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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Fbbbuabt 9, 1911. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY COAL CO. 



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FISEEBR IBUILDING, CB0LCA.GO 



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SMITH, UNEAWEAVER& CO. 



C A L 



Aatkrselte, Bitnminons, Coke and Gas Coal 



T^.'g^f.r.?... Philadelphia 



Greenhouse Heating. 



Fill up the bunkers; the ground hog 

 ■aw his shadow. 



The freight blockades have come, and 

 coal will move over the rails much slower 

 than it has. Still, there is little prospect 

 of any real fuel famine. 



CBUDE OIL AS FUEL. 



The Keview of January 26, page 78, 

 contained an inquiry from J. B., in re- 

 gard to the use of crude oil as fuel in 

 greenhouse heating. According to my 

 experience, mostly during my residence 

 here, in San Antonio, Tex., crude oil 

 can be used successfully only when con- 

 nected with a steam engine, so as to 

 inject the oil — after mixing it with 

 ■team — under considerable pressure, in 

 a continual, fine, mist-like spray into 

 the fire-box. If the steam fails, the 

 fire fails, as crude oil is too viscid, too 

 thick, to flow through a pipe, as re- 

 quired for a burner. 



But if J. B. will use a distillate of, 

 Bay^ 60 degrees, I am sure he -will be 

 delighted with it — no ashes, no coal to 

 Bhovel, no dust, and, when properly con- 

 ducted, even no soot. You start the 

 fire with one match and about one-half 

 ■quare foot of paper — no kindling wood 

 — and attend to your regulating valve; 

 one turn to the right or left will in- 

 crease or diminish your fire. You need 

 no night fireman. Have your supply 

 tank filled for the nigKt, set your valve, 

 and there you are, with little to do but 

 look at the thermometers. I have had 

 experience with distillates for twenty 

 years, sometimes under trying circum- 

 stances, with the outside temperature 

 4 degrees below zero, and I know what 

 I am speaking about. Any information 

 I am able to give- will be forthcoming, 

 if anyone can make use of it. But, 

 doctor-like, I should prefer direct ques- 

 tions to answer, as I am already an old 

 man and writing is rather hard for me. 



George Holts. 



AN ADDITION OF SIX HOUSES. 



I intend to built a range of houses 

 next spring at Nevada, Mo., and wish 

 to get some information about the heat- 

 ing of it. The houses will be 22x125, 

 attached, with the short span to the 

 south. There will be three houses for 

 growing roses and three for growing 

 lettuce and chrysanthemums. I shall 

 heat with steam, and wish to know 

 how much pipe will be needed. What 

 will be the best sizes and the best ar- 

 rangement of the pipes f I also wish 



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Arranged with an IndlcatlnK hand, 

 which will coriectly indicate the actual 

 greenhouse tt-mperature at all times. It 

 also has two contact hands to be set with 

 tbe set-stud through the glass, one hand 

 being set for the high and the other for 

 the low temperature. Kings an alarm 

 anywhere you please to locate the bell 

 whenever the temperature hand reaches 

 either of the other hands. 



Anybody can put it up; only a screw- 

 driver needed. All necessary directloiis 

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This is the cheapest of all crop lnsnr> 

 ance. Order now and avoid a fTvese-np. 



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Harrlsburg- Franklin Coal Co. 



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 WATER 



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 1850 to 27,000 

 square feet. 



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 Boston 

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to know whether an exhaust or return 

 system is advisable. Nevada is in lati- 

 tude 38 degrees and does not have 

 much zero weather. 



I have recently purchased some 

 greenhouses at Nevada, which contain 

 20,000 square feet of glass and are 

 heated by hot water. I wish to put 

 the steam boiler for the new range in 

 the basement with the other boilers. 

 The steam boiler will stand sixty feet 

 from either end and about thirty feet 

 south of the new range. F. R. E. 



It will be well to use a boiler with 

 a rating of forty to fifty horse-power 

 and connect it with the houses by run- 



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TAYLOR STEAM SPKIALTY CO. 



BAHLC CREEK. MICH., U. S. A. 



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ning a 4-inch flow and a 2-inch re- 

 turn, placing these pipes a foot under 

 ground, in a cement conduit about six- 

 teen inches wide and twelve inches 

 deep, and wrapping them with asbestos. 

 If preferred, 8-inch and 6-inch sewer 

 pipe, respectively, could be used in place 

 of the conduit. 

 In the rose houses carry a 2% -inch 



