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The FIoristsVRcvicw 



March 18, 19X.5. 



Elliott Auction Co. 



42 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



Offer at their first Sale, March 23, 11 a. m., and every 

 Tuesday and Friday thereafter, choice consignments 

 of Holland-grown nursery stock along with domestic, 

 consisting of Roses, Rhododendrons, Conifers, Vines, ; 

 Roots, Perennials, Bulbs, etc. 



WM. J. ELLIOTT, Auctioneer. 



more extensive, some of the most val- 

 uable being hemlock, Juniperus glauca, 

 Juniperus Schottii, red cedar, pyramidal 

 arborvitae, American arborvitsB, Swiss 

 Stone pine, Pfitzeriana juniper, Abies 

 concolor, Peabody's and Douglas' gol- 

 den arborvitae, Engelmanni spruce. 



Some valuable tall-growing sorts are 

 ■white pine, white spruce, Douglas fir, 

 Austrian pine, Black Hill spruce, red 

 <5edar, Colorado blue spruce. 



Of the small pr dwarf -growing ever- 

 greens, bjr far the best are Juniperus 

 Canadensis and Juniperus Sabina pros- 

 trate. They are splendidly suited t<J 

 our conditions and excellent for rough 

 banks, rocks and ornamental covers. 



People often say, "I do not like 

 evergreens; they are too melancholy," 

 and questioning will show that their 

 principal acquaintance is with the Nor- 

 way spruce. While it is true that the 

 Norway spruce is useful and valuable 

 for some purposes and locations, still 

 the Norway spruce has done more than 

 any other tree to injure the popular de- 

 mand for evergreens. 



Diseases. 



The diseases of evergreens are com- 

 paratively few, and, as a general rule, 

 mostly confined to a few species, and 

 restricted probably to certain condi- 

 tions of atmosphere and soil. 



A common source of disease is im- 

 perfectly drained soil. To be sure, ever- 

 greens have some insect enemies, but 

 these are few, indeed, compared with 

 the myriads of insects preying upon our 

 deciduous trees and shrubs. 



The most common of the pests usually 

 found upon evergreens in this locality 

 are bagworms, borers, plant-lice and 

 scale insects. Most of these pests can 

 be easily controlled through the use of 

 proper spray mixtures, such as kerosene 

 •emulsion, whale oil soap and nicotine 

 washes, applied at the proper season. 



Insect injury is most apparent and 

 severe following a hot, dry season, like 

 the summer just passed. 



Trimming and Shearing. 



The entire system of pruning an 

 evergreen depends much upon the same 

 principles that govern the trees of other 

 classes. 



Many evergreens are spoiled through 

 a mistaken idea of beauty by their 

 lower branches being cut off, leaving 

 a long, naked stem, extremely distaste- 

 ful to the intelligent evergreen planter. 



An excellent plan to preserve a per- 

 fect shape is to extract the center bud 



HYDRANGEAS (dormant), for growing on. 



AVALANCHB, white, g rown in eutdoor beds, suitable for potting into 3^-inch pots, 

 $5.00 per 100. BOUQUST ROSE, pink, now in 3^-incli pots, $6.00 per 100. 

 OTAKSA, now in 2^-inch pots, $4.00 per 100. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., 



Newark, New York 



Seven-year-old roots 



Eat your Asparagus this May and 



June. Don't wait 3 years. 



for your crop. 



If you plant 1 or 2-y ear-old Asparagus 

 roots you will have to wait 3 years before 

 you will get your crop. My 7-year-old 

 roots will produce an abundance of Aspar- 

 agus this May and June, Plant early to 

 establish in the ground. 



WARREN SHINN, Woodbury, N. J. 



Koot Specialist 

 Mention The Beview wben yon write. 



RAFFIA 



Natural— Four standard grades. 

 Colored— Twenty colors. 



We are headquarters — always carry 

 several hundred bales in stock. Can ship 

 any grade in any quantity at a moment's 

 notice. 



Bale (226 lbs.) lots or less. 



Write for prices and terms. 



Mctlutchison A Co. 



Tbe Import House 

 17 Murray Street, NEW YORK 



Mention The Eerlew wben yon write. 



Large Shade Trees 



FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT 



California and En^^Iish Privet 



Rambler and Hybrid Roses 



Send for Price List. 



W. B. COLE, N^7eX.. PainesYJUe, 0. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



%t" Roses 



Ferns, Plants, Vines, Bnlbs, etc. 



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Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



ROCHELLE 



DRT BANDS— Experience in Using Them 



H. «.-WfiAVEK 



Carnations 



Mignonettes United Phone. 



Sweet Peas 



Cut Flowere 



Blrd-in-Hand. Pa.. March 23, 1914. 

 F. W. Rochelle & Sons, 



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 that I 

 received from you early In January. 



We took some of these out and planted them 

 where they are to remain aboirt the 15th of 

 February. They made a GOOD GROWTH while 

 in the bands, and transplanted AS THOUGH they 

 had 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 tbe sand. 



I also have about ^,000 aster. plants trans- 

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

 time to plant out of doors WITHOUT FEAR OF 

 BECOMING ROOT BOUND, as would be the case 

 if I used 2 in. pots. 



Plants SELDOM BBOOMB ROOT BOUND 

 enougli. to injure 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 bnt a 

 short time to move the flats to a cold frame, 

 where we harden them off before setting them In 

 the fleld. 



One man can set MORE THAN ANOTHER 

 TIME AS MANY (twice as many) plants in the 

 fleld from these bands and flats than he can from 

 pots, and after he is through DOES NOT HAVE 

 THE BOTHER OF GATHERING UP, CLEAN- 

 ING, and STORING AWAY A LOT OF POTS. 



I believe anyone using these bands ONCE 

 WILL BECOME A REGUI.AR CUSTOMER. 

 Yours truly, 



H. B. Weaver. 



Mr. Weaver has bought the following lots of 

 Dirt Bands from us: 



Dec, 1913 50,000 Jan., 1915 70,000 



Jan., 1914 40,000 Mar., 1915 20,000 



Mar., 1914 20,000 



If he was not getting better plants from them 

 than from clay pots he would not continue to use 

 them so largely. 



See our 2-page advertisement, pages 30 and 31. 



F. W. ROCHELLE C SONS 



CHCSTM, N. J. 



ROSES-CAHNAS 



CONARD & JONES CO. 

 West «rov«. Pa. 



