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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Januabv 26, 1911. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY COAL CO. 



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FISHBR BUILDING, CHICAGO 



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SMITH, LINEAWEAVER& CO. 



COAL 



Anthracite, Bltamlnons, Coke and Gas Coal 



TruYt'^'nli^lfnir. Philadelphia 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



CoAi. conditions are almost the exact 

 reverse of one year ago. Then a severe 

 shortage was felt on all sides antl cold 

 weather and snow storms delayed* ship- 

 ments everywhere. Now every dealer's 

 yard is full, most of the bins in green- 

 house establishments are loaded to their 

 capacity, there has been no car short- 

 age and prices are down to rock bottom. 

 The few who do need coal are able, within 

 reasonable limits, to make their own 

 prices and can almost surely find some 

 one ready to sell at the price offered. 



CRUDE OIL AS FUEL. 



Some time last fall an inquiry ap- 

 peared in The Review in regard to the 

 use of crude oil as fuel in greenhouso 

 heating. Your reply, I think, was to 

 the effect that oil was being used suc- 

 cessfully for greenhouse fuel, and that 

 burners could be purchased in most 

 large cities in the oil regions. Can you 

 give me the address of some one using 

 oil for fuel, and also the address of 

 some dealer in oil burners, that I may 

 be able to communicate with them? 

 J. B. 



If any readers who have had experi- 

 ence in the use of crude oil as a fuel, 

 and are thus qualified to speak posi- 

 tively on the subject, will reply to the 

 foregoing questions, they will probably 

 he conferring a favor on others as well 

 as on .T. B. Let us hear from anyone 

 who can supply any or all of the desired 

 information. 



BXnLDING A SMOKESTACK. 



We should be pleased to have some 

 instructions about the erection of a 

 square, 32-foot brick chimney, with a 

 16-inch flue. How deep should the 

 foundation be laid? How many brick 

 will be required and how big should 

 the foundation be, to make a solid struc 

 ture? We have a good, hard, yellow 

 clay soil. Any information would be 

 appreciated. AVe wish to do the work 

 ourselves. G. E. B. 



If there is a good clay foundation it 

 will only be necessary to excavate deep 

 enough to carry it below the action of 

 frost, which will be perhaps three feet. 

 Make the hole about five feet square 

 and fill in with grout to a height of 

 one foot above the ground level. If 

 cobblestones, broken bricks or similar 

 materials can be readily obtained, they 

 can be used for about one-half of the 



Special Thermostat 



StyllB n 



For Greenhouse Use 



Style 11, diameter 6 in., price $10.00 each 



Arranged Iwith hermetically 

 sealed case; oafe from the hose 

 or dampnesH. Padlocked; cannot 

 be tampered with. 



ArraDRpd with an Indicating hand, 

 which will correctly indicate the ac- 

 tual greenhouse temperature at all 

 times. It also has two contact hands 

 to be set with the eet-stud through the 

 glass, one hand being set for the high 

 and the other for the low temperature. 

 Rings an alarm anywhere yon please 

 to locate the bell whenever the tem- 

 perature hand reaches either of the 

 other hands. 



Anybody can put it up; onlyascrew- 

 driver needed. All necessary direc- 

 tions with each Instrument. 



This Is the best Instrament 

 ever made for the special con- 

 ditions in greenhouses. Order 

 today. 



Standard Thennometer Co. 



(Successors to Parker Vltg. Co.) 



66 Shirley St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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AUTOMATIC ElEamC 

 CONDENSATION PUMP 



Chicago Pump Co.'s 



Saves 20^' to SOr^ Coal 



Pulls water and air out of the heating 

 system. Pulls hot steam through the piping 

 and pumps the water into boiler at the same 

 time. Works on high or low pressure plants, 

 easily insialle<l. requires no attention, co&ts 

 little to operate. 



Write now for full descriptive catalogue. 



CHICAGO PUMP^ CO. 



1069 Fulton St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Harrlsburg- Franklin Coal Co. 



1216 FISHER BLDG., CHICAGO 



The Better Grades ONLY of 



INDIANA AND ILLINOIS COALS 



Preparation and Quality as they should be. Write to>day tor Prices* 



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filling. Mix up a grout of one part of 

 cement to five parts of coarse, sharp 

 gravel or coal cinders and put on water 

 enough to barely moisten it. Shovel 

 this over until all of the particles are 

 wet and then place about six inches 

 of grout in the excavation. Next put 

 in an equal quantity of the brickbats, 

 cobblestones, or, better yet, crushed 

 stones, and ram it down into the grout. 

 Repeat until the foundation has been 

 brought to the height desired. Built in 

 this way, three to four barrels of ce- 

 ment could be used to advantage. If 

 the brickbats and stones are not used 

 as fillers, fully fifty per cent more 

 cement will be required. 



To build a 32-foot chimney with a 



HE BURNHAM 



HOT 

 WATER 



OR 



STEAM 



66 Sizes 



Heats from 

 1860 to 27.000 

 square feet. 



Send for 

 Oatalogne. 



|ordA"i>purnham(Q 



Irvington, N.Y 



