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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 30, 1912. 



Florists' 



Pocahontas Coal 



Shipped anywhere from coast to coast. 

 Let us quote prices on delivery at your 

 station. Write now for quotations on the 

 following grades. 



WEST VIRGINIA SPLINT 



YOUGHIOGHENY 



BRAZIL BLOCK 



POCAHONTAS 



EUREKA 



PLYMOUTH 



Northern States Coal & Mining Co. 



406 Fisher BldR. Phone Harrison 6753. Chicago 

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SMITH, LINEAWEAVER& CO. 



COAL 



Anthracite, Bitmninons, Coke and Gas Coal 



T^A'i^l^n^. Philadelphia 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



HEATING HINTS. 



George T. Elliott, son of W. H. El- 

 liott, Madbury, N. H., and Brighton, 

 Mass., is the author of the following 

 hints: 



* ' To make a stiff or immovable joint, 

 use shellac; for a movable joint, use 

 graphite. Red lead is the best all- 

 around substance to use. 



"To find the water line in a steam 

 boiler when the water is below the 

 glass, take a wet cloth and draw it 

 quickly down over the head sheet. You 

 will have to do this three or four times 

 to find out the line of the water. The 

 water from the cloth will evaporate 

 quicker where the steam is than where 

 the water is. 



"Keep the register in the fire door 

 open a little. It helps to burn the 

 gases which generally go up the chim- 

 ney. 



"Keep the flues in your boiler clean; 

 soot is a non-conductor of heat. 



"Set up the hand holes and man hole 

 on tubular boilers after they are under 

 way, as the heat expands them, and 

 they are liable to leak. 



"Put a piece of white cardboard 

 with a narrow strip of red ribbon on it 

 behind the water glass, and you will 

 not have to lose your eyesight looking 

 for the water in the night. 



"If the boiler gets to foaming, cool 

 it down and let the water settle; then 

 start it up easily again. You would bet- 

 ter put a clean supply of water in the 

 boiler when the fire is out and the sun 

 shining in good shape. 



* ' Do not turn on the cold water 

 when you do not see any in the glass; 

 you are liable to be picked up in the 

 next county." 



BOILEB WORKED POORLY. 



We have a house 25x180, six feet to 

 the eaves, fourteen feet to the ridge, 

 with glass in the south end nnd three 

 feet four inches of glass in the sides. 

 There is a 3-inch flow on each side wall, 

 with four 2-inch returns below each 

 flow pipe, and one 2-inch return on each 

 walk, making two 3-inch flows and ten 



Nake Your 

 Boiler an Asset, 

 NotaUabifity 



neau 

 li flue i 



A boiler costs enough so that every florist should be anxious to 

 get the most possible for his money ; he should closely investigate sev- 

 eral styles before choosing. The more you investigate the more sure 

 it is that you'll buy the Superior Standard. It was designed spec- 

 ially for greenhouse work after a close study of what was needed. It 

 is easily cleaned, although it has more flues than any other boiler, but 

 —more flues give more heat; more flues require less fuel; the water 

 heats quicker and hotter because the volume of water heated by each 

 flue is smaller. All we ask is a chance to show you. 



Write today for Catalogue 



SUPERIOR MACHINE & BOILER WORKS 



Superior and Green Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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^10 Houre Without Firing 



even in severely cold weather, is a common 

 experience with those growers who use the 



Wilks Self-Feeding Hot Water Boilers 



In the Coldest Weather WOks Hot 

 Water Boilers Can Be Relied On 



to keep the temperature even and con- 

 tinuous, making night firing unnecessary. 

 Made entirely of steel ; no cast iron sec- 

 tions to crack. 



You should know more about them. 

 Send for catalogue. 



S.WOksNfg.Co., 



3523 Shields Ave., 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



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50<j/o SAVED 



Pipes, Flues 



andcasintr thorooghly oyerhaoled and guaran. 

 teed. Greenhouse Atiluga of every description. 



ILLINOIS PIPE ft MFG. CO. 

 S115 B. Jefferson Street, CHICAGO 



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Wrought Iron Pipe 

 Nelson Valves 



ALL SIZES IN STOCK 



The Hartman Company 



1231-5 No. Front St., Philadelphia 



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 when writlnB advertisera. 



Ford 9t Kendlg Co. 



"SpelleriMd" Wwight Pipe 



Espedally adapted for Greenhouse Work. Fiti 

 tings. Valves, Tools, etc. 



24th ind Wood Sts. ranJU>ELPHIA. PA 



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 DO TOU KNOW ABOUT THS 



Martin Rocking Grate 



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MARTIN CRATE CO.,"' IJ.?ir '' 



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