WARDIAN CASES 



ture, moisture and atmosphere. Similar cases are also 

 used in greenhouses for growing fllmy ferns, dwarf foli- 

 age plants Mild otluT siiKill specimens that require a very 

 moist anil cl.i^,- atiii"^plure. They were invented about 

 1836 by N. H. WaiM. wli.. wrote a book of 95 pages "On 

 the G'rowtli of Phiiiis in Closely Glazed Cases," pub- 

 lished at Luudun iu 1842. 



WAKCZEWICZfiLLA 



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WASHINGTON 



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pend s poll n a 4 w 1 

 row stipe. Plants with the habit 

 of small forms of Phaius The\ 

 require the same treatment as that 

 genus. 



bidentata Lm 1 M / 

 dna, Henf ) 1 

 slit at the end i 

 centi-al ones thii 

 bracts one-fourth i iDng is th 

 pedicels. Sept Venezuela an I 

 Colombia. A F 6 Coo 



W. cyanea, Lindl =Ag'inisia ey 

 Heinkich Hasselbrin 



WASHINGTON 

 TUBE IN. I Iff -• 

 Washington may 1 



HOKTICUL 



ithe 



The 



Washington may, gen- 

 erally speaking, be said to be 

 very temperate. There are no 

 very great variations in temper- 

 ature. The summers are cool, 

 and in some parts somewhat 

 The winters are warm, or 

 sast not cold. In some 

 I of wcsti-rn Washington 



dry. 



70 



80 inchf 



eeed 25 inches 



Washington not bounded on 

 the west by the Olympic moun- 

 tains are subject to a much 

 greater rainfall than those parts 

 lying immediately east of these 

 Thus, parts of Jef- 



fer 



tically rainless. Eastern Washington has a varying 

 rainfall. Those portions immediately east of the Cas- 

 cade range have a very scanty rainfall, but as we near 

 the eastern borders of the st-ate the rainfall becomes 

 greater. In and near the Yakima valley, the rainfall is 

 from 4-6 in. per annum. As we go east the rainfall be- 

 comes greater, until at the eastern 

 borders of the state it is about 22 



this 



1 te sufl 

 t p odu e go d ops Al 

 has a ma k d nfluen e on 

 mate of e t n Wa h n ton 

 J all of tl e Columb a a d 

 i f n 400 to 600 feet 



1 tl e Walla W 11 an 1 tl e 



\ku hh galtle 



of ab t 1 000 f t wh th w 

 te s a e no e e e a 1 wl e 

 fruit trees often suffer in bud and 

 twig, and where vegetation is at a 

 standstill for a longer period in 

 winter than in the lower altitudes. 

 All lands in eastern Washington at 

 a lower altitude than 1,500 feet 

 must be irrigated to produce crops. 

 The larger portion of eastern 

 Washington, and especially that 

 bordering on Idaho, is high, rang- 

 ing from 1,800 to 2,600 feet above 

 tlie sea. It is in these high por- 

 tions that there is rainfall suffi- 

 cient to raise good crops without 

 irrigation. 



The whole state is rolling. The 

 Cascade range cuts the state into 

 two very unequal parts, the 

 larger part Ijmg to the east. 

 The watercourses, for the 

 most part, run in di'np (afion-. 

 and the tabb 1 inds m ni\ 

 thing but leM 1 I li- ^I'll \ ni s 

 from the deep h i ill I i\ I ins 



grape, wnue nii.iw i\ n ivi.n 

 these IS grown . _i. .f \ .ihin 

 of fruits, garden pi.-lii l^ md 

 alfalfa. The In si wh. .a I.ukN 

 are the heavy cla> soils at an 

 altitude of about 2,000 feet. 

 Frniti -The stnte of Wash- 



even th.)ii-li "11 wlKit N known as the wet side of the 

 mountains. Tin- wIm.1.- of western Washington is a vast 

 forest; yt-t tiien- are numerous valleys m which trees 

 do not grow. The natural forest growth is coniferous, 

 except along the watercourses, where there is a consid- 

 erable growth of deciduous trees, such as alder, poplar, 

 h'illow, etc. In a few places scattering specimens of 

 nak, ash and maple are found. Vast areas of land 

 have been reclaimed from the sea, or at least from 

 Puget Sound, and these tide-lands are amongst the 

 best in the state. The summers are comparatively 

 bright and dry, the winters wet and almost sunless. 



In eastern Washington a wholly different condition 

 exists. The summers are bright, the temperature high, 

 and during the months of June. July and August prac- 



planted to fruits. 





the 



producer. The Pu\ illup \ ill \ ■ 1. ^ t" the Puget 

 Sound, IS the le.iding vin.ill tiiiit section, but the 

 whole state is adapted to many ot the tmits. The 

 counties producing the largest amount of fruit aie 

 Walla Walla, Yakima, Whitman, Clark, Spokane and 

 Kittitass. The islands of Whidbey and Orcas are fa- 

 mous for their fruits. Of the 80,000 acres in fruit now 

 growing within the state, 25,000 acres are in prunes, 

 mostly Italian, 40,000 in apples, and the remainder in 

 plums, cherries and grapes. 



Prunes. -The Italian prune (Fellenberg plum) is 

 planted in great numbers on both sides of the state. 

 Clark county has not less than 5,000 acres planted to 



