O. 



Your present equipment is sufficient to 

 maintain a temperature of 60 degrees in 



288 Dearbora St. 

 CHICAGO 



