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i FLORISTS* FUEL DIRECTORY! 



Extraordinarily Low Stocking Prices for July, August and Sept 



^■HXPPKRS OF BK8T COAL FOB FLOBIBTS. 

 ^J» Pooalioatas, IndUm Mountain 8mok«l«aa and Indiana 

 Block. 



COn appUcatlon, we will selld you ABSOLUTELY FREE our Instruction 

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

 boiler room— it will save you hundreds of dollars. 



WRITE FOR DEUVERED PRICES. 



UNITED COAL SALES COMPANY, Fisher BIdg., Chicago, Ills., "~--[!£:s;!:r«c'%Sr;i 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



SuBSCEiBEES are invited to write the 

 editor of the Heating Department, de- 

 scribing their troublea 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 Eeview is a good boiler, and 

 the advertisers sell them on their merits. 



SIZE OF STACK. 



We wish to build a square stack of 

 concrete blocks, but are in doubt as to 

 what size it must be. We have two 

 boilers, one having a 12-ineh flue and 

 the other a 10-inch flue. What width 

 must the chimney be to give a good 

 draft for both these boilers? It will be 

 over thirty feet high. H. O. 



If no other houses are to be added, 

 a stack sixteen inches square, inside 

 measurement, will answer for the two 

 boilers now in use. By making it five 

 feet higher its capacity would be suf- 

 ficiently increased to take care of an- 

 other boiler like those now in use. 

 F. E. 



FUEL SUPPLIES. 



To the average greenhouse man it 

 will seem a little early to raise that old 

 cry of car shortage as affecting fuel 

 supplies, but the coal trade finds car 

 supply and movement so vitJ^l that the 

 subject is given close attention at all 

 times. That there are signs of early 

 trouble is the general belief. Here is 

 the way the Coal Trade Journal sums 

 up a review of the market situation: 



"Scarcity of cars has not yet become 

 a factor of much importance, but recent 

 events have shown that in the course of 

 a few weeks it wiU occupy a prominent 

 place in trade comment. Instances of 



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. 



WEST VA. SPLINT YOUQHiOGHENY 



BRAZIL BLOCK EUREKA ) .mbiama 



POCAHONTAS PLYMOUTH 1 "'■'•'»'«* 



Take advantage of the present low prices. 



Northern States Coal S Mining Co. 



406 Fisher Bldg. Phone Harrison 6753 CHICAGO 



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mines having to close down for a day 

 or two at a time from this cause are 

 becoming more numerous and it is the 

 general opinion in the trade that, with 

 demand becoming heavier, August will 

 surely witness the real beginning of 

 what is apt to develop into one of the 

 most serious car shortages in recent 

 years. 



"Another matter that is gradually 

 attracting more attention is the pros- 

 pective shortage of miners. As in the 

 car situation, this does not cut much 

 of a figure while mines are restricting 

 from lack of orders, but when the time 

 comes to speed up it will be found that 

 output is limited by scarcity of labor as 

 well as by a dearth of railroad equip- 

 ment. Both factors taken together are 

 bound to prove a severe handicap in 

 getting out coal." 



AN INDIANA KANGE. 



In an Indiana town I am building 

 two connected houses, each 18x75. The 

 side walls are six feet high and 

 consist of three feet of concrete and 

 three feet of glass. The height to the 

 ridge is eleven and one-half feet. 

 The houses run east and west. The 

 west end and north side will be pro- 



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COAL 



Anthracite, BltamlnouB, Coke and Gas Coal 



tru^rB^uSiL,. Philadelphia 



tected by the boiler-room and shed. 

 The boiler is to be placed at the west 

 end. The south house will be used for 

 carnations and the north house for gen- 

 eral bedding plants. Will you tell me 

 the best way to pipe the houses, using 

 2-inch pipe for the returns! Will a 

 3%-inch pipe be sufficient for a flow 

 in each house, or would two 2%-inch 

 flows be better? The boiler will be in 

 a pit over four feet deep. It is rated as 

 ten horse-power. Is this large enough 

 for another house of the same size, 'd 

 I should wish to add it in the future? 



A. B. 



It will be advisable to use two 2^- 

 inch flow pipes in each house, though 

 one 3-inch flow might be used over- 

 head. In addition to the two flows, 

 there should be ten 2-inch returns in 

 the carnation house and twelve in the 



TRAVIS GREENHOUSE ROCKER GRATE 



We use ^ inch air space, which 

 will handle lump, slack and 

 the finer grades of coal. 



All air spaces are opened 

 evenly by earfi movement. 

 This is necessary for com- 

 plete combustion . 



All our srrates are completed 

 in our factory. No tools are 

 required to install them in 

 your furnace. 



«Wrl^, triving us the siae of 



Ly^r furnace, and we iifilH 

 fit ire with you on prices. 



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G. E. TRAVIS CO., HENRY, ILL.. U.S.A 



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