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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mw LM. IDOS. 



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WKITK VtUi CATAI.<Ki OK 



SApSKers 



li nilcd S lates lloatorrompanv. 



DKTKOIT, .-VIICH. 



Mcntii'ii 'Jlif Hcviow when yoii write. 



Greeahoase Heating. 



I'l KASK tccl flCC to Wlitr llic l\'i:VIKW 



JilMiiit .•iiiy rcatinr at' ymir hratiiiy s\s 

 tcin that may lie jiixiiiji vcm trniihlr. 



WHY SMOKE IS MADE. 



If Ihc ii'aiirr iiinifistaiiils why a Inich 

 sirmkcs, why a flat u i(>k is usf<l in a hitii]). 

 wiiy a liiciilai- Idinin is i.rn\i(hMl t'nr tlic 

 stuiiciit hiinii. why a cliiinni'y is indvidcd 

 I'nr nil lain|>s. xvliy a ti<li tail liaiiic was 

 used ill early yas liy lit iiij;. (ir whv a \ac- 

 iiiiiii liiilh is |)i-.i\ iilcil t'ltr the iiicaiKlcscciit 

 lani|i; it' he iiiidcrstaiKls these thiiiys, he 

 will, it is lieliexcd. lie able easily tn see 

 what cijiiditiiiiis are iieeessaiy t(ir [lert't'ct 

 coMiliiistiiiii ill lidih'i' 1'iiiiiaces. 



if any fuel is to he Itiniied withmit 

 siiKike it must lie su|i]di<'d with the cdi- 

 reet aiiioiiiit of air. The torch smokes 

 Iteeause the large round wick liriugs iij» 

 oil, especially in the center, to which air 

 cannot lie supjilied. If the air supply 

 throiiyii the centei- tnlie of our student 

 laiMji is sliut ntr. a sniokiiiir Haine re- 

 sults. The candle with the small wick is 

 an ad\ance over the caudle supplied Avith 

 tlio large wick. The (lame from the Hat 

 wick has an ( xtendeii surface for air 

 sujiply. while the circular Imruer not only 

 has niaxiinuin surface foi- air sujiply, but 

 the air coming up through the center of 

 the tube is heated, making it still better 

 siiit('(l to aid combustion ami bum :i 

 large amount of oil. Thus it is that we 

 have successfully solved the problem of 

 burning a large oil supply without smoke. 

 If we try to increase the oil consiimjitioii 

 and turn up cur lamps too high, they 

 smoke, and because they are in tlie room 

 with us we immediately turn them down, 

 Furinn-es burning coal sometimes smoke 

 just because they arc forced too hard, 

 and liecause the top of the chimin'y is not 

 in tlie room, but in the jmblic's imie air, 

 we do not tuiii them down but li't tliem 

 smoke. 



.\ir correct in amount is a necessity 

 lor complete' combustion and the simide 

 experiments witli our oil and gas iiames 

 should be sutlicient evideiu-e to ns that 

 only when we are able to snpjily our fur- 

 naces with till' <-on-ect amount of air 

 shall we be able t<i control the smok(> 

 which it is so easy to make. IIow niucli 

 easier <iur jiroblem wonhl lie if. as in the 

 lamp, we could see all that was t.aking 

 place aiicl could legulate all by a simjile 

 knurled brass handlel 



INSUFFICIENT BOILER CAPACITY. 



I have ;i house .']iix7"i feet, with four 

 feet of si(|e glass and the ridg(> at ;i 

 height of thirteen feet. It is heated at 

 jiresetit ]iy a Wilks hot water heater, 

 ;iiix4S inches, maile to heat 75(» feet of 

 radiation. The pijung consists of three 

 ;! imdi tuains, with 1\\el\(> !'{. inch if 

 luriis, one coil in the center and one on 

 ea»di side; four j/ipes to a coil. AVe are 

 splendidly i.rotectecl and \vheu the ther- 

 mometer legistereil IlS il(\grees below 

 zero we lield the 1 elllpeiat nie at TiJ de 



..The Kroeschell Boiler.. 



Is the only perfect 



Hot Water Boiler 



made In 16 sizes, heating* from 

 the smallest greenhouse up to 

 50,000 square feet ot glass to 

 60 deerrees at 15 degfrees be- 

 low zero. 



PRICES AND CATALOOI7E 

 on application. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. 



51 SBIE ST. CKICAOO 



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THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY 



Halsted, 22cl and Union Sts., CHICAGO 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Reducing Valves, Back Pressure Valves, Steam Traps, Steam Goods 



This is what one of our customers thinks of our valves : 



Lincoln, III., January 8, 1906. 

 The Johv Da%'is Company, Chicago, 111. 



Gk.ntleme.n:— You can strongly and unheBltatingrly recommend the 

 "Eclipse" piston type reducing valve to HorlBts. We have two purchased 

 of you last year. We would not have them out for double their cost and 

 tind them as sensitive as a watch. We will be in Chicago soon to take up 

 the vacuum system with you. Vours truly, 



W. H. GULLETT & SOXS, FLORISTS. 



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The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



Is acknowledged the best for the 

 florist because it is durable, and does 

 its worlc without trouble and annoy- 

 ance, saving its cost by the economy 

 in coal bills. 



E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio 



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prcfs. tliiiiiyh we tlms uschI an iiiiiueiise 

 <|Uiintity of fuel. This year we wish to 

 luiilil a vegetable house, 16x50 feet, with 

 a l"i;-fciot basement and a low roof. No 

 side glass. This will be at right angles 

 lo the other house, and the boiler-room 

 is so arranged as to o[)en into both 

 houses. Will our present Ixiiler handle 

 Ixitli houses.' How much jiipe should 

 tlieic lie ill each house — one house for a 

 ti'iiiperature of GO degrees with an out- 

 side tcrujieiatuie of 'JO degrees lielow 

 x.iro, the other house for xcgetables? We 

 eould jiroliably get a good, cheap sei-ond- 

 haud steam lioilcr here. Would it ]iay to 

 change to steam heat .' K. I. M. 



The bdiler in question is not rjuite large 

 eiiniigli tip i';iirv tlie present house, .'?().\7(i 

 feet, at <i.') degrees. The fiipiiig is not 

 (jiiite sunii-ieiit for this temperature. Six- 

 teen l'';j iiii-li retui'iis, Avith the lliree 

 .">-iii(di lliiw pipes, Avould make the heating 

 of the house easier. The ]iroposed house. 

 Ifi.x.'ii feet, can be healed by using (Uie 

 2'ijiiicli llciw jiipe and twelve li-jiindi 

 retiirns. .\n ;idditional Ituiler with T.ld 

 si|uaie feet ui' henting capacity slnmld be 

 added. howe\er. Vou Avoiild not be jus- 

 tified in cliaiiging to steam. "\'(iu could 

 sa\e ;i little fill )iipiug, but iimre care in 

 tiring AXiiiihl be iieces^ar\'. Slick to hot 



water. ' r.. <". r. 



DO YOUSKNOW ABOUT THE "^ 



Martin Rocking Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



MARTIN GRATE GO. ''^i^^- 



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MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The first Jiart (if last week business 

 Avas not any too luisk. owing to tiie in- 

 ideniency of the weather, but the latter 

 part, as usual, found stock, especially tlic 

 kind used for the shipping trade, more 

 lively. It is ciistoni:uy, at any rate, to 

 look for Fi'iday .-iiid Saturday as good 

 days, even if the other days are slow, 

 l^ast week found plenty of all kinds of 

 stock to fill all orders. Sweet p(>as, -which 

 now take the place of the \ioiefs, arc of 

 fine quality and sell readily. 



Various Notes. 



The Uauingarten Flor.-il ( o., which has 

 occupied its present (|iiaiters at r.20 W'est 

 Water street f<ir the last twenty years, 

 has found that it has outgrown the place 

 and \vill remo\(' to ;i more spacious Imild- 



