FENNELL’S ORCHID NEWS 


Two strong young plants from a 
tray—Ready for 3” pots—Notice the 
two strong growths on each another 
result of regular feeding with 
FENORCO PLANT FOOD. 
FENORCO HYDROPONIC 
PLANT FOOD 
If you haven’t tried this fertilizer on 
your orchids do so now. 
Fenorco Plant Food is the result of 
years of careful experiments on thou- 
sands of plants in our collection. 
When used according to directions it 
is perfectly safe for all kinds and ages 
of orchids and other plants. Our ex- 
periments show that it definitely in- 
creases growth and the number of 
flowers per plant as well as the size 
and texture of the flowers. 
Give your plants a chance to do their 
best—feed them regularly with Fenorco 
Plant Food. 
Try 5 or 10 pounds today. 
Prices: 
1 Ib.............$1.00, postage and packing 50¢ 
2 lbs. 4 oz. ....$2, postage and packing 80c 
iy LOS a BOSUD ATC Mire em see ne eee $ 4.25 
LO Tbss postpaid in Uy tence ee 8.00 
ZUabs-epostpard! Ms Wyss eee 16.00 
We do not advise shipment of less 
than five pounds as the postage and 
packing charges are out of proportion to 
the value of the material. 
Special prices on larger quanities. 
Dealerships are open in many local- 
ities. 
We are offering Fenorco Plant Food 
primarily as a service to our customers. 
Orchids are grown -without feeding 
and while we think feeding advisable we 
suggest that you try it cautiously at 
first. We did and it works for us. 
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NEW DEPARTMENTS 
We are introducing with this issue of 
the NEWS two new departments— 
Books and Ornamental Conservatory 
Plants for the orchid collector. 
We will keep our book offerings down 
to a few that we feel are up to date and 
worthwhile for the amateur or pro- 
fessional grower. We will review each 
book we feel is worth offering as it 
comes along. In this issue we review 
three recent additions to the list. 
Gardening in Your Window 
By Jean Hersey 
This is a delightful, non-technical, 
how-to-do-it book on window gardening. 
It describes many novel ways of growing 
beautiful plants in your home and tells 



you a number of interesting stories ak 
these plants. 
It has a whole section of some 36 
pages devoted to orchids and among 
other things it shows you how, including 
diagrams and lists of materials, to build 
your own Orchidarium in your window 
for approximately $25.00. 
I feel that Mrs. Hersey has written a 
very fine and charming book on indoor 
gardening. For orchid growers it is 
essentially a book for the beginner. 
Fascinating illustrations make you 
want to start window gardening. 
PYiCE DOSU a1 eee eee eae oe $3.00 
Orchids Are Easy to Grow 
By Harry B. Logan and Lloyd C. Cosper 
This is one of the two best books to 
date for the serious orchid grower, 
whether he be amateur or professional. 
Its chapter on nutrition is particularly 
good as are its general directions for 
orchid culture. 
It impresses me as being a mod- 
ern and effective work on orchid culture. 
It is easily read and practical in its ap- 
proach to most of our problems. Pro- 
fusely illustrated in both black and white 
and in color. 
Price postpaid gees... eee $6.00 
HOME ORCHID GROWING 
By REBECCA T. NORTHERN 
A delightfully written book particular- 
ly slanted at the beginner who, at least 
at first, intends to grow his plants in 
the. home. Mrs. Northern’s approach to 
the problem of growing orchids in one’s 
home is thoroughly practical and com- 
pletely devoid of the usual mysterious 
hocus pocus that many writers seem to 
use when writing of orchid culture. 
She is the wife of Henry T. Northern, 
Plant Physiologist and Professor of 
Botany at the University of Wyoming 
and throughout her book she takes great 
care to make as easily understood as 
possible the scientific background on 
which modern orchid culture is based. 
This is the other “Best Modern Book 
Jrchids”. It is particularly good in 
‘reatment of Diseases, Pests and 
CENT 4 the home” culture. Its illustrations 
on “how to do’, potting, etc., are ex- 
‘tremely fine. Profusely illustrated in 
black and white and in color. 
Give these for gifts! 
PricerPostya idee eee eer $6.00 
“HOW AN ORCHID DRESSES 
YOU UP” 
A friend of ours has an ambitious 
wife, who, at the age of fifty, has gone 
back to the University to get a degree. 
Last winter we gave her a C. Specio- 
sissima bloom about the time of her 
mid-term exams. 
She perched the large lavender bloom 
on top of her black curls, a little left 
of center. 
‘How an orchid dresses you up” her 
husband exclaimed in surprise. Pleased 
by this response Judy decided to wear 
the bloom during exam week, hoping 
it would boost her morale. . 
This frivolity called forth remarks 
from both instructors and fellow stu- 
dents, tension evaporated and Judy came 
through with high marks in all her 
courses. Her husband was so pleased 
that he now considers an orchid a 
“must and all finals bring a request for 
a large orchid bloom. 
HAVE YOU TRIED FENORCO PLANT SPRAY? 
It’s the easy and proven way to keep your plants clean. Dilutes 48 to 1. 
Gallons== =e $15.00 

Quarts’. 2ee-....-:- $5.50 Pints. se $3.50 
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Fennell Orchid Company 
Route 1, Box 230 
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA 
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SEC. 34.66 P. L. & R. 
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