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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcbmbbb 30, 1908. 



' WILKS ' 



Hot Water Boilers 



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Th« Moat Boonomlcsl Boiler 

 - for Greenliouses tt tt 



No night fireman required with onr 

 Self-feeding Ho^i Water Boilers. 



Seii for CaUlHue iid Prices 



8. WILKS MFG. CO. 



8523 ShieMt Ave., CHICA80 



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water system is not unlike the turning of 

 a wheel weighted upon one side, the 

 heavier side tending to seek the lowest 

 point, and in doing this the other side is 

 carried to the top. In a hot water heat- 

 ing system the cooling of the water acts 

 as a weight, on one side, while the water 

 heated in the boiler, on the other, is 

 considerably lighter and is pushed up 

 into the flow pipes by the heavier water 

 in the returns. 



For a more complete discussion of the 

 question, our inquirer is referred to the 

 chapter on heating, in "Greenhouse Con- 

 struction," by L. E. Taft, which is sent 

 postpaid by the Eeview for $1.50. 



PROVIDENCE, R« L 



The Market. 



Christmas in this city was green up to 

 the closing hours of the day, when the 

 first snow bUzzard of the winter began 

 and continued intermittently during the 

 night and all day Sunday. In conse- 

 quence of the moderate weather, the flo- 

 rists aU did a record business. With 

 them it was certainly a green Christmas, 

 for never was there so much holly, box- 

 wood and other greens sold here. Good 

 prices obtained, yet within the means of 

 everyone, with the result that everyone 

 bought. 



Potted plants showed increased popu- 

 larity and poinsettias, cyclamen, prim- 

 - roses, azaleas, ardisias and oranges found 

 ready sale, at prices that netted substan- 

 tial profits. Palms and ferns sold to 

 some extent, but not to compare with the 

 flowering plants. There was an advance 

 of about one-third over normal prices on 

 cut flowers and the supply and demand 

 about balanced. Eichmond roses took a 

 big jump in demand and dealers found 

 it almost impossible to keep any on hand, 

 while Beacon carnations led all others. 

 A number of large funerals, the orders 

 for which were well distributed, also put 

 the trade to a test at this season.^ 



Club Meeting. 



The first monthly meeting of the Ehode 

 Island Florists' and Gardeners' Club, 

 under its newly elected officers, was held 

 in its hall, 98 Westminster street, Mon- 

 day evening, December 19, with Presi- 

 dent Bobert Johnston in the chair, and 

 an unusually good attendance, in view 

 of the holiday season. H. Howard Pep- 

 per, of Providence, was admitted to mem- 

 bership. The meeting was necessarily 

 a short one, as many of the members 

 were anxious to get away, so the usual 

 discussion and question box were omitted. 

 It was decided to hold the annual supper 

 of the club at Brucker's hotel on some 

 evening in January, to be decided upon 

 later, and a committee, consisting of Eu- 



j;^ A Better Growth of Flowere 

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The reason more Moretaead Steam Traps than any other make have been 

 Bold In the past twenty years is because they are directly responsible lor a better 

 growth of flowers wherever installed. "The best Investment we ever made." is 

 the statement we Invariably receive. 



" How and why " In the Trap Book. Send for it. 



MOREHCAD MFG. CO., Dept. M, Detroit, Mich. 



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THE KROESCHELL BOILER 

 NOT CAST IRON 



HAS 



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TRONT 

 SIDES 

 TOP 

 BACK 



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M«w Catalogue and prices on application. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. 



444 Erie St., Chicago 



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DETROIT RETURN TRAPS 



in the Stecxm-neoited Greenhouse 

 BCrHR THAN A REBATE IN THEOAL Bill . 

 BlJ0WERO0.("*«««°«)Dm?OIT.MICH. 



gene Appleton, Alexander Macrae and 

 Harry Clark, was appointed to make the 

 necessary arrangements. 



Various Notes. 



For the first time this winter the grow- 

 ers hereabouts had to push furnaces and 

 watch their fires on the nights of De- 

 cember 25 and 26. 



James T. McKevitt, of Bristol, met 

 with a peculiar accident recently, which 

 resulted fatally. Further particulars will 

 be found in the obituary column. 



Henry Petit, with John F. Wood, met 

 with a painful accident December 23. 

 While using a pruning knife in cutting 

 up boxwood for wreaths, the knife 

 slipped, inflicting an ugly wound across 

 the flesiiy part of the left thumb that re- 

 quired four stitches. 



Thomas H. Greene has purchased the 



Summit street greenhouses from Jon; > 

 Brook, of Woonsocket, and will contini •• 

 them. Mr. Greene was formerly propri 

 tor of the Greene flower store, in Woo> 

 socket, and has had several years' expev 

 ence. 



John Burke, with William Hay, has r 

 covered from a serious attack of tl 

 grip. 



T. J. Johnston & Co., Edward Brook - 

 manager, employed three large expres 

 wagons all day December 24 making d<^ 

 liveries. \ 



Willis S. Pino was one of theXffljest- 

 at the banquet given by the Rhode Islan': 

 Congregational Club, at the Churchil' 

 house, December 20, in honor of Fore 

 fathers' day. 



William Appleton sold over a thou- 

 sand trees at his place on Broadway an<i 

 had orders for several thousand -feet oi 



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