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The Florists' Review 



February 25, 1015. 



have trouble with the circulation, as 

 the steam turns to water the minute 

 it gets into the pipes of this house 

 and chokes up the returns, thus af- 

 fecting the entire system. We have 

 nothing planted in house No. 5, as it 

 has just been completed, but we want 

 to start it as soon as possible. So, if 

 you can give me information as to 

 how to get a good circulation, in this 

 house as well as in the rest of them, 

 J shall be greatly obliged. 



Each house contains eighteen 11/4- 

 inch pipes the full length of the 

 houses. No matter how much steam 

 we carry on the houses, we cannot 

 get a good circulation in No. 5. I 

 intend to add another house, about 

 29x150, next spring. Is my boiler big 

 enough? Please tell me the size of 

 my range in square feet of glass, as 

 I want to take out hail insurance. 



G. E. Y. 



Although it is not possible to make 

 an accurate computation of the area 

 of exposed glass without knowing the 

 height of the ridges and the amount 

 in the exposed ends of the houses, 

 the total will probably not differ much 

 from 20,000 square feet. An esti- 

 mate of 75 horsepower for the boiler 

 will be close enough for all practical 

 purposes, and as less than 4,000 square 

 teet of radiation will be required to 

 heat the above amount of glass to GO 

 degrees, there is plenty of reserve 

 power in the boiler for fifty per Cent 

 more glass, so that another house 

 29x150 could be heated without diffi- 

 culty. 



The fact that the system works well 

 when the heat is turned on for four 

 of the houses, and does not work 

 when the fifth house is turned on, 

 would indicate that there is some- 

 thing wrong with that house. Possi- 

 bly the valve in the feed pipe to 

 house No. 5 leaks slightly, and this 

 would result in the filling of the re- 

 turns with water. So far as I can 

 see, the radiation is ample for 60 de- 

 grees in each of the houses and 65 

 degrees in houses 2 and .*?. 



If 60 degrees is desired in the 

 houses, I would run a 2i/^-inch main 

 the entire length of each house and 

 connect at the farther end with the 

 return pipes, using sixteen returns for 

 houses 1 and 5 and twelve returns 

 for houses 2 and 3, with ten or eleven 

 in house No. 4. To prevent the chok- 

 ing of the returns, I would put in a 

 1 i/_.-inch by-pass, connecting the feed 

 pipe to house No. 5 with the end of 

 ihe main return. This may be suf- 

 ficient to correct the difficulty. 



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"Could you ship me by freight at once 16,000 

 more 2-ln. Dirt Bands and 5000 S-ln. Dirt BandsT 

 I like them very much." — H. B. Weaver, Blrd-ln- 

 Hand, Pa. (Mr. Weaver grows Carnations, Migno- 

 nettes, Sweet Peas and Cut Flowers. He got 6000 

 2-ln. Dirt Bands In December and 40,000 In 

 January, 20,000 In March last year, and has Just 

 ordered 70,000 more.) 



DIRT BANDS— Experience in Using Them 



H. B. WEAVER 



Carnations 



Mignonette* Dnlted Phone. 



Sweet Peas 



Cut Flowers 



BIrd-ln-Hand, Pa., March 23. 1914. 

 P. W. Rochelle ft Sons, 



Chester, N. 3. 



Gentlemen: In reply to your query wonld state 

 that I planted seedling stock plants and snap- 

 dragon cuttings in the first lot of hands that I 

 received from yon early in January. 



We took some of these out and planted them 

 where they are to remain about the 15th of 

 February. They made a GOOD GROWTH while 

 In the bands, and transplanted AS THOUGH they 

 bad never been moved at all. 



I have now about 14,000 carnation plants 

 started in 2-ln. bands which are making a RAPID 

 GROWTH, scarcely losing a plant in transplant- 

 ing from the sand. 



I also have about 20,000 aster plants trans- 

 planted in 2-In. bands which can stay there till 

 time to plant out of doors WITHODT FTIAR OF 

 BECOMING ROOT BOUND, as would be the case 

 If I used 2-ln. pots. 



Plants SELDOM BECOME ROOT BOUND 

 enough to Inlure them IN THE DIRT BANDS, 

 and DO NOT REQUIRE NEAR THE AMOUNT 

 OF ATTENTION that a pot plant does. In water- 

 ing, shifting, transplanting, etc. 



I make my bands and set them In flats, as I 

 make them up, each flat holding 117. 



When we get crowded indoors It takes but a 

 short time to move the flats to a cold frame, 

 where we harden them off before setting them In 

 the field. 



One man can set MORE THAN ANOTHER 

 TIME AS MANY (twice as many) plants lo the 

 field from these bands and flats than he can from 

 pots, and after he Is thronch DOES NOT HAVE 

 THE BOTHER OF GATHERING UP, CLEAN- 

 ING, and STORING AWAY A LOT OF POTS. 



I believe an.vone using these hands ONCE 

 WILL BECOME A REGULAR CUSTOMER. 



Yours truly, 

 H. B. Weaver. 



H. B. WEAVER 



Cut Flowers United Phone. 



CBrnatlons a Specialty 



BIrd-ln-Hand, Pa., Jan. 7th, 1915. 

 F. W. Rochelle ft Sons. 



Dear Sirs: You may aend me 70,000 two- Inch 

 Dirt Bands instead of 60.000. I enclose a check 

 for same. If you will send me a few drcnlara 

 and price lists I will distribute tbem among my 



friends. We have a florists' club In our county 

 of about sixty members. 



Yours truly, 



H. B. Wearer. 



"We note friend H. B. Weaver's testimonial. 

 Coming from a man like H. B. Weaver It Is 

 WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD." — James 

 brown, Jr.. Florist, CoatesvlUe, Pa. 



2779^0 NORE BLOSSOMS 



on plants raised in Square Paper Pots than oa 

 plants raised In clay pots of same size. 



Tliere were 456 stems of blossoms on 40 plants 

 raised in 4-inch Square Paper Pots and 106 stems 

 of blossoms on 40 plants raised In 4-lnch clay 

 pots. 



The above was taken from the following report 

 In the Market Growers' Journal, January 1, 1914, 

 page 6. 



NUMBER OP STEMS IN BLOSSOM 



When set In the field May 16th, the root sys- 

 tems of the plants from the 4-lnch square paper 

 r>ots were 4-lnch cubes (64 cubic Inches of toll 

 and roots) and from the 4-inch clay pots the root 

 s.ri>tems contained 31 cubic Inches of soil and 

 roots (the amount that a 4-inch clay pot holds). 



The third count of blossoms was made June 27, 

 42 days after the plants had been set In the field. 



The plants from the square paper pots were 

 then more than twice as large and vlgorons as 

 those raised in clay pots. 



All plants raised In square paper pots are 

 larger and more vigorous than those raised In clay 

 fK>ts, because they have about double root room 

 for the same slse pots. 



Measure the two pots and yon will find that 

 the 4-inch square paper pot holds as mnch soil 

 as two 4-lnch clay pots. 



It Is the same with square dirt bands, which 

 are square paper pots without bottoms (the bot- 

 toms being furnished by old newspapers spread 

 on the bench). 



The theory that It Is only necessary to have a 

 big top to the plant has been proved misleading. 



There must be a big root system to push the 

 top or the plant will grow slow and small. 



Try some square paper pots or dirt bands with 

 your clay pots and see If you can afford to nse 

 any clay pots. 



Some of the fiorists around Philadelphia are 

 using large numbers of square dirt bands and 

 paper pots. 



We have shipped to Mr. P. B. Dllks, Brides- 

 burg, Phila., Pa., 150,000 2 Inch square dirt bands 

 and 20,000 3-inch square dirt bands; to Mr. Geo. 

 W. DHks, Frankford, Pa., 10,000 2-lnch square 

 dirt bands and 10,000 3-Inch square dirt bands: 

 to M-. M. H. Hostetter, Manhelm, Pa.. 20,000 

 2U-inch dirt hands and fiOiiO .''i Inch dirt bands: 

 Mr. H. B. Weaver, Blrd-In-Uand. Pa., 135,00f' 

 2-tnch dirt bands. 



393 fo NORE EARLY FRUIT 



120 early tomato plants reported In Market 

 Growers' Journal, Jan. 1, 1914. raised In 4-incli 

 clay pots (31 cubic Inches of soil and roots), had 

 yielded up to Aug. 11 7% peach baskets— $4.75 

 worth of ripe tomatoes, while 120 plants raised In 

 4-lnch SQUARE paper pots (64 cubic inches of 

 soil and roots), had yielded .13 peach baskets — 

 $23.50 worth of ripe tomatoes — 303 per cent more. 



Address T. W. ROCHELLE & S0NS,| 



