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The Florists^ Review 



May 22, 1913. 



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 Old Colony Bide, Chlcaso R. U. Cantelou. Western tfgr. 



Southam Offica 

 Saaboard Bank Bide, Norfolk, Va, 



W. W. Houston, Southern Mgr. 



Mpntinn Thp RovIpw wlipn yon write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



The coal trade is showing a disposi- 

 tion to control prices by controlling out- 

 put — it is not now the fashion to put 

 more coal on the rail than the market 

 will take at a profitable price. 



The principal feature of the Heating 

 Department this week is not in the de- 

 partment at all, but on pages 22 and 23. 

 where there was room for cuts. See the 

 Black Diamond 's story of greenhouse fuel 

 needs. 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Eeview to make a choice of ap- 

 paratus for you. The greenhouse heating 

 equipment advertised in this paper is, we 

 believe, the best for the trade to buy, 

 and each article the best in the special 

 field of its adaptation. 



THE FUEL MARKET. 



The fuel market is exceptionally 

 strong for the season. Anthracite is 

 not pressing for an outlet and, accord- 

 ing to a much-quoted authority in the 

 trade, ' ' the firmness of the bituminous 

 market is such as to occasion astonish- 

 ment on the part of a great majority of 

 those interested therein. According to 

 precedent, prices should be on the down 

 grade at this stage of the season, with 

 sellers making a great push to gather 

 in contracts and showing more or less 

 indiscretion in sending coal to tide- 

 water in advance of its sale. As it is, 

 prices are practically stationary, and 

 have been for many weeks. Instead 

 of seeking contracts, no small number 

 of shippers have about all of that class 

 of business they care to take on at 

 the present time, in view of the ex- 

 pected diflSculty of operating mines to 

 anything like their full theoretical ca- 

 pacity next fall and winter, while as 

 for pvershipping the market, there is 

 not the least indication of that." 



TROUBLE IN MUSHROOM HOUSE. 



I have some trouble in heating my 

 mushroom house correctly. The house 

 is 20x100, with 6-foot walls. I am 

 enelosmg a diagram which will show 

 the arrangement of the beds. The mains 





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NOTICE THIS— We will write you a "poBltlve Riiarantee" that Panther 

 Coal has every single desirable feature 

 of the very bestPocnhontas.exceptthatlt 

 makes a little mono smoke. It looks like 

 Pocahontas, but is not so soft. Burns 

 like It: Jast as little ash; no clinkers; 

 lasts as long; Just as Intense beat. 



Write today for prices. WE MINE POCAHONTAS TOO 



West Virsrinia Pocahontas Coal Sales Corporation 



Chicago Office, O'd Colony Bldg. iVUln Office. Norfolk. Va. 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



run where I have marked them; the 

 coils hang a few feet lower. The heat 

 nearly all rises; only a little goes down, 

 as the two upper beds act like bar- 

 riers. What is the easiest way to get 

 this house heated uniformly, 



E. A. R, 



The diagram shows a flow pipe upon 

 each plate and a coil of pipes on each 

 wall, about halfway from the ground 

 to the plates. There are two double- 

 deck beds, with three walks. The let- 

 ter does not give any information re- 

 garding the height of the pipes above 

 the boiler, but, if the height is suffi- 

 cient to warrant such a change, the 

 trouble can be lessened by lowering 

 the pipes. If this is not possible, the 

 flow pipes could be lowered and wooden, 

 shelf-like heat d^ftBctors could be put 

 in. These cowld be hinged to the.^walls 

 and thrown up when the walks need 

 to be used. 



Shamokin, Pa.— The H, P, Campbell 

 Estate has moved its florist establish- 

 ment to its new building, 63 East In- 

 dependence street. 



PUT YOUR HEATING PROBLEMS 

 == UP TO = 



Robt Ross Jones 



HARRISBURG, PA. 



Who Makea a Specialty of Cor* 

 rectinfl* DefeetiTO Green- 

 house Heating Syatems. 



Mention Th e Kevle w when yon write. 



HEAVY DEMAND FOR CTPKESS. 



In,. 1898 the amount of standing cj; 

 press in the United States was esti- 

 mated to be 27,000,000,000 feet. Ip 

 view of the almost universal recogni' 

 Ifen of this wood as the best available 

 for greenhouse construction, the trade 

 will be interested in knowing that since 

 that time the cut has exceeded 5,000,- 



