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HORTICULTURE 



March 14, 1908 



syringed every bright morning, using a Gem nozzle for 

 that purpose. Besides this damping down and syring- 

 ing the plants are di]iped once in a week or ten days in 

 weak manure water. 



In summer when tires are out and tlie house shaded 

 less watering and damping will be required, otherwise 

 that fatal disease called "rot" will make its appearance. 

 A hot stufify atmosphere is always sure to bring it on. 1 

 always keep a Utile air on top and bottom wlien there i^ 

 no heat in the pipes and, should the weather be cold and 

 damp for any length of time, a little fire is started up. 

 eveii if it be in July or August. It does not matter how 

 high the temperature goes in summer, day or night, so 

 long as there is a good circulation of air. 



During hot weather the plants require some shade. 

 but let it be of some temporary kind. I use roller blinds 

 made of cloth which are let down only when absolutely 

 necessary to prevent the leaves from getting scorched. 

 Prom the first week in September until the end of 

 March the ground glass affords all the necessary shade. 



Most of the plants are potted in osmunda fibre but 

 some are in fibre and moss and some in all moss; it mat- 

 ters but little what they are potted in as long as the 

 compost is open and other conditions are right. Osmunda 

 fibre saves lots of work for. once a plant is potted in it. 

 it will need no more attention outside of watering and 

 keeping clean for the next three or five years, wherea.s 

 moss will have to be renewed at lea,st once a year. One 

 other point in favor of osmunda fibre is that it dries 

 out quickly and so lessens the danger of rotting the 

 roots by keeping the compost wet too long. 



By giving the plants lots of light and air in the fall 

 they will be hardened off for the dull winter months and 



Phalaenopsis Sohilleriana, 



consequently will stand a lower temperature tlian is 

 usually given them; the flower spikes will be of better 

 substance and last much longer when cut or on the 

 plant. 



At this writing I still have .some flowers of Phalasnop- 

 sis Aphrodite in good condition which opened up before 

 Christmas. Phalaenopsis Schilleriana will not last over 

 fhree or four weeks. Care should be taken not to let 

 I he same spike flower a second time or the plant will be 

 ruined. It is best to cut the spikes .as soon as the last 

 bud has opened. 



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