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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 2, 1911. 



Kroeschell Versus Cast Iron 



The No. 7 Boiler I bought from you is heating 14,000 square feet of glass; I think it 



can take care of 16,000 feet. I do not have any trouble to keep up temperature of 50 degrees 



in the coldest weather. I fire only once after 12 o'clock midnight. The boiler has given 



perfect satisfaction. I have toiir cast Iron boilers— like the "Kroesohell" the 



beat of all. If any one wishes to inquire about your boiler, let them write me, for I 



think your boilers are good ones. ^.„.„ a„„,„ w _. in ^ 



Chas. Schultz, Menominee, Mich. 



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 CATALOGUE 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



444 West Erie St., 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



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the farther end of the house. The 

 proper way is to carry the flow pipe as 

 quickly as possible to a point about 

 two feet below the ridge and then run 

 it, with a drop of two inches, to the 

 farther end of the house. Connect the 

 expansion tank with the highest point 

 of the flow pipe. There will then be 

 no need of air valves and no chance 

 for air to collect in the flow pipe. No 

 change is necessary in the returns, ex- 

 cept that they should be raised as high 

 as possible. Keally the best way, unless 

 they are now above the top of the 

 heater, is to place them on the side 

 walls, just below the plates. If more 

 than 45 degrees is desired, the number 

 of return pipes should be increased, two 

 pipes being added for each five degrees 

 of additional heat desired, with 2^^- 

 inch main flow and return. Care should 

 be taken that the expansion tank does 

 not freeze, as an explosion might result. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The business of last week was really 

 good among the store men out in the 

 west end. They say they had a great 

 deal of social work of all kinds and so- 

 ciety was crowding in as many func- 

 tions as possible before Lent. 



The wholesalers have had a good de- 

 mand, but are not cleaning up daily 

 now, as stock of all kinds is plentiful 

 at all the wholesale houses and prices 

 are not nearly so high. The violet 

 growers at Kirkwood say the cold 

 weather of last week saved the violet 

 crop, the previous week being too hot 

 for them to continue blooming. So this 

 week the market had a good supply of 

 them, as usual. !Roses are becoming 

 more plentiful and some good Killar- 

 neys. White Killarneys and Bicbmonds 

 were seen at greatly reduced prices. Of 

 carnations there were more than the 

 demand could use in any one day last 

 week, and good fancies could be had for 

 $2 per hundred in all varieties. 



Bulb stock was heavy in quantity 

 and of good quality all of last week. 

 All the wholesalers were stocked up 

 with it and prices on this, too, have 

 been cut. Sweet peas are much too 

 plentiful for the demand and, unless 

 low prices prevail, are left over. Calla 

 lilies have been plentiful, with prices 

 at $10 per hundred. In green goods, 

 too, there is enough of everything. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Ammann has advised his friends 

 in St. Louis that he has not retired 

 altogether from business, but is just 

 going to "let up" some and will retain 



''SUPERIOR" 



To- all others for Greenhouse Heating. 



Made in Nine (9) sizes for Hot Water. 

 Send forfcataloffue and list of Krowers that are uslnc this boiler. 



Superior Machine S Boiler Works 



840-860 West Superior Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



Is acknowledged tlie best for the 

 florist, because it is durable and do«8 

 its work without trouble and annoy 

 ance, saving its cost by the economy 

 in coal bills. 



t HIPPARD CO., Youngstown, 0. 



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Pipe Fittings.-- Imico Boilers 



-rOB GRKiaiHOUSX WORK- 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



1801-1825 DIVXRSKT BOUIXVARD CHICAGO 



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a few shares in the company, to be 

 known as the J. P. Ammann Co., and 

 that three of his old employees will 

 run the place in the future. 



C. E. De Wever has bought a range 

 of greenhouses from the old St. Louis 

 Carnation Co., at Clayton, and is mov- 

 ing them to his place, nearby. The 

 work of rebuilding them has already 

 commenced. He will thus have an addi- 

 tion of four houses, each 25x100, in 



which he will grow mostly pot plants 

 for the local trade. 



George H. Angermueller says that 

 the sale of orchids has been quite good 

 of late. He has been receiving nice 

 consignments from Vesey's. The de- 

 mand for supplies, too, has been good. 



The C. Young & Sons Co. is, as usual 

 at this time of the year, showing fine 

 blooming plants. White lilac plants in 

 full bloom were the attraction last 



