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The Florists' Review 



October 1, 1914. 



2,000,000 TONS ANNUAL CAPACITY 



TH ACK ER 

 COAL- 



HOUSTON:?o*e%f!: COALS 



■SPKCIALLY ADAPTED TO FLORISTS' USB 



The high standard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houston 

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



HOUSTON COAL COMPANY 



POCAHONTA^S 

 COAL. 



Main Offfle* 

 UnlMi Tkust BMs.. Cincinnati 



f KuPKB Hood, Oen'l Sales Act. 



Wastarn Offfica 

 OM Calany Bide, Chlcasa 



R. G. Gantsloc. Western Msr. 



Nartham Offfica 

 Dlma Bank Bids.. Datralt 



A. B. Lincoln, Northern Msr. 



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Sautham Offfica 

 Saabaard Bank Bide, N^rffalk, Vi 



W. W. Hou&xoN, Southern M«r. . 



Mention Tbe BcTlew when yon write. 



SMITH, LINEAWEAYER & CO. 



ANTHRACITE 

 BITUMINOUS 



COAL 



West End Trust Building, PHILADELPHIA 



1 Broadway. NEW YORK 



NuttinSTBuildinc, LEBANON. PA. 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



SuBSCRiBEES 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 Beview 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. 



CASE OF BOILEBS. 



I note that some of my neighbors 

 empty their boilers when heat no 

 longer is needed in spring and let them 

 stand empty until time to fire in the 

 fall. On the other hand, I always have 

 left the water in my boiler during sum- 

 mer. Which is the proper course? 



r. E. 



The better way is to fill the boiler 

 with water; fill it so full that all the 

 air is driven out of the pipes as well as 

 the boiler, and let it stand there 

 through the summer. The boiler and 

 pipes will corrode less with the system 

 full of water than with air in contact 

 with the inner surfaces. The firebox 

 and ashpit should be cleaned thorough- 

 ly and kept dry; leave the firebox door 

 open to permit circulation of air. Clean 

 the flues. It is worth taking pains to 

 put the boiler in shape at the end of 

 the season; the apparatus deteriorates 

 faster in summer than in winter if left 

 just as the fire went out, half full of 

 ashes, dirty and wet. F. E. 



THBEE NEW JERSEY HOUSES. 



Will you kindly give us some informa- 

 tion in regard to piping the following 

 greenhouses? House No. 1 is twenty 

 feet wide, with north side built a lean- 

 to frame (?) with 2-foot concrete wall 

 running up to the side of the house, 

 which is four feet high. The south side 

 contains three feet of boards and one 

 foot of glass. The house is seventy-five 

 feet long and nine feet and nine inches 

 to the ridge. House No. 2, the north side 

 of which adjoins house No. 1, is even- 

 span, seventy-five feet long and six feet 

 to tLie ridge. The walls are three feet 

 high, of boards covered with tar paper. 



This boil«r Is guarantosd to do tho 

 work and costs less to Install 

 and oporato. Writs for prices 

 and rscommondatlons. 



Camplata Inatallatlana ar Altaratlana. 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL 

 COMPANY 



Patantad and Pandins 



IRON FRAME, CURVED EAVE and 

 SEMMRON GREENHOUSES 



Greenhouse Designers - Heating Engineers 

 Hotbed Sash - Qlass 



1398-1408 Motropolltan Avsnus 

 BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Mention The Heylew when yon write. 



Simonds Headnj & Specialty Co. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 GREENHOUSB 



ONE POUND PRESSURE 



VACUUM HBATINO SYSTEMS 



Mention The BcTJew when yen write. 



Steel 



Return 

 Tubular 



Boilers 



The moat economical type of boiler for Oreenhonae 

 beating. Highly recommended by weU -known florlata 



Johnston Heating Co. 



131 E. 26th St., NEW YORK 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



House No. 3, also even-span, is 20x75 

 feet, eleven feet to the ridge, and its 

 walls are three feet concrete and two 

 feet glass on both sides and ends. 



We have a hot water boiler with two 

 4-inch outlets at the bottom and one 4- 

 inch outlet on top. The boiler is one of 

 Wm. Page's Monarchs. We would like 



Good for 

 Growing Plants 



Pure, warm sunlight is Nature's way— 

 steam heat. Man's— of giving life to the 

 delicate flowers and plants to effectively 

 promote their growth. But— steam must 

 be regulated. Por that purpose, in the 

 greenhouse, there is nothing to eaual the 



SYSTEM 



The Morehead System picks up every drop 

 of condensation and returns it directly 

 to the boilers— above ground— ready lor 

 ra-usa. It automatically keeps every 

 inch of heating surface active— handles 

 water at any temperature— the hotter the 

 better— for the xraatar the aavlns we 

 can show you in fuel. Tha compiata 

 Infarmatlan Is at yaur dispasal. 



Write Today-Dept. "M" 



NOREHEAD MFG. COHPANY 



DETROIT, MICH. 



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Mrntlon The n<»ylew when y»n write. 

 BO TOD KNOW ABOUT THB 



Nartin Rocking Grate 



IT SAVES COAL 



HARUN GRATE C0.r<£:!a8r*' 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



to use 2-inch pipe for the returns, as we 

 have the pipe. We would like to heat 

 the houses to 55 degrees in the kind of 

 weather we have in New Jersey in win- 

 ter, about 5 degrees above zero. We had 



