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HOKTICULTURE 



May 30. 1914 



plants in 8 inch pots at Christmas, yet the same variety in 

 February only throw the one stem and flowers while in 4 

 inch pots. They have the same treatment in each case and 

 are potted before they become pot-bound. 



Yours sincerely. 



H. L. 

 Conn. 



Beauty of Nice and Princess Alice do not do as well 

 from April up to now, as they do from the middle of 

 'Jainiarv up to tlie middle of March. To have this stock 

 in bloom at Christmas the seed should be sown the end ■ 



Ml-. FarreU's next notes will be on tbe following: Outdoor Sweet 



Syrm 



of April and grown on by shifting until in whatever size 

 desired using rich compost. There is no better place to- 

 care for these plants during the summer than a cold 

 frame. Here they can remain until late in the fall. 

 They can be kept pinched and will form good bushy 

 plants which should throw quite a few flowers. When 

 housing them (jive a cool house, place where the temper- 

 ature a't night is from 45 to 48 degrees. They like plenty 

 of ventilation and will not stand any forcing. Read my- 

 article in the issue of May 16th. 



Peas; Pnlm.s; Bay Trees: Poinsettias: Onliids: Spraying and 



Selenipediums 



Among the subtribe Cypripediae, the section Seleni- 

 pedium forms an interesting and useful group together 

 ■with its many hybrids. Among the species we find the 

 curious S. eaudatum with its large flowers and very long 

 petals, which latter sometimes attain a length of 30 

 inches, S. longifolium, S. Schlimmii, S. caricinium and 

 numerous others, all well worth a place in any collection 

 of orchids. 



Many beautiful hybrids between the various species 

 have been raised artificially and one can have flowers 

 nearly all the year around by having a collection of the 

 different species or hybrids. The flowers are produced 

 on long, stout stems for a long time in succession and 

 while the individual flowers do not last so long as those 

 of the Cypripedinm insigne section, a strong plant will 

 remain in bloom three or four months at the time. As 

 soon as or before one flower is ready to drop, there will 

 be another to take its place. 



In the accompanying picture will be seen in the upper 

 left hand corner a good specimen of S. ^ calurum Rog- 

 ersii, with its lovely rose colored flowers and broad dark 

 green foliage; a noble plant even when not in bloom. 

 In the center of the background is S. conchiferum, and 

 towering above it is a strong branched inflorescence of 

 S. Urgandeae with five flowers. On the right side of the 

 picture is S. cardinale ; Just below and in front of this 

 is S. candidulum and S. Sedeni; these last three varie- 

 ties are in reality forms of one, being crosses of the 

 same two species. Two flowers of S. Roezlii can be 

 noticed to the left and below S. calurum Rogersii. The 

 cypripediums in the group are, reading from left to 

 right, C. Siebertianum, C. callosum, C. Harrisonianum 

 superbum, C. Polletianum and C. tonsum. 



Selenipediums are best grown in a warm, light green- 

 house where tlie temperature does not go below 58 de- 

 grees or 60 degrees at night. The warmest end of the 

 cattleya house makes ^n ideal place if room can be found 

 for them. They enjoy more sun and light than the 

 cypripediums from India, such as the C. insigne and 

 C. barbatum section. Osmunda fibre with a few lumps 

 of fibry loam intermixed makes a good compost for them 

 and when in active growth they will be greatly bene- 

 fl,tted by a weekly dose of weak liquid manure water. 



Selenipeuilms with CYPitiPicDiriis ix fobegbound. 



Repotting is best done when the new growths are 

 starting to root. After repotting keep on the dry side 

 until root action starts in again. Well established 

 plants require a good deal of moisture at the root and 

 can be sprayed overhead on bright warm days. Air 

 should be admitted on all favorable occasions, as a 

 stagnant atmosphere is very apt to cause the young 

 growth, and sometimes with it the young flower spike 

 to rot off. 



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