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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 22, 1912. 



SMITH, LINEAWEAVER& CO. 



COAL 



Aatluaelte, BltamlBoat, Coke and CfaM deal 



nJ.'g.SSi«. Philadelphia 



Greenhouse Heating. 



Practically everyone in the coal busi- 

 ness is looking for a suspension of min- 

 ing March 31, when the mine operators' 

 contracts with the miners' union will 

 expire both east and west. Under the 

 circumstances the wise florist will fill up 

 his bins Avhile he can. 



COST OF FUEL— A COMPAEISON. 



Regarding F. B.'s communication in 

 The Review of February 15, page 92, 

 under the head of "Burns Too Much 

 Coal," does it not seem probable that 

 F. B. installed an old, discarded boiler, 

 to save first cost, and relied on incom- 

 petent advice as to radiation? While 

 the first cost of hot water heating with 

 an up-to-date boiler is more than for 

 steam, he would have just about saved 

 the difference by this time if he had 

 chosen the right outfit. As is stated 

 in the answer to his inquiry, he has 

 burned at least twice the necessary 

 amount of coal, and this does not take 

 into account the sitting up every night 

 to shovel it in, which calls for an 

 oxtra man to do it. 



This case interests us particularly, 

 as the houses are almost identical with 

 ours, except that we have 300 more 

 square feet of surface covered. Wo 

 burned last year about $225 worth of 

 coal, and this year, in spite of the bit- 

 terly cold weather, we expect to cut 

 this about $25, though we have main- 

 tained a higher temperature than has 

 F. B. About three weeks of this win- 

 ter one man stayed awake to do the 

 firing, not so much from necessity of 

 frequent firing, but as a safeguard 

 against letting the fire get too low. 

 And while we did this, as every green- 

 house man knows, growth was prac- 

 tically at a standstill on account of 

 the severe weather and there was not 

 the usual amount of work to do in the 

 4laytime; hence we were not out a dol- 

 lar for extra help, having put the man 

 on at night instead of in the daytime. 

 Now that the weather has moderated, 

 we are able to do this firing by setting 

 the alarm and getting up once or 

 twice, as the occasion requires. Our 

 houses are on an elevation and exposed 

 to every wind that blows. 



We think that F. B. would have 

 saved many good dollars had he spent 

 a few before building, in visiting some 

 one, two or three places of about tho 

 same size as those he was planning to 

 build. J. E. Hitz. 



HEAT FOB BEDDING PLANTS. 



What is the best way to pipe my new 

 house, 14 X 60 and eleven feet to the 

 ridge? I have a 2i/^-inch pipe for the 

 flow and some 2-inch pipes for tho 

 returns. Will three returns under each 

 side bench be sufficient for growing 

 l)edding plants and mums? I am located 

 in southeastern Pennsylvania. 



B. .1. P. 



Tlio letter does not give an exact 



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 EASY TO SET UP 

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Has Thin Water Ways 

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 More Direct Surface than 

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 Kroeschell Boiler has given perfect satisfaction. We liad two cast iron boilers wlilch never 

 did the work at their best, when the greenhouses were new. According to our experience with the 

 Kroeschell , we will save 20 to 25 per cent of fuel. Hild Bbos., Lake Forest, 111. 



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