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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



March i4, 1912. 



SNITII,LINEAmVER&CO. 



COAL 



Aatknelto, BltunlaMi, Coke ui4 tea teal 



rnut*BiiudiiiK. Philadelphia 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



The price of coal in eastern markets 

 has advanced sharply since the English 

 miners went on strike, affecting to a cer- 

 tain extent the prices in the west. The 

 miners' wage contracts with the employ- 

 ers in this country, both east and west, 

 expire March 31 and a general suspension 

 of operations in April is predicted by 

 those familiar with the situation. This 

 means advancing prices if nothing 

 worse, so it is important that growers 

 have fuel for the balance of the season 

 on hand April 1. It is almost certain 

 to be All Fools' day for those who take 

 chances. 



MORE ABOUT THAT OIL BURNER. 



I noticed in The Eeview of February 

 15, page 15, an article on "Oil for Fuel 

 and How to Use It," by W. H. Gulp. 

 While the brother from Kansas gives 

 us a good idea of how to make the 

 burner, etc., he does not say how much 

 oil it burns per hour. I shall consider 

 it a great favor if the Kansas gentle- 

 man will tell us, through The Review, 

 something about the cost and other such 

 details. R. L. I. 



Besides the foregoing letter from R. 

 Ij. 1., we have received other inquiries 

 from several different states concerning 

 the fuel consumption of the oil burner 

 described in The Review of February 

 15. We find it hard to give complete 

 answers at this time as to the compara- 

 tive cost of burning oil and coal. One 

 reason for this is the fact that this win- 

 ter has given us more severe weather 

 than any for several years past, and we 

 have been compelled to crowd the al- 

 ready overworked boiler using this 

 burner. This we know: We are able 

 to run a hotter fire, and get much more 

 steam from the same boiler with this 

 burner than was ever possible with coal 

 for fuel, no matter how skillful or hard- 

 working the fireman in charge. 



We are not able to get track facili- 

 ties to handle oil in car lots, and we 

 pay from $2.25 to $2.50 per hundred 

 gallons, delivered in tank wagon lots. 

 The Standard Oil Co. tells us that 100 

 gallons of this residual fuel oil which 

 we use is equal to one ton of ordinary 

 slack coal, but w^e believe it takes 

 nearer 120 gallons to equal one ton of 

 the best steam coal, which formerly 

 cost us about $3.25 to $3.50 per ton. 

 In our case, ashes represented an ex- 

 pense in handling that far exceeded 

 their value to us, and we have some 

 other work the night man can do in- 

 stead of being continually busy with 

 the fires. Both of these items repre- 

 sented an additional saving in labor. 



The amount of oil burned hy one of 

 these burners will depend largely on 

 the steam pressure behind it. A pair 

 which will loaf along with a forty horse- 

 power boiler, running at thirty pounds 

 of pressure, will handle a l.jd horse- 

 power boiler just as easily, running at 



NO SECTIONS 

 EASY TO SET UP 

 Made of Boiler Plate 

 Absolutely Safe 

 CANNOT CRACK 



Has Thin Water Ways 

 Vertical Circulation 

 The Lonnrest Fire Travel 

 Heats Quick, Easy to Clean 

 More Direct Surface than 

 any Other Boiler 



Send for Cat»locae. 



WHAT THE USERS SAY 



Better than All Others 



I have flred boilers for the last forty years. Tha Kro««ch*ii Is th« b*st I hav* avar 



usad. I have two cast iron boilers, also a locomotive boiler coupled with yours, but did not 

 need to use the cast iron boilers this winter. Your No. 7 boiler is ratad at 18,000 sq. ft. off 

 (!••• and carrlaa 28,0O0 sq. ft. of glass until the outside temperature goes down to lO** of 

 frost. We have no trouble to keep temperatures in oiu: houses with easy firing since we in- 

 stalled your boiler. From the boiler to the farthest end of our violet houses and return is 800 

 feet, and circulates very quickly. The Saltfokd Flower Shop. 



Wm. D. Saltford, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



444 W. Erie Street, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



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More Heating Surface 



and less water space than 

 is contained in any other 

 boiler. (Note the many 

 flues set close together.) 

 This is one reason why 

 the users of the 



^'Superior Standard" Greenhouse Boflers 



find them perfectly satisfactory. We frequently receive le-orders 

 from florists who have tested these boilers thoroughly and found 

 them even " Superior'^ to our claims. 



Wky ut ask fw fiH p articilan tMay? A putal ti ii will brii{ i pnapt reply. 



SUPERIOR MACHINE & BOILER WORKS 



Superior and Green Sts., CHICAGO, ILL 



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Ford ft Kendig Co. 



"SpeDeriwd" WrugH Kpt 



Eapedallr adapted for Greenhouse Work. Fit 

 tings. Valves, Tools, etc. 



24tk and Wood Sti. PHUADELPHIA. PA. 



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from eighty to 100 pounds of pressure, 

 while a battery of boilers represents 



50<^o SAVED 



Pipes, Flues 



and casing thoroughly overhauled and goaran- 

 teed. Oreenhouse fittings of every description. 



ILLINOIS PIPE ft MFG. CO. 



tll5 B. Jefferson Street. CHICAGO 



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practically no more labor cost for firing. 

 The first night these burners were 



