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The Florists' Review 



MAt 29. 1913. 



3 1 IE 



fpLORISTS' FUEL DI RECT ORY] 



2,000,000 TONS ANNUAL CAPACITY ^^^ 



V\OMSTO;V 



THACKERr ' 

 COAU 



HOUSTON=;".orH'.".;>i 



COALS 



niADE MAU 



ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO FLORISTS' USE 



The high standard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houston 

 Service has made these coals Famous in the Greenhouse and Florist Trade. 



PbCAHOKT^^ 



TRADE NARK 



Main Office 

 Union Trust Bids:*, Cincinnati 



KuPER IIooD, Gen'l Salus Agt. 



HOUSTON COAL COMPANY 



Waatarn Offica 

 Old Colony BidK^ Cliicaso R. C. Cantelou. Western Mgr. 



Soutliam Offica 

 Saaboard Banic Bids., Norfolk, Va, 



W. W. Hoi'STOX, Southern Mgr. 



Mpntinn The RovIpw wlipn yon write. 



Panther 



HiRhest (Trade for Steam 

 and Domestic. 



Carbon 63.27 



Ash 2 9y 



B. T. U 15.151 



W. S. TAYLOR. Weit'n Sales «■(. 



WEST VIRGINIA 



POCAHONTAS COAL SALES 



CORPORATION 



OLD COLONY BLDG. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



CWe will write you a positive guarantee that PANTHER coal has every single 

 desirable feature of the best Pocahontas, except that it makes u little more smoke. 



Last year (first year produced) we got seven Florists that were 

 using Pocahontas to try Panther. Six of them are still using Panther. 

 Freight rate to Western points is 16c and 20c lower than Pocahontas. 

 Minerun carries about 65 to 70% lump. Get our prices. Write for 

 Parcel Post sample. We own Pocahontas mines also. 



Three Mines 

 No. 3 Seam 



POCAHONTAS 



None Better 



Mines 

 McDowell Co., W. Va. 



Main Office: Norfolk, Va. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



(ireenhouse Heating. 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not nnderstood. But please do not 

 ask The Ticview 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. 



There has been no change in ])rices for 

 coal at the mouth of the mine, and little 

 change in prices of demurrage coal. 

 The operators are not letting coal come 

 to market faster than it can be taken 

 care of and the prosi)ects arc that those 

 who have been accustomed to pick up, 

 during the summer months, some cheap 

 cars out of the sujtply on track, will find 

 there are few such opportunities this 

 season. The operating companies appear 

 more inclined than ever before to let 

 the coal stay in the ground rather than 

 mine it at cost. 



Buckwheat, the grade of anthracite 

 that is used for steam ])nrposes by many 

 florists, is slightly weaker than it has 

 been, but it is liolding stendily in com- 

 parison with other seasons. The mines 

 are rejiorted to l)e jMitting more or less 

 buckwheat on the ground rather than let 

 it come on to a not strong market. 



The \Vest A'irginia smokeless coals 

 that are burned so extensively by florists 

 in the middle west are not showing tlie 

 usual signs of the season in wavering 

 prices. The l)etter grades of bituminous 



Talapliona Cantral 14 



Eatabilaliad 1887 



Kelly, W. Va., Smokeless Coal 



MINE RUN-IDEAL COAL FOR FLORISTS 



CONTR&fT PRirF.S 83.00 par nat ton f. o. b. CliicaKO to Auc 1, 1913 



CUHIKAtl fft'^L0$3.18parnattonf.o.b.ClilcasoAuK.1.1913.toMarcli31.1914 



E. L. HEDSTROM S CO. 



BITUMINOUS COAL 



MINERS and 

 SHIPPERS 



Phone or Write— 

 Representative Will Call 



Marquette BIdg., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



coal are firm. New River and Pocahon- 

 tas are quoted at .$1.2;') at the mine and 

 coal men who usually are well informed 

 say they look for no cheaper j>ricc, pre- 

 dicting, rather, that there will l)e a 

 steady advance, from time to time. The 

 coal trad<' evi(iently believes the days 

 of low ])riced coal are over, but it many 

 times before now has h:ippeneil that 

 what the coal trade unanimously pre- 

 dicted failed to come to pass. 



INADEQUATE PIPING. 



I have l)ought a greenhouse, ;?2x217. 

 It runs north and south, is even-span 

 and lias iSfoot bars. There are f(»ur 

 feet of glass in the sides; the south end 

 is glass; the north end adjoins the boil- 

 er house. The greenlMUise is heated l)y 

 a hot water boiler, which consi.sts of 

 eleven or twelve sections and is G 

 years old. The draft is good. Tlie 

 boiler has two 4-incli out lets. The rear 

 outlet is plugged; the ma in from the 



front outlet rises at an angle to a height 

 of about six feet and is then reduced to 

 a .S-inch header. From this header there 

 are five 2-inch flows, and from the flows 

 there are eight 2-inch returns, extending 

 around the sides of the house, four on 

 each side. 



Is the boiler large enough for a tem- 

 ])erature of .lo degrees in this Massachu- 

 setts climate? Are there enough pipes 

 in the house? I was thinking of putting 

 in a 2ij-inch feed pipe from the rear 

 outlet and connecting it to two outside 

 flow jtipes. By doing so I would have 

 tlie 3-inch main feeding three 2-inch 

 flows and the 2>.j-inch main feeding two 

 2 inch flows. Would this work satis- 

 factorily, or what would vou recom- 

 mend? P. A. F. 



As nearly as can be determined from 

 the <lata given, about 2,4(10 square feet 

 of radiating surface will be required, 

 to maintain a temjierature of .10 degrees 

 in the house described. This is fullv 



