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The Florists^ Review 



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i FLORISTS' FUEL DIRECTORY 



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Extraordinarily Low Stocking Prices for July, August and Sept 



^SHIPPCRS OF BEST COAL FOR FLORISTS. 

 ^1. Pooalioataa, Indian Mountain 8mok«l«sa and In( 

 Blook. 



«0n application, we will send you ABSOLUTELY FREE our Instruction 

 Card on the "Proper Firing of Smokeless Coals." Hang it in yom 

 boiler room— it will save you hundreds of dollars. 



WRITE FOR DEUVERED PRICES. 



UNITED COAL SALES COMPANY, Fisher Bldg., Chicago, Ills., »•>■>•"! :s:':^V^1SS;ll 



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Mentton The Review when vou write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 editor of the Heating Department, de- 

 scribing their troubles or asking any 

 questions regarding the heating of green- 

 houses, the piping or boiler-room. But 

 please do not ask us to make a choice of 

 apparatus for you. Each boiler adver- 

 tised in The Review is a good boiler, and 

 the advertisers sell them on their merits. 



A NEW CABNATION HOUSE. 



Please let me know the best way to 

 pipe my proposed new house for hot 

 water. The house will be 33x132, 

 seven feet to the eaves and fifteen feet 

 to the ridge, and will run east and 

 west. The boiler pit can be of any 

 depth necessary. The house will be pro- 

 tected, in a measure, by hills on the 

 west, south and east, but will be ex- 

 posed on the north. The boiler pit will 

 be at the west end. There will be 

 four feet of glass in the sides, and three 

 feet of 6-inch concrete wall. There will 

 be glass in both ends, above the con- 

 crete wall, and a door at each end. The 

 ventilation will alternate on both sides 

 of the ridge. The boiler and chimney 

 can be placed where they will do the 

 most good. The house will be used for 

 carnations and will require a night tem- 

 perature of 55 degrees. The outside 

 temperature in this part of New York 

 state sometimes falls as low as 18 to 

 20 degrees below zero. 



The boiler I propose to use stands six 

 feet from the floor level to the center 

 of the flow pipe. What grate surface 

 should the boiler have, to heat this 

 house? "What should be tlie size of 

 the chimney? I do not wish to use 

 larger than 2-inch pipe for the coils. 

 The site will be made level. What size 

 of boiler will be required, using buck- 

 wheat coal? J. L. Y. 



A house like the one described can 

 be heated with about 1,800 square feet 

 of radiating surface, but it will be well 

 to have a boiler with a rating of 2,400 

 square feet. Just how large the grate 

 should be will depend upon the charac- 

 ter of the heating surface, but six to 

 eight feet would give good results with 

 most boilers. The stack should be 

 thirty-five to forty feet high, accord- 

 ing to the surroundings, and if an iron 

 stack is used it will be well to have it 

 fifteen inches in diameter. If at least 

 thirty-five feet high, a brick chimney 

 with an inside measurement of one 

 square foot would answer, although a 

 larger size would be better. 



For flow pipes, either three 3-inch 

 or five 2%-inch pipes could be used. 



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FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO. ILL 



Phontt, Harrison 492&. WfllWflWMj Ikk. 



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This coal is especially adapted for florists and now is in use by all large greenhousemen. 



LOWER VEIN BRAZIL BLOCK 



is free burning, non-clinkering and a big trouble saver. 

 A trial order will convince you that ours is the only coal that will sive satisfaction. 



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FLORISTS' POCAHONTAS COAL 



We can handle business in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis- 

 consin, Minnesota and Iowa at greatly reduced rates. 

 The price of smokeless coal will advance Aug. 1. WRITE NOW. 



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Take advantage of the present low prices. 



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Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



POCAHONTAS COAL SALES CO. 



MAIN OFFICE. CINCINNATI. OHIO. 



1207 Fisher Building, OUlt^kflit II I 

 Phonsa: Harrison 864-661 UlllullllU, ILL* 



PRODUCERS OP 



Genuine No. 3 Thick Vein 



Pocahontas Smokeless 

 Glen Alum Splint 

 Standard Thacker Splint 



COAL 



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 on N. & W. Ry. 



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 Capacity : < Glen Alum Splint, StOO tons daily. 



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One could be upon each plate and an- 

 other under the ridge. If five flows are 

 used, place the others under the pur- 

 lins. About sixteen 2-inch returns will 

 be needed. Place three of these upon 

 each wall and distribute the others 

 under the benches. Give the flow pipes 

 a slight fall and keep the returns as 

 high as possible without having them 

 ■within eight inches of the bottom of 

 the benches. The lower the boiler can 

 be placed with reference to the returns, 

 the better the circulation will be. 



THE FUEL MABKET. 



The coal trade is slowly gathering 

 volume; demand in general is not ex- 

 traordinarily heavy, as a great many 

 buyers still are holding oflE in the hope 

 of a break in the market, but the num- 

 ber of inquiries steadily increases. The 

 fuel firms represented in The Review's 

 advertising columns report that in the 

 last fortnight there has been a notice- 

 able increase in the number of iO' 

 quiries received and that almost every 

 mail now brings word that this, that 



