May 19, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



643 



Successful Growing of Cymbidium New Campanula^ var. Marion 

 insigne Sanderii Gehring 



Cymbidium: insigne Sandebii. 



I recently paid a visit to the extensive greenhouses of 

 Mr. J. T. Buttenvorth, of Framingham, Mass., and was 

 perfectly amazed at the remarkable culture of this 

 orchid species. Most people in this country consider 

 that Cymbidium insigne Sanderii can't be grown ^\ith 

 any success, especially commercially; but here I saw 

 plants growing far superior to any which I have ever 

 seen in Europe. Plants from imported bulbs the size of 

 a walnut have now bulbs at least six to eight inclie.s in 

 circumference, and there seems to be no limit as to what 

 they will do in the hands of the same cultivator. He 

 has now had them for a number of years and each year 

 shows marked improvement. Some were in bloom and 

 showed spikes six feet in length, bearing from ten 

 to fifteen flowers each, which stood erect without the 

 aid of any stick to support them. The hybrids from this 

 species also were growing just as freely, and Mr. But- 

 tenvorth informed me tliat, as a commercial orchid, lie 

 considered it was one of the finest acquisitions of recent 

 years. The accompanying illustration shows only a 

 portion of the spike. 



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Camp.vxula, vae. Marion Gehring 



Our illu,<tratiou shows a new perennial Canterbury 

 Bell featured this year by F. H. Horsford, Charlotte. 

 Vt. He describes it as from two to three feet high, 

 one to many stems from a single plant. Lower leaves 

 round, heart-shaped, strongly toothed, 4 to 6 inches 

 wide, on patioles i to 7 inches long. It spreads from 

 ^^bter^anean stolons and does not bear seed. A single 

 l)lant will form a strong clump 3 feet or more in diam- 

 eter, and the pale lavender flowers are produced in 

 loose racemes in great profusion. The flowering sea- 

 son extends over a period of from four to six weeks, 

 after which there is a more straggling succession of 

 bloom until frost. This form originated in the garden 

 of Dr. J. G. Gehring, of Bethel, Maine, and was found 

 growing near a colony of Campanula punctata, near 

 which one solitary specimen of Campanula Medium 

 was in bloom. Since it produces no seed, and has some 

 ,.f the characteristics of both the above-mentioned 

 species, Mr. Horsford thinks it reasonable to suppose 

 it a natural hybrid between the two plants. 



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