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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 11, 191Qt. 



shows the Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society has given. The feature 

 of the show was a Dutch garden man- 

 aged by A. H. Lange, E. W. Breed and 

 Mr. Van Luen. The garden was divided 

 by two walks leading to a summer 

 house and between the walks was a bed 

 of tulips, hyacinths, narcissi and rhodo- 

 dendrons. At one side of the walks was 

 a bed of narcissi and at the other a 

 bed of tulips and hyacinths. There 

 were two smaller beds on each side of 

 the summer house, one composed of 

 Darwin tulips, of which Pride of Haar- 

 lem drew special attention. Inside the 

 summer house a little boy and girl, 

 dressed as Dutch children, were play- 

 ing. A Dutch scene, with the windmill 

 and dike, was placed at the back of 

 the entire garden and, with its brick 

 walJs and Dutch flowers, it looked much 

 like the gardens of Holland. The Cad- 

 man orchestra furnished music both 

 days. 



Miss Lucy CoulsOn had a special dis- 

 play of jasmines that were exception- 

 ally good. The carnations exhibited by 

 the Sunnyside Nursery were fine and 

 those shown by W. E. Estabrook could 

 not be passed without praise. 



The awards were: 



Dutch KiiKleii— H. F. A. Lauge, first; E. W. 

 BvoeU, st-cond. 



Ciiriintlous-— Sunnyside Nursery, first; W. E. 

 Estabrook, Micond; P. Brlgham, third. 



Narcissi— U. F. A. Lange, first; Mrs. J. C. 

 Wliitin, socoml: A. W. Hlxon, third. 



Cyclamens — H. F. A. Lange, first; B. W: Breed, 

 second; A. \V. Hixon, third. 



Cinerarias — H. F. A. Lange, first; Charles 

 Porter, second; A. W. Hixon, third. 



Bunch of violets — Dr. Murdocl£, first; Mrs. 

 Sargent, scooik!. 



C.vcliinieti. one plant— H. F. A. Lange, first; 

 Luo.v Coulsoii. second: E. W. Breed, third. 



Azalea, one plant — U. F. A. Lange, first. 



Primula Sinensis— H. K. A. Lange, first; A. W. 

 Hixon. secoui'. 



I'ritiiiila. n!!.v other variety — H. F. A. Lange, 

 first; A^ W. Ilixtiii. second. 



Baslict — li. 1'. .\. Lange, first; Mrs. Sargent, 

 second. 



Cut flowers — H. F. A. lange, first. 



Orchid plant— Mrs. J. C. Whitiii, first; H. F. A. 

 Lange, second. 



Orchid dlspla.v— Mrs. J. C. Whitin, first. 



Miss Lucy Coulson received a special prize for 

 Jasmines, and Charles Porter for Cineraria 

 stellata. 



Various JWotes. 



H. F. A. Lange reports business still 

 increksing and spring flowers in de- 

 mand. He made a specialty of sweet 

 peas last week. His window of enor- 

 mous pussy willows, cinerarias, cycla- 

 mens and primulas was beautiful. Mr. 

 Lange has some of his prize tulips on 

 exhibition at the Bancroft hotel. He 

 has a contract to furnish this hotel with 

 flowers. 



Harry Randall reports a good busi- 

 ness. His transient trade is good. He 

 had a nice window display of various 

 kinds of tango bowls. He says his new 

 Ford delivery car aids him greatly with 

 his deliveries. 



F. B. Madaus has some fine calla 

 lilies. La«t week he n»ade a specialty 

 of sweet peas and violets. He says 

 trade is good and that he looks for- 

 ward to a large Easter business, 



H. F. Littlefield had a sale on violets, 

 narcissi and ferns, selling them at a 

 popular price. H. L. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



Business last week was quiet, with 

 enough sto<'k of all kinds to supply 

 the demand, which was mostly for fu- 

 neral work. Raster lilies look as 

 though thoy will be in the i>ink of con- 

 dition lor Easter trade; the same is 



ROCHELLE PAPER POTS 



SIBT BANDS 



(Paper Pots without bottoms, newspapers Ijeing 



spread on the bench for bottoms.) 

 Inch 1000 6000 10,000 20,000 50,000 100,000 



1% $0.50 $1.80 $ 3.40 $ 6.2B $14.00 $ 26.00 



2 60 2.00 8.75 7.00 16.00 80.00 



2% 70 2.40 4.40 8.25 19.50 87.00 



2% 75 2.75 6.00 9.60 23.00 44.00 



8 90 8.60 6.76 12.60 29.00 66.00 



8% 96 4.00 7.60 14.60 35.00 66.00 



4 1.00 4.60 8.50 16.60 40.00 76.00 



4% 1.25 5.50 10.50 19.00 45.00 87.60 



5 1.50 6.25 12.00 22.00 60.00 100.00 



6 2.10 8.50 16.00 30.00 70.00 126.00 



No taclis or folding block needed. Samples 



free. Please mention tills paper. 



Copyright directions for ns* 'wltb each order. 



Our Square Paper Dirt Bands are the original 

 of all tbat are on the market today. All other* 

 being sold are imitations of these we adTertlse, 

 and some of the Imitations being sold are made 

 of cheap paper, costing only about half as much 

 as our heavy stock. We sell no experiment*. 

 Onrs have been tried out by long use In the green- 

 house. They will stand up in any wet and beat 

 as long as wanted. Samples of ail sizes FREE. 



SaVAKE FAFEH POTS. 



(Folding block and tack* included.) 



Inch 500 1000 5000 10,000 20,000 50,000 



1% $0.60 $ .70 $ 8.25 I 6.50 $12.00 $ 26.00 



2 60 .80 4.00 7.50 13.00 82.00 



2^ 76 1.00 4.50 8.60 16.00 88.00 



8 90 1.2S 6.75 11.00 20.00 49.00 



4 1.25 1.75 8.50 15.00 29.00 76.00 



B 1.75 2.76 12.60 23.50 45.00 105.00 



6 2.75 3.75 16.50 81.25 60.00 140.00 



7 8J50 4.75 20.60 39.00 76.00 175.00 



The 2-ln. and 2\i-Ui. are fine for shipping pottad 



plants in. 



Try our paper pot* and Dirt Band* free. Order 

 what you wa^t — try them according to our direc- 

 tions, and iiriiot satisfactory ship them back and 

 we will refund your money. Price list free. 



"Conld yosvblp me by freight at once 18,000 

 more 2-in. Dirt Bands and 6000 S-ln. Dirt Bandat 

 I like them very much." — H. B. Wearer, Blrd-in- 

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

 nettea. Sweet Peas and Cut Flower*. He got 5000 

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

 January, 20,000 in March last year, and ha* Jnst 

 ordered 70,000 more.) 



DIRT BANDS— Experience in Using Them 



H. B. WEAVER 



Carnation* 



Mignonette* United Phone. 



Sweet Pea* 



Cot Flower* 



Birdin-Hand, Pa., March 23. 1914. 

 F. W. Rochelle & Son*, 



Chester, N. J. 



Gentlemen: In reply to your query would state 

 that I planted seedling Stock plants and snap- 

 dragon cuttings in the first lot of bands tbalt I 

 received from yon early In Jrfnuary. 



We took some of these out and planted them 

 where they are to remain about the 15th of 

 Febrnary. They made a GOOD GROWTH while 

 In the bands, and transplanted AS THOUGH they 

 had never been moved at all. 



I have now abont 14.000 carnation plant* 

 started in 2-in. 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-ln. bands which can stay there till 

 time to plant ont of doors WITHOUT FEAR OF 

 BECOMING ROOT BOUND, a* would be the case 

 If I used 2-ln. pots. 



Plants SELDOM BECOME ROOT BOUND 

 enough to Injure them IN THE DIRT BANDS, 

 and DO NOT REQUIRE NEAR THE AMOUNT 

 OF ATTENTION that a pot plant does, lo water- 

 ing, shifting, transplanting, etc. 



I make my bands and set them In flats, a* I 

 make them up, each flat holding 117. 



When we get crowded Indoors It takes bnt a 

 short time to move the flats to a cpid 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 in the 

 Held from these hands and flats than he can from 

 pots, and after he is through DOES NOT HAVE 

 THE BOTHKR OF GATHERING UP, CLEAN- 

 ING, and STORING AWAY A LOT OF POTS. 



I believe anyone using these hands ONOV 

 WILL BECOME A REGULAR CUSTOMER. 



Tonrs trnly, 

 H. B. Weaver. 



H. B. WEAVER 



Cut Flowers United Phone. 



Carnations s Specialty 



nird-ln Hand, Pa., Jan. 7th. 1»18. 

 F. W. Rochelle A Sons. 



Dear Sirs: Ton may send me 70,000 two-lndi 

 nirt Bands Instead of 60.0<i0. 1 enclose a check 

 for same. If you will send me s few drcalar* 

 and price lists I wlU distribute them among 017 



friend*. We have a florists' club in oar ooDntv 

 of about sixty members. 



Tonra tmly, 



H. B. Weaver. 

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

 Coming from a man like H. B. Weaver It i| 

 WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD." — Jame» 

 Brown. Jr., Florist. Coateavllle. Pa. 



277% MORE BLOSSOMS 



on plant* raised In Square Paper Pota thaa ob 

 planta raised in clay pots of same aiae. 



There were 456 stems of blossoms on 40 plant* 

 raised In 4-inch Square Paper Pota and 105 stem* 

 of blossoms - on 40 plants raised in 4-inch clay 

 pota. 



The above was taken from the following report 

 in the Market Grower*' Journal. January 1. 1914, 

 page 6. 



NUMBER OF STEMS IN BLOSSOM 



When set In the fleld May 15th, the root tjt- 

 terns of the planta from the 4-Inch square paper 

 pots were 4-lnch cubes (64 cubic inches of soil 

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

 systems contained 31 cubic inches of soil and 

 roots (the amount tbat a 4-inch clay pot bold*). 



The third count of blossoms was made June 27, 

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



The plants from the square paper pots were 

 then more than twice as large and vigorous as 

 those raised In clay pot*. 



All plants raised in square paper pota are 

 larger and more vigorous than those raised in clay 

 pots, t>ecau8e they have about double root room 

 for the same size pots. 



Measure the two pots and yon will flnd that 

 the 4-Incb square paper pot hold* a* much aoil 

 as two 4-Inch clay pots. 



It is the same with square dirt bands, which 

 are square pai)er pots without bottoms (the bot- 

 toms being furnished by old newspaper* *pread 

 on the bench). 



The theory that it 1* only necessary to have a 

 big top to the plant has been proved misleading. 



There mnst be a big root system to push the 

 top or the plant will grow slow and small. 



Try some square paper pots or dirt band* with 

 your clay pots and see if yon can afford to n*e 

 any clay pota. 



Some of the florists around Philadelphia are 

 nsing large numbers of square dirt banda and 

 paper pot*. 



We have shipped to Mr. P. B. Dllk*, Bridea- 

 bnrg, Phila., Pa., 150,000 2-inch *quare dirt band* 

 and 20.000 S-inch square dirt bands; to Mr. Geo. 

 W. Dilks, Franlsford, Pa., 10,000 2-lnch square 

 dirt bands and 10.000 3-inch square dirt band*; 

 to &!'. M. H. Hostetter, Manheim, Pa.. 20.000 

 214-lncb dirt bands and 6000 5-incb dirt bands: 

 Mr. H. B. Weaver, BIrd-ln-Hand, Pa.. 186,000 

 2-inch dirt bands. 



393fo MORE EARLY rRUIT 



120 early tomato plants reported in Market 

 Growers' Journal, Jan. 1, 1014, raised In 4-lncli 

 clay pots (31 cubic inches of soil and roots), bad 

 yielded up to Aug. 11 7% peach baskets---$4.73 

 worth of ripe tomatoes, while 120 plants raised In 

 4-inch SQUARE paper pots (64 cubic inches ot 

 soil and roots), had yielded 33 peach baskets — 

 $23.60 worth of ripe tomatoes — 303 per cent more. 



Address F. W. ROCHELLE & SONS, 



