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The Florists' Review 



SBFTlinaR 24, 1914 



2,000.000 TONS ANNUAL CAPACITY 



v\0us royv 



THACKER 

 COAL. 



HOUSTONi'pSVt!! COALS 



KSPECIALLY ADAPTED TO FLORISTS' USI 



The high standard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houston 

 Service has made these coals Famous in the Greenhouse and Florist Trade. 



HOUSTON COAL COMPANY 



PbCAHONT^' 



TIAIWHMII 



Main Offffic* 

 Union Trust Bids.. Cincinnati 



KbptB Hood. Gten'l Sales Agt. 



Wastarn Offfica 

 Old Colony Bids., Chlcaco 



R. C. Cantklou. Western Mgr. 



Northern Off flea 

 Dima Bank Bids., Datrolt 



A. B. Lincoln, Northern Mgr. 



Southom Offffico 

 Saaboard Bank Bide, Norfolk, Va. 



W. W. Houston, Southern Mgr. 



SMITH, LINEAWEAVER & CO. 



BITUMIMOUS ^#^##%llH 



West End Trust Building. PHILADELPHIA 



1 Broadway. NEW YORK 



Nuttin« Building, LEBANON, PA, 



MentloB Ttw B«Tlew when you write. 



iireenhouse Heating. 



StffescRiBias are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard 

 to any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Eeview to make a choice of 

 apparatus for you. The greenhouse 

 heating equipment advertised in this 

 paper is, we believe, the best for the 

 trade to buy, and each article the best 

 in the special field of its adaptation. 



THE FUEL MARKET. 



The eoal trade is not active; there is 

 a fair volume ef business, but nothing 

 that warrants increasing production. 

 Florists have taken in about the usual 

 quantities of fuel this summer, but 

 seem to be about the only ones who have 

 done •o. Consequently, a brisk demand 

 is expeeted with the arrival of cold 

 weather, but it has not started yet. 



liilder weather last week took the 

 keen edge off the smokeless market. 

 However, the operators have been 

 watehing the market so carefully that 

 they have not overestimated its absorp- 

 tive capacity. Hence the slight reces- 

 sion ia buying found no great amount 

 of free coal on hand. As a consequence, 

 the easier buying period did not bring 

 any reduction in price. The major opera- 

 tors are still holding for $1.40 for mine- 

 run and the shippers of off-grade coal 

 are ateepting $1.25 as their minimum. 



HOUSES, STORE AND RESIDENCE. 



Please tell us how to pipe our green- 

 houses so as to maintain the right tem- 

 perature. We have a new greenhouse 

 which is to be used for mixed plants 

 and we shall want to run it at a tem- 

 perature of 60 to 70 degrees. The old 

 greenhouse, south of the new one, will 

 be used for pansies, violets and bulbous 

 stock and will require a temperature 

 of 40 to 50 degrees. The salesroom, 

 adjoining the east end of the green- 

 houses, will need a temperature of 60 

 to 70 degrees. We also wish to run 

 hot water pipes to the kitchen and bath- 

 room of our residence, which is con- 

 nected to the salesroom by means of a 

 poreh. We expect to get a Wilks hot 

 water heater and will place it in a shed 

 at the west end of the new greenhouse-. 



Meptlon The Review wti«?n you write. 



This boiler Is guarantssd to do tho 

 woric and costs less to instali 

 and oporato. Writs for prices 

 and recommendations. 



CompI 



Altaratlona. 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL 

 COMPANY 



Paton 



IRON FRAME, CURVED EAVE and 

 SEMI-IRON GREENHOUSES 



Greenhouse Designers - Heating Engineers 

 Hotbed Sash - Glass 



1398-1408 Metropolitan Avenue 



BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Mention The Berlew when yoo write. 



Greenhouse Boilers 



Richardson A Boynton Co. 



MANtrrAOTUBKBS 



31 TTest Sift Street, MKW YORK 



171-173 West Lake Street 405 Boylstnn Stree 



CHICAQO BOSTON 



1342 Arch Street. PHILADELPHXA 



KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS PROVIDENCE 

 MentloD The It«rtew wbeo yon write. 



Steel 



Return 



Tubular 



Boilers 



ThA moat economical type of boiler for OreenhouM 

 heating. Highly recommended by weU known florist* 



Johnston Heating Co. 



131 E. 26th St., 



NEW YORK 



Please tell us the right size and number 

 of pipes, and where to put them in order 

 to have the best results. The outside 

 tempersiture in this part of Kansas 

 sometimes drops as low as 20 degrees 

 below zero, but not often. M. G. A. 



The sketch accompanying this inquiry 

 shows that the now house is 20x.'>4 fpet. 



Wise ~ 

 Growers 



WHO MAKE A STUDY 

 OF THEIR BUSINESS 

 KNOW 



that an even temperature through- 

 out the greenhouse means a good 

 growth of stock. This condition 

 can only be secured through having 

 a good steam service. And that 

 good steam service is absolutely 

 assured when it is controlled by 

 the 



Ai^oiehead 



SYSXEM 



The Morehead System removes all con- 

 densation from your steam lines -at any 

 haat — returning it directly to your 

 boiler-abava staund-and thus main- 

 taining proper drainage and perfect cir- 

 culation. Consequently a steady, even 

 temperature is assured. Get the com- 

 plete information from our engineers. 

 It's free. 



Write today. 



Morehead Mfg^. Co. 



Dapt. "M" DETROIT, MICH. 



Let us put 

 your name 

 on our list 

 of "satis- 

 fied users" 



DO TOD KMOW ABOUT TBI 



Nartin Rocking Gnte 



IT SAVES COAL 



HARTIN GRATE CO., 



S48S.I»Mtrk«f*'^ 

 CHIGAOO. 



It is fourteen feet high to the riiP 

 and has two feet of glass in the si". 

 walls. The old house is 16x24 feet a"' 

 ten feet high to the ridge, with-eemeJJ 

 walls two and a half feet high. ^D 

 salesroom is lfix18 feet, with ei^ •*" 



