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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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AUODST 12. 1900. 



FLORISTS' FUEL DIRECTORY 



The Standard 

 of Excellence 



'{>0CAH6^d•A5"' 

 SMOKELESS, 



A Symbol of 

 Quality 



POCAHONTAS 



THADI MARK NEQISTIREO 



Our registered Trade-Mark coverioR THE CELEBRATED C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKEI^ESS CO\|. 



corresponds to the Sterling Stamp on silver, as the United States Geological Survey has made it The Standard for 

 Krading all Steam Fuel. 



C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS 



Is the only American Coal that has been officially Indorsed by the Governments of Great Britain, Germany 

 and Austria, and is the favorite fuel with the United States Navy, which has ured it almost exclusively 

 for many years. Uneqnaled for the Generation of Steam and Domestic Purposes. 



CASTNER, CURRAN g BULLITT, Sole Agents 



C. C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal Branch Office! 



Main Office: Arcade BIdg. S??^eB""*°?iP*°°i?°*",o*'l9- 



t e...ii. t eik •*...4 Strickland Building, Roanoke, Va. 



I south 1 Dtn street, European Agts.-HuU. Blyth & Company 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 Fenchurcb Ave.. London. £.C..£qk. 



Branch Offices 



1 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. 

 Citizen's Bank Buildiner. Norfolk, Va. 

 Old Colony Building. Chicago. 111. 

 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. 



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(ireenhoflse Heating. 



Have you bought your winter 's coal 

 yet? If not, you would better get at it 

 right away. 



The Eeview will answer in this col- 

 umn any question relating to greenhouse 

 heating, but please don't ask which is 

 the best boiler — all those advertised are 

 good boilers. 



LOCATION OF EXPANSION TANK. 



Where should the expansion tank be 

 placed in a downhill system? On the 

 flow or on the return pipe? J. B. 



The best place for your expansion 

 tank, in a downhill system with hot 

 water, is in conection with the flow pipe, 

 right over the boiler. Keep the tank as 

 high as possible. An expansion tank 

 should be placed at the highest point in 

 the system, whether downhill or up. 



G. T. E. 



TWO SMALL HOUSES. 



I have two greenhouses, 11x30, run- 

 ning north and south. The walls are 

 made of concrete, with both gabies of 

 glass. The houses are seven feet to the 

 ridge. The boiler house is at the south 

 end. I want to use hot water to heat 

 the houses. How many pipes will it take 

 to heat it in zero weather to 55 degrees? 

 I am located in Pennsylvania. 



G. H. P. 



It will take six lines of 2-inch pipe in 

 each house ; that is, a 2-inch return and 

 a 2-inch flow counting as two pipes. 

 This will be three circulations to each 

 house. You can run these in pairs to 

 suit vourself. G. T. E. 



STARTING FIRE IN MIDWINTER. 



Is it possible in this Minnesota cli- 

 mate, where one is not sure of mild days 

 in January or February, to start a fire 

 in a hot water boiler at that season? 



I have a small house which I have 

 found unprofitable to use during tiie dark 

 months of November, December and a 

 portion of January. The house runs 

 north and south, and neither it nor its 

 heating plant is connected with any other 



The Chesapeake & Ohio Coal & Coke Co. 



Admiralty Smokeless 



Especially 

 prepared for 

 florists' use 



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for 



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NEW YORK 



SMITH, UNEAWEAVER & CO. 



COAL 



ABthrMlte, BitimlnoM* Coke and Gas Coal 



aYt'lfofi5fn«. Philadelphia 



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house. It is good for indoor pansies, and 

 other plants which freezing does not in- 

 jure. My only problem is, how can one 

 fill the pipes if it is freezing? L. J). 



Your letter is a little hard to answer, 

 but I will give you as much information 

 as I can. The better way is to start the 

 water running into the boiler until it is, 

 say, three-fourths full, then start your 

 fire to heat up that water and then put 

 in more water from time to time until 

 your system is full. Putting in a small 

 quantity at a time gives the water a 

 chance to heat up before it gets into the 

 system. Be careful, when you are doing 

 this, to watch your fire and Avater. In- 

 crease the fire as you increase the water. 



G. T. E. 



PROVIDENCE. R. I. 



Trade Condttioni. 



Business here has been dull — duller 

 than usual, even for the summer time. 

 The only relief afforded has been from 

 funeral work, which has been brisk and 

 well distributed. The supply of asters 

 more than equals the demand, and this 

 has given the street merchants an oppor- 

 tunity to hawk their wares to good ad- 

 vantage. Carnations are small and un- 

 satisfactory, and there is little ^Ise in 

 the market. 



Much anxiety hfs been felt by the 

 growers on account of the long continued 

 <lrought, less than an inch of rain having 

 fallsn for forty-six days previous to last 



GENUINE 



CARTERVILLE 



"BURR" "OLD PERSIMMONS" 

 Best from Illinois 



LUMP over 6-ln. screen 



EGG 3*«to6-ln. 



NUT 2lo3ill-in. " 



COVEY-DURHAM COAL CO. 



215 Dearbora St., CHIUGO 



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Friday morning. This is the longest and 

 driest period in seventy-seven years, ac- 

 cording to statistics in this vicinity. 

 Young carnation cuttings in the field 

 have suffered, and other stock for bench- 

 ing has also felt the disastrous effects of 

 the dry spell. The J. A. Budlong & Son 

 Co., of Auburn, which has one of ilie 

 largest farm and greenhouse estates in 

 the state, has suffered especially in cun- 

 nection with its produce. It is estimated 

 that the firm will lose fully $20,000 on 

 the onion crop alone. 



An Elaborate Decoration. 



One of the most pretentious deoiia- 

 tions seen in this vicinity in a long ti iie 

 was that furnished by Peter Byrnes, of 

 Wick ford, for the reception tendered "J 

 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hanan, at 'le 

 Casino at Narragansett Pier, on liie 

 evening of August 6. Blue and gold "■ re 

 the prevailing colors, in conformity v^'t^ 

 the colors of the Rhode Island state s> ;il. 

 The guest of honor was Governor A. -T- 

 Pothier, who was accompanied by ''^ 

 staff in full uniform. They were reccivou 

 beneath an immensle arch of purple i'S- 

 ters, more than 10,000 being used, f'""* 

 which was suspended an anchor of 

 Golden Glow backed by a bank of paim* 



