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The Florists' Review 



April 9, 1914. 



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WILKS 



Hot Water Boilers 



ARE THE MOST ECONOMICAL 

 BOILERS rOR GREENHOUSES 



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 HOT WATER BOILERS 



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S. WILKS MFG. CO. 



S82S Shields Av«., CHICAaO 



Greenhouse Heating. 



Subscribers 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 

 heiiti^g equipment advertised in this 

 paiJey is, we believe, the best for the 

 trade to buy, and each article the best 

 in the special field of its adaptation. 



THE FUEL MABKET. 



The principal interest in smokeless 

 coal since April 1 has been in contract- 

 ing. A major portion of all the rail 

 business for Chicago proper has already 

 been closed, according to a leading coal 

 trade journal, but there remains a good 

 sized volume of business yet to be done 

 and the closing on that is not quite so 

 prompt as was expected. "A good 

 many important orders are hanging fire, 

 but not many of them are held olf on 

 any disposition to contest the price 

 asked by the operators. In a few iso- 

 lated cases important buyers of coal 

 are deciding this year to try their for- 

 tunes on the open market, instead of 

 providing for their needs by contract. 

 They proceed naturally upon the as- 

 sumption that coal trade conditions 

 this year are against the stability of 

 prices on various grades of coal and 

 therefore on smok .-less. The opera- 

 tors contend, on the other hand, that 

 never were conditions more favorable 

 to the maintenance of prices. The 

 spot business is moving away satis- 

 factorily in that a number of com- 

 panies are entirely sold up for April 

 and May delivery on the prepared coal 

 and more than half sold up on June 

 and July delivery. Prices for this year 

 are as follows: For mine run, $1.25 up 

 to August 1; $1.40 after August 1. For 

 lump and egg, $1.60 for April, $1.70 

 for May, $1.90 for June, $2.00 for July, 

 and $2.25 for August and probably 

 through the year. For nut coal, $1.40 

 for April, May and June, $1.50 for July 

 and $1.75 for August and thereafter. 

 For slack coal, $1.25 throughout the 

 year. ' ' 



UNIVERSITY PLANT HOUSES. 



We have built two plant houses, 27x 

 160, in connection with the state uni- 

 versity, and we expect to put in the 

 radiation this spring. We have re- 

 ceived a radiation plan, which seems to 

 me to be wrong. I have had little ex- 

 perience with plant houses, so wish 

 to ask a question or two. Our houses 

 are to be used almost entirely for ex- 

 perimental and lalRoratory work in con- 



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SYSTE^MHit 



Get Out 



of That Hole 



ie Morehead System puts an end 

 to that antiquated " boiler-in-a-pit " 

 method of steam line drainage. With 

 the Morehead, condensation is returned 

 to the boilers— placed above ground 

 —pure and HOT* at its original tem- 

 perature. You are assured of perfect 

 circulation — constant tempera- 

 ture—a saving of fuel, time, labor 

 and heat. It is the ideal system in 

 the greenhouse. Let us give you the 

 complete facts free. 



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^'WHCH YOU BUY-GFT A DROESCHELL 

 "THE BOILER OF GENUINE EFFICIENCY" 



Expressions from Hen Who Know 

 Boilers 



The Leading Grower in Vermont. 



I have had the Kroeschell Boiler six 

 • years; It U heating 17,000 square feet of 

 glass. NO OTHER BUT A -fPLATE 

 BOILER FOR ME. 



(Signed) H. M. TOTMAN, 



Randolph, Vermont. 



The Quality Place of Boston. 



Regarding the Kroeschell, it Is the best 

 we have ever had and satisfactory beyond 

 our expectations. It heats up especially 

 quick and has saved us considerably al- 

 ready in the price of fuel. When we are 

 in need of another boiler we will give 

 the Kroeschell tlie first consideration. 

 (Signed) WM. W. EDGAR CO., 

 Waverley. Mass. 



Glad He Bought a Generator. 



Wish to express my complete satisfac- 

 tion with your Generator which I pnr- 

 chased In November. 



In extreme cold spell of January 11 to 

 14, when tb^ thermometer registered 

 6 below zero and the wind blowing at a 

 gale of 70 miles an hour, temperature of 

 carnation houses stayed at 52 at all 

 times; this would not have been possible 

 without the Generator. 



(Signed) JOHN S. HASS, 

 Jan. 19, 1914. Newport, Rhode Island. 



Kroeschell versus Cast iron. 



The No. 7 Boiler I bought from you Is 

 heating 14,000 square feet of glass; I 

 thlnlc it can talie care of 16.000 feet. I do 

 not have any trouble to keep up temper- 

 ature of 50 degrees in the coldest weather. 

 I fire only once after 12 o'clock mid- 

 night. The boiler has given perfect satis- 

 faction. I have four cast Iron boilers — 

 like the Kroeschell best of all. If any 

 one wishes to inquire about your boiler, 

 let them write me, for I think your boilers 

 are good ones. 



CHARLES SCHULTZ, 



Menominee, Mich. 



Cast Iron Boilers Crack. 



I want to thank you for your promptness 

 in shipping the boiler I ordered of you on 

 January 13. 1 HAD A BRKAKDOWN. 

 ONE OF A BATTERY OF TWO CAST 

 IRON BOILERS CRACKED so It was im- 

 possible to use same, so I got you on the 

 telephone at 8:30 a. m., January 13, and 

 ordered one of your hot water boilers. 

 Same was put In my boiler room in the 

 afternoon of January 15, after which we 

 built foundation and connected up. Since 

 that time the boiler has TAKEN CARE 

 OF SAME GLASS AS THE TWO CAST 

 IRON BOILERS bad done easier and bet- 

 ter in every way. 



(Signed) ANDREW BATHER, 

 Clinton, Iowa. 



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