. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 92 The Florists^ Review OCTOBKR ai, 1912. 2,000,000TONS, EST!MATED OUTPUT FOR 1912 houston=sSt'£ coals ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO FLORISTS' USE The high Btandard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houston Service has msMle these Coals Famous in the Greenhouse and Florist Trade. THACKER COAL- TBAOBHAIK Main Offic* Union Trust Bldg., Cincinnati KuPER Hood, Gen'l Sales Agrt- POCAHONlAfS- nAf>t MAIK HOUSTON COAL COMPANY Successor to THE THACKER COMPANY PHONES: Harrison 5379-Automatic 63-303 Wastam Offfica Old Colony Bide., Chicago R. C. Cantelou


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 92 The Florists^ Review OCTOBKR ai, 1912. 2,000,000TONS, EST!MATED OUTPUT FOR 1912 houston=sSt'£ coals ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO FLORISTS' USE The high Btandard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houston Service has msMle these Coals Famous in the Greenhouse and Florist Trade. THACKER COAL- TBAOBHAIK Main Offic* Union Trust Bldg., Cincinnati KuPER Hood, Gen'l Sales Agrt- POCAHONlAfS- nAf>t MAIK HOUSTON COAL COMPANY Successor to THE THACKER COMPANY PHONES: Harrison 5379-Automatic 63-303 Wastam Offfica Old Colony Bide., Chicago R. C. Cantelou. Western Mgr. Mention The Rerlew wh<n yon write. Greenhouse Heating. FUEL OIL BECOMINO SCABCE. From the western headquarters of the Standard Oil Co., at Chicago, comes the announcement that it will cease the sale of fuel oil after Decemb^ 1. The phe- nomenal increase in the ^0 of gasoline for engines propelling automobiles and other machinery is given as the cause for abandoning the fuel oil branch of the business. It has been found more profitable to keep the oil and refine it rather than sell it for fuel purposes. There are quite a number of green- houses that burn oil, but a majority of these are located outside what the oil interests consider as the Chicago terri- tory. How these oil burners will be af- fected is not yet apparent, except that unquestionably the cost will be higher. At present the western independent oil companies are somewhat at sea over the course to pursue. Their capacities in fhe middle west territory are far too mall to take care of the entire demand. TO PREVENT BOILING OVER. 1 noticed in The Review of October 24, page 94, an inquiry under the title of "Expansion Tank Boils Over," by H. H. K. I had the same trouble last winter, two or three times. It was caused by the water getting hot enough to begin running out of the expansion tank, and this action, when once start- ed, kept siphoning the water out of the system, because the expansion


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