PRICE LIST OF VITA-BAND PLANT BANDS 
Sold in Units of 1,000 Only 




Sizes in Vita- Vita- 
Inches BanD A | BanD B Growtex |Neponset 
134x134x214*.| $2.95 $2.50 $2.25 $2.00 
ZK2X2 ote 3.20 2.70 2.50 2.15 
22K 3 ee 3.50 3.10 2.80 2.50 
216x24x3 3.75 3.30 3.00 2.75 
SXSxXSe ee ae 4.45 3.55 3.25 3.00 
SXSk4 oe eee 5.40 4.25 4.00 SAAS) 




*Fit Tom Thumb Fluts 

and with bottom heat supplied. That of course 
is reversed in Carnations, Geraniums, Saint 
Paulias, ete. 
GRADING SUGGESTIONS. As given by 
Russell Davenport, 8. 8. Pennock Co., Boston, 
at Ohio Florists’ Short Course. 
Roses. The new spiral wrap is preferred. 
This involves laying out as for the old sheet 
method, two rows with the top row heads laid 
even with the base of the heads in the first row. 
When the sheet is rolled it makes a package 
about the same size top and bottom, very easy 
to handle in any way. You gain the confidence 
of a buyer by putting 25 good Roses in every 
bunch. A buyer, on the other hand, knows well 
enough how easy it is to hide ° ‘culls” in such a 
bunch and will avoid the Roses of a grower 
who tries it. 
Carnations. A fan-shaped bunch — pro- 
tected with a cardboard wrap such as that first 
used by the N.E.C.G.A. A cardboard wrap 
giving the added protection that the one the 
Hill Company uses is even better. In any event 
the flat bunch is much preferred to the round 
one. The individual flowers are more easily 
seen, the bunch is more easily packed. Most 
important is that there are 25 good blooms 
in every bunch. 
SNAPDRAGONS. 12 stems of equal length 
and strength of stem in each bunch. Tops of 
heads even and stem ends even. <A tie just 
under the bloom heads. Don’t forget to have 
your stem ends even and to keep the string 
up a bit from the ends to allow for cutting the 
stems off a little when necessary. In packing 
for shipment Snaps very definitely will not 
stand crushing; don’t try to get too many ina 
box. As you pack put paper of some kind be- 
tween layers and don’t lay white or yellow on 
newspaper, the print comes off on them. 
Stocks. In bunching, stock heads and stem 
ends should both be even as with Snaps. Keep 
string up from bottom of stems to allow for 
crushing of ends of stems without breaking the 
string. Double Stock, both from a sales angle 
and a handling angle is better bunched in half 
dozens. Again a loose tie just under the bloom 
heads on each bunch. In packing Stock for 
shipping remember that it is easy to crush the 
blooms so badly they won’t even regain form 
in water. Because Stock is heavier than Snap, 
it is well to divide the layers in your packing 
box with “pillows” fashioned from newspaper. 
Catia Litres. Bunch them in half dozens 
with bloom faced so that there is a natural flat 
back to each bunch. This facilitates both han- 
dling and repacking. Tie near end of stems 
and a loop just under blooms. 
Easter Litres. Under present conditions 
Easters are better tied in dozens than in 25's, 
from a sales angle. It is also easier to ‘‘face”’ 
a dozen Lily heads all one way than it is twice 
that number. Faced one way with a flat back 
again is comparatively easy to handle with a 
minimum of bruising. Once bunched make 
the tie at the bottom of the stems tight enough 
to hold the heads in position. 
REGALES, RUBRUMS AND AURATUMS. It is 
best not to bunch any of these particular 
Lilies. Pack them for shipping a stem at a 
time. It is even well to put protection of some 
kind between the blooms on each stem. 
Shredded tissue or shredded wax make a_ in- 
expensive and easy to use protection. ‘These 
three Lilies are much better to ship when cut 
tight. 
CanpipuM Litres. Bunched by half dozen 
stems is best. It is very easy to ruin this Lily if 
extreme care is not taken in packing them if 
they are cut open. It is far better to cut them 
and ship them tight. They carry well in a 
cooler and open well in water. 
DELPHINIUM. Same bunching rules as for 
Snapdragons, on the smaller-flowered types. 
Incidentally, experimenting has shown grow- 
ers In our area that the Bellamosum and Bella- 
donna are the only two varieties they can pro- 
duce profitably under glass. They also have 
found that they obtain best results by cutting 
on the green side. The large flowering Hybrids 
are best bunched in half dozens and even more 
than the small-flowered varieties need to be 
cut tight. In packing for shipping any Del- 
phinium should be protected with wax paper, 
not ordinary tissue. Regular tissue apparently 
takes necessary moisture right out of the 
blooms, leaving them so wilted they are often 
beyond repair at the end of a lengthy journey. 
SMALL FLowers. Because very often Peas, 
Marguerites, and Cornflowers are bunched as 
they are being picked, without ever seeing a 
erading bench, a serious oversight is made. No 
care is taken to keep the ends of the stems 
even. Strings, in tying bunches, run down to 
the tip of the longest stem. This makes it most 
difficult to even the stems with a knife before 
vasing. If water deep enough to accomodate 
the shortest stems is put in vases for Corn- 
flowers and Peas, it runs right up the stems 
