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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



July 2, 1908. 



Expressions From Men Who Know 



Mr. J. G. Frisz, of Vincennes, Ind.. writes as follows: 



"Your No. 13 boiler is carrying 25,000 square feet of glass and I can keep 

 it at 60" In the coldest weather without any trouble. I have three other 

 types of boilers also heating a range of 25.000 square feet of glass, but the 

 No. IS Kroeschrll boiler only takes half the coal and half the work 

 to get the same results." 



P. S.— Mr. ,^. G. Frisz, of Vincennes, Indiana, has the largest range of 

 glass in Indiana devoted to vegetable forcing. 



Damm Bros., Chicago. 111., write: 



"In 1894 we bought one of your No. 12 boilers to take the place of four 

 smaller boilers of another make. Your boiler has done the entire work to 

 the highest satisfaction, savinK labor and about one-thlrti of the fuel 

 we used to burn before. We had that boiler up to 1906, that is 12 years, 

 having no repairs on it whatever, except one set of flues we put in In 1900. 

 Last fall we installed one of your No. 14 boilers, having enlarged our plant. 

 It takes care of 35,000 square feet of glass very easy. When firing we keep 

 the ash door open only about one inch. We think your No. 14 boiler could 

 carry 40,000 square feet of glass." 



Mr. Nic Zweifel, North Milwaukee, Wis., writes: 



"I have a range of 200-foot houses with a total of 27,000 square feet of 

 glass. I can get all the pipes warm in 30 minutes with one of your 

 No. 13 greenhouse boilers and it is very easy firing. Can fire just as easy 

 with screenings as with lump coal." 



W. W. Allabaugh, Silverdale, Pa., writes: 



"Your boiler gives entire satisfaction. You will notice the No. 4 boiler is 

 rated to warm 10,500 square feet of glass and I have over 12,000 square feet 

 of glass." 

 Theo. Diedrich, Anacostia, Washington, D. C, writes: 



"No. 6 Boiler carries two houses 20 x 172. and three houses 22 x %; this Is 

 8,8O0 square feet of glass more than Its rating." 



Wm. Pinchbeck, Ridgefleld, Conn., writes: 



"I expect to enlarge my plant soon and when I do shall use another of 

 your boilers. Now a few words about the boiler I bought of you in 1901. 

 This is a No. I boiler, rated in your catalogue at 6,000 square feet. It Is 

 taking care of 7,000 suuare feet of glast in carnation houses and works 

 to perfection. No trouble whatever in cold nights; no night fireman; easy 

 to work and easy to coal. I consider this the best boiler on the market ana 

 I have used a good many different kinds." 



Jacob Phillips, Rogers Park, Chicago, 111., writes: 



"Has 20 000 square feet of glass. Can keep 60 degrees In coldest weather. 

 Had one boiler 15 years, only expense one set of flues. Kroeschell Boiler Is 

 so satisfactory that I do not care to try any other." 



G. Easier. Buflfalo, N. Y., writes: 



"Had different kinds of cast iron boilers. I am assured that I can save 

 about one-thlnl fuel with your boiler. I started firing October 10th and 

 the fire never went out up to this time. May 12, 1907. This boiler heats both 

 my dwelling and greenhouses and gives the best of satisfaction. My dwell- 

 ing is about 40 feet from the boiler. Can recommend your boiler to anybody. 

 It is the onlj greenhouse boiler." 



Chas. W. Unglaub, Springfield, O., writes: 



"I had a cast iron sectional boiler before I got yours; would not give yours 

 for a dozen of the others. Your boiler is the quickest heating boiler I 

 ever saw. I hardly ever have the damper over half open ana the draft 

 shut most of the time. I wish I had gotten it four years ago, when I got the 

 sectional boiler. I would be ahead now. In the four years I had to buy a 

 new section and four heads that had cracked, and I had to be right with 

 the cast iron boiler, and I would have to fire every twenty or thirty minutes. 

 It took more coal than your holler. The cast Iron boiler took much 

 more attention and more coal and would be leaking half the winter. I want 

 no more cast iron sectional boilers." 



THE KROESCHELL BOILER IS BUILT RIGHT 

 FOR FUEL ECONOMY, DURABILITY, SAFETY 



and is the most popular boiler made. Daring the season of 1906-1907 the Kroeschell boiler was installed to 

 heat 4,286,000 square feet of glass. 1346 Cast Iron Boilers were replaced by the Kroeschell in 1904, 1905, 

 1906, 1907. No other type of boiler has ever equaled such a record or made so many friends. Send for catalogue. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 51 Erie st, Chicago 



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feet of glass in the wall. The boiler 

 shed is at the northwest corner. Where 

 should the highest and lowest points in 

 the system be located, and where should 

 the expansion tank be connected? 



B. L. 



The house in question, 14x34 feet, 

 can be heated by one l^j-inch flow 

 through each house, with twelve 1%- 

 inch returns in the house to carry 58 

 degrees, and eleven pipes in the one to 

 carry 54 degrees. The highest point 

 should be at the most distant point in 

 the system from the boiler, i. e., an 

 up-hill system. The lowest point should 

 be the main return, where it enters the 

 boiler. The expansion tank should con- 

 nect with the main return near the 

 boiler. 



DECORAH, IOVA« 



In the severe wind and hail storm that 

 swept over this locality Saturday even- 

 ing, June 20, the greenhouses and stock 

 of W. T. Symonds were badly damaged. 

 Some slight idea of the harm done may 

 be gathered from the fAct that about 

 7,000 square feet of glass were smashed. 

 The loss in the glass itself, however, was 

 largely covered by insurance. His gar- 

 den crops, such as vegetables, strawber- 

 ries and other fruits, were almost com- 

 pletely ruined. 



This storm is described by the news- 

 papers as the most disastrous storm the 

 county has ever experienced. Roofs of 

 buildings were shattered, windows were 

 broken, trees were thrown down or 

 stripped of leaves and bark, and crops 

 were pounded into the ground. 



ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 



THE LEADING GROWERS USE 



MOREHEAD RETURN STEAM TRAPS 



WiLKiNSBCRG, Pa.. December 13, 1907. 

 MoREHEAP Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich. 



Gentlemen :— 1 have waited till we would have cold enough 

 weather to have all the lines on. and the working of the system 

 through your trap Is perfect.as It carries the steam as hot at the end of the returns as it is 

 when it leaves the boiler, after traveling more than 400 feet. I am greatly pleased that I put 

 in your trap and will certainly recommend it to any florist who uses steam. 



Very truly yours, Wm. M. Tubnkb. 



WRITB, FOR FLORISTS' BOOKLET 



MOREHEAD MFC CO., 1043 Grand River Ave., DETROIT MIC«. 



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DAYTON, OHIO. 



Trade During June. 



All through the month of June our 

 florists have reported a good business, 

 taking everything into consideration. 

 While there were not nearly as many 

 weddings as in June, 1907, there have 

 been enough to keep the florists busy 

 with wedding decorations, bouquets, etc. 

 Funeral work has been plentiful, and this, 

 as we know, is the florists' most profit- 

 able line. 



Stock of all kinds during the month 

 has been a little scarce, but these con- 

 ditions have been cheerfully complied 

 with, and we have all got there just 

 the same. Fully as much stock has been 

 handled in the last month as in June of 

 last year, but prices have not been quite 

 so good. 



From the present outlook business still 



keeps up, but stock is getting scarcer 

 every day. This, of course, is partly 

 due to the warm weather and partly due 

 to the fact that the florists are pulling 

 out the old stock, refilling the benches 

 and planting anew. Smilax, plumosus 

 and Sprengeri have been plentiful. Boses 

 from the early spring plantings are 

 coming in fine, and are just the ideal 

 thing for funeral work. The home-grown 

 cherries are a thing of the past, but there 

 is now an abundant crop of raspberries 

 and blackberries. 



The Weather. 



The weather in general through the 

 month of June has been hot and dry, the 

 temperature ranging most of the time 

 between 90 and 100 degrees in the shade. 

 These conditions held true until June 

 24, when the atmosphere became cooler. 

 There was but little rain during the whole 

 month and the outdoor crops at the pres- 



