Vol. IV. ^^-JJ^I^^s^; 



CHICAGO, OCTOBER i, 1895. 



Single Copy 



ORCHIDS IN THE CONSERVATORY OP MR. E. G. UIHLEIN, CHICAGO 



The Greenhouse. 



AN flMflTEUR'S ORCfllDS. 



The group of orchids shown in our 

 illustration is from the collection of Park 

 Commissioner E. G. Uihlein, of Chicago, 

 the possessor of some of the choicest 

 specimens in that city. Mr. I'ihlein's 

 place shows what may be done with a 

 city lot: he has a prettj' little lily pond in 

 front of his conservatories, a vine-clad 

 rustic summer house, velvety lawns and 

 a showy array of bedding plants. 



The orchids, which are a special attrac- 

 tion, occupy a good deal of space in the 

 conservatories. The picture shown was 



taken in the display house, which is 

 brilliant with bloom at all seasons. The 

 picture shows in the foreground a group 

 of cypripcdiums. including some choice 

 specimens. C. Parisbii, in bloom at the 

 present time, is particularly beautiful; it 

 has broad, greenishwhitesepals, hanging 

 petals four to five inches long, beautiftilly 

 undulated, the lower half rieep purple; 

 lip yellowish green, sometimes tinged 

 purple. C. cA/orops is noticeable for its 

 delicate lettuce-green tinge. C. aman- 

 flum, green, spotted with black, the petals 

 ochre tinged with brick-red. and C. 

 hawrenceanum marmoratum are also 

 noticeable. C. insigne is seen in many 

 varieties. But the collection is not con- 

 fined to the lady's slippers; a number of 



odontoglossums are coming on, among 

 them the baby orchid, O. grande. Ot 

 oncidiuras O. crispiiw, rii h bronze and 

 yellow, and O.Jonesianum, waxen white 

 dotted with bronze, are bio ming, and 

 also several schomburgkias. Several 

 varieties of phaltenopsis are showing 

 bloom, and there is already a fine displav 

 of the noble Cattleya labiata and C. 

 Bowringeana. Most of the winter- 

 blooming orchids show a tendenc3' to 

 bloom earlier than usual this season; 

 there is little doubt that the excessive 

 heat and dryness of the past summer has 

 hastened ripening of the growths. 



.Ml the different varieties of orchids 

 grown by Mr. Uihlein are treated to 

 similar conditions, being kept in the 



