1880. 



AND IKHiTICULTURlST. 



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Has not Mrs. R. P. made a mistake in Odonto- 

 glossum citrina ? I do not know of any Odonto- 

 glossuin under that name. Does she not mean 

 Cattleya citrina ? If so, this should be grown 

 upon a block of wood. Fix the plant so that the 

 foliaiie is hanging downwards. In its native habit 

 it grows upon the under branches of trees where 

 it can hang in a downward position ; it requires a 

 good supply of water in its growing season. 

 There are several works upon the cultivation of 

 Orchids, the best probably is that of B. S. Wil- 

 liams, sold at the Gardener's Monthly office. 



EUCHARiS AMAZONICA. 



BY J. B., FREDKKICKTON, X. B. 



I see, Mr. Editor, in the April number of the 

 Monthly, Mrs. E., Melrose, Mass., asks: "Will 

 some one familiar with the culture of Eucharis, 

 inform me, through the Monthly if it can be 

 grown as a house plant?" Now I do not pro- 

 pose to teach experienced gardeners, nor assume 

 to possess all knowledge in reference to this 

 matter. I will not say what I can do, but what 

 I cannot do with Eucharis — that is I have been 

 trying to flower it in a cool house for the last 

 ten years, and have failed to do so. I have also 

 given plants to other gardeners situated about as 

 myself, with night temperature from 45° to 55°, 

 with 5° or 10° higher by day. Some of these 

 gardeners have said how easy it was to flovver, 

 and what little trouble they had with it at some 

 Lords or Dukes in England or Scotland; but 

 out of five or six here in Frederickton, X. B., 

 who have each one or more plants of Eucharis, 

 and have had them the last eight years, some of 

 them, but no flowers to my knowledge. Some 

 three 3'ears ago my employer had quite a large 

 pot full of strong bulbs ; I divided them, and put 

 three in an 8-inch pot, and thought I should have 

 had quite a success; but alas, like the barren 

 tig tree, nothing but leaves. But there is one 

 gentleman here who grows them like potatoes ; 

 the answer is, he gives them plent}'^ of heat. 

 1 understand it grows in Brazil or South Ameri- 

 ca, so that it is at home in a moist humid at- 

 mosphere, say from 60° to 70° night, with 5° or 

 10° higher by day. 



Having access to most of the greenhouses here 

 I have an opportunity of seeing what is in bloom. 

 I find in the hothouse of H. Ray,— a subscriber 

 to the Monthly— go when I will, spring, sum- 

 mer, fall or winter, there are more or less Eu- 

 charis in bloom, and the leaves are black with 



richness, so that I have come to the conclusion 

 it is no use bothering with Eucharis if you can- 

 not give it a good moist heat, or a congenial 

 temperature ; this is my simple opinion based 

 upon experience. 



FORCING LILIES. 



BY KDWIN r. F.LLKT, (.ERMANTOWN, PHILA. 



I submit to your consideration the following 

 concerning Lilium candidum and L. longiflorum. 

 In reply to S. F. T., of Saratoga Springs, I 

 would state that we have growMi Lilium candi- 

 dum and L. longiflorum very successfully in the 

 following manner. On the 15th of August we 

 placed the bulbs in soil composed of two parts 

 good loam, one part well-rotted manure, and 

 one part bar sand; as they seem to like good 

 drainage it would be well to place some screen 

 ings in the bottom of the pots. We placed 

 them in an open frame till Oct. .30th, and then 

 put them in a house with slow heat. The bulbs 

 first begin to sprout Nov. 28th. After Dec. 1st, 

 we raised the heat to about 100° in the day 

 time, and 80° at night. The first flower opened 

 Feb. 8th. After this date they flower slowly at 

 first, but the bulk of them come in a short time 

 before Easter, until which time they may be 

 kept. 



EUCHARIS AMAZONICA, 



BY WALTER GRAY. 



In reply to the inquires of Mrs. E., respect- 

 ing the culture of Eucharis Amazonica as a 

 house plant, from my experience I would say 

 that it is a plant not suitable for that purpose. 

 To flower this plant well it requires judicious 

 treatment. It should be grown in a hothouse 

 until well established, in good peat and loam in 

 equal parts, with one-third of coarse sand well 

 mixed together. When growing should have 

 abundance of water and weak manure water 

 once a week. After making its growth it should 

 be removed to a cool greenhouse for about eight 

 weeks, during which time but little water should 

 be given, and then brought back into the hot- 

 house and treated as before. 



This plant is subject to mealy bug, thrip, 

 etc. To keep this pest down use the syringe 

 freely and wash the leaves with weak whale oil 

 soap water. I have seen fine large plants stand- 

 ing in hothouses for several years which for the 

 want of a resting season do not flower well. Good 

 established plants can be brought into flower 

 three times in a year. Where several good 



