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December 30, ISyr 



brown over a suffusion of light green, the 

 margins pure white. The long petals 

 are deflexed in pretty curves and with 

 the pouch have that highly polished color 

 so characteristic of the first named parent. 



Kurylocus is a striking cypripedium of 

 strong and decided coloring. It has 

 been raised on both siiles of the water by 

 Veitcli in London, and Pitcher at Short 

 Hills, being a cross between ciliolare 

 and hirsutissinumi. The dorsal sepal is 

 lined in deep clartt puiple overlying a 

 lighter purple hue. the margins slightly 

 white. The petals are profusely spotted 

 with black and edged with long dark 

 hairs, while the prominent pouch is of a 

 uniform deep vinous purple, intense ami 

 showy in effect. 



Alcides is another fine hybriil from 

 liirsutissimum and in.>-igne, while insigne 

 Chantini crossed with the sanie species 

 gives a still liner type, called .\lcides 

 Clio. The dorsal sepal is deep green at 

 its I>ase, profusely spotted, the upper half 

 pure white. The petals are long and 

 extra broad, freely spotted, with their 

 apices richly dyed in mauve purple. .\ 

 long light brown ])Ouch combines to 

 make up a flower of unique distinctive- 

 ness, so prettily undulated or wavv in out- 

 line. 



Bessie K. Pitcher, another American 

 seedling, comes from villosum and Mas- 

 areelianum, and has pretty features of 

 its own, especially in the dorsal sepal, 

 which has all around it a well defined 

 margin of green, the body color being 

 whitish green suffused and dotted wdth 

 brown. The petals have reticulated 

 markings in brown and the pouch is 

 light brown with green suffusions extern- 

 ally, its inner surface covered with 

 diminutive red spots. 



C. Schlesengeriamim, another Anieri 

 can seedling, from Boxallii and insigne 

 Maulei, has a conspicuous dark green 

 dorsal sepal, profusely brown spotted, 

 while the reticulated markings on the 

 petals and poucli impart to it charms of 

 itsown. The differtnt forms of C. (J<;nan- 

 thum are numerous, but one of the best 

 was noted as Ginantlium giganteum, and 

 it lives up to its name. The edges of the 

 dorsal sepal recurve at about the center, 

 folding back till they meet. It is light 

 yellow, spotted with' brown and tipped 

 with pure white, the jjetals of more pro- 

 nounced color in fawn yellow. 



Lathaniianuni inversum, as the name 

 implies, is the inverse cross of Spicerian- 

 um and villosum which gave the type. 

 In this variety the dorsal sepal is ah'nost 

 pure white stained with green at its base. 

 The light green petals are freely brown 

 spotted, the pouch also shaded in green 

 and brown. 



_ C. Hurrellianum, from Argus and Cur- 

 tisi, is a very fine variety that was raised 

 at Short Hills. In the dorsal sepal, ver- 

 tical lines of purple stand out conspicu- 

 ously from a lighter ground color and the 

 petals edged with long hairs are also 

 spotted all over in purple. 



C. Comus, an American seedling from 

 insigne and Swanianum, shows evidences 

 of both parents in its coloring and form, 

 while C. Protus, also raised in America, has 

 peculiarly distinctive features in its extra 

 long and narrow sepals and petals, and 

 thin pouch of semi-transparency. 



C. Gravesiae superbum has Argus and 



niveum for its parents and shows some 

 exquisite spotting on its petals in con- 

 trast with a pretty greenish pouch. 



C. modestum, as its name would imply, 

 has modest pretensions to beauty, but 

 there is a quaint and quiet charm in its 

 neutral tints in green and brown. It is 

 a hybrid between Harrisianum and ton- 

 sum, the latter parent's characteristics 

 predominating. 



C. Hebe was raifed at Short Hills by 

 crossing Spicerianum andStonei. Though 

 dwarf in growth and shoit in stem, it has 

 a flower of great beauty and is a real 

 gem, with a broad dorsal sepal, mainly 

 white, wavy brown .spotted petals and a 

 light chocolate brown pouch. A variety 

 I noted in this collection bore the name 

 of purpureum and is truthfully named as 

 all the colored parts of the typical form 

 are in this greatly accentuated, the dorsal 

 sepal being richly stained at its base with 

 crimson purple, while the petals and 

 jiouch are correspondingly dark tinted. 



C. Vicioria Warie is a handsome, and 

 as yet little known, species introduced 

 by F. Sander & Co., and while possessed 

 of marked distinction in itself, some very- 

 striking hybrids from it may result in 

 the future. In the first place, it attracts 

 notice by rea.son of its great length of 

 stem, the flowers being borne on stems 

 nearly two feet long. The dorsal .sepal par- 

 takes after that of C. Masters!, while the 

 petals have the wavy outline and screw- 

 like twist of C. Chamberlainianum. It is 

 given specific rank, but there are char- 

 acteristics of two other "cyps" .so plainly 

 manifest in it as almost to indicate hybrid 

 origin, perhaps a chance hybrid in the 

 distant country of its origin. 



Leeanum was first raised by Sir Tre\-or 

 Lawrence, between Spicerianum and 

 insigne. There are now quite a number 

 of varieties and among tliese again the 

 very best of them all, that named Mas- 

 areelianum, emanated from Short Hills. 

 If, among the hundreds of "cyjis" in culti- 

 vation, I had to make my choice of six I 

 would unhesitatingly take this for one of 

 them, as its great beauty is apparent to and 

 can be appreciated by all who see it. Its 

 dorsal sepal is very large, the main por- 

 tion of it purest while; its curvatures 

 are most elegant, the edges recurving till 

 they meet and overlap. Looking at it 

 from the back you have in most perfect 

 form (minus the spadixia lovely minia- 

 ture of the .Arum lily in spotless white. 

 The front of the dorsal sepal at its base is 

 marked with spots and faint lines of 

 purple, the petals and pouch being 

 brownish yellow. While the flowersareso 

 fine they are likewise borne freelv on 

 strong stems, frequently coming twin- 

 flowered, thesecond flower separated from 

 the first by about two inches more growth 

 of stem. 



Another very fine form, named gigan- 

 teum, is all the name would imply, having 

 a dorsal sepal of great size and breadth 

 and purity of coloring, extra width bein.g 

 apparent in the petals and a bold pouch 

 combining to make up a truly magnifi- 

 cent flower. 



Burfordense, superbum and pulchellum 

 are also varieties of Leeanum, with suffi- 

 cient distinction to justify their varietal 

 names. The above are but a few of the 



many now blooming. "Cyps" are with 

 us always in greater or lesser quantity, 

 and one could make notes of them every 

 month in the year without repetition of 

 kinds. A. H?;rrington. 



Madison, N. J. 



AZALEAS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



As years go by the increased demand 

 for azaleas at Christmas is evident and so 

 I have compiled a list of a few of those 

 most susceptible to forcing and that can 

 be relied upon to "come evenly." and 

 those usually forced by one of the larg- 

 est growers in the vicinity of New York. 

 Following is the list and though it con- 

 tains one or two who.se colors are not 

 quite up to the mark, yet at Christmas 

 "everything goes" and color is not such 

 an object as a well flowered plant: 



Mine. Van der Cruyssen, carmine ; 

 Simon Mardner, rich ]iink ; Mine. Lan- 

 genhove, white, striped with red and 

 pink; Mine, de Greve, dull pink, like 

 VerviL-neana, but single; Pauline Mard- 

 ner, reddish pink ; Vervteneana, pink 

 and white striped ; Apollo, bright brick 

 red; Deutsche Perle, white. 



"There are others," but these can be 

 termed sure forcers. To secure for 

 Chri.stmas, house them from the ist to' 

 loth of November, temperature 65° with 

 an increase of 10° during the dav. syringe 

 thoroughly three times if much sunshine, 

 dull days damp down only. This is the 

 rule for imported plants, old plants and 

 American grown take about two weeks 

 longer and require more syringing as the 

 wood is riper and harder. When in full 

 bloom place in a dry, airy house and 

 leave a little air on at night to carry off 

 superfluous moisture, or your flowers 

 will damp off. Never let your plants 

 suffer for want of water, however, at any 

 time. B. 



AN EASY METHOD OF KEEPING 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS FREE 



OF APHIS AND RED SPIDER 



DURING THE WINTER 



SEASON. 



Of the many methods now in vogue 

 among florists for the prevention or de- 

 struction of the aphis and red .spider, the 

 writer believes that the one given below 

 should have a place: 



Tobacco is the agent most cominonly 

 employed to rid plants of the aphis. 

 The various ways in which it may be 

 used are too well known to florists to 

 need repetition here. It is sufficient to 

 ^y- that they include preventive as well 

 as remedial measures, which are all more 

 or less effective. In the red spider we 

 have a much more difficult foe with which 

 to contend. Unlike the aphis this pest is 

 little affected by tobacco as ordinarily 

 used for the aphis. If allowed to become 

 established in any numbers tliev are ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to dislodge. Frequent 

 syringings of the affected plants with the 

 hose, and a liberal use of sulphur on the 

 heating pipes are the mo.st effectual 

 means which are commonly used. On 

 the other hand, however, a careful atten- 

 tion to the condition of the atmos]ihere 

 in the house and a liberal use of sulphur 



