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The Florists^ Review 



Ski'Tk.mukk 120, IIHT. 



tlics iKH'il a fair ainouiit ol' sliailc and 

 lovo a liiisk, iiK.ist licat. 



Dendrobiiims. 



'I'lif ]>laii1s (it' I )inilr(iliiiiiii W'aiiiia 

 miiii and iniliilc uitii tlii' iiscinloliullis 

 best (U>\ cldjinl aic imw in a li^iit, ratlicr 

 siiiuiy ami «liy Ikmisc. wlicrc tlicir ^vatcr 

 sup])ly is iniicli rciluccci. A syiinjiin^ 

 oceasi(inaIi\- will kvv]> the i;i(.\vtlis 

 ]iluniji and an oci-asional watering may 

 1)0 ncci'ssary if we u(.t luit wcatlicr. 

 Gradually kccj* tlic jdants drier as the 

 season advances and lieat diminishes. 

 Plants of 1). I'halienopsis S(diroederia- 

 nuin with the si»ikes well advanced must 

 not be .subjected to any eliills, or the 

 buds will drop. They sliould not no 

 below 00 de<,Mees for best results. I), 

 formosum <,'ijianteum, the largest and 

 liuest of the white dendrobiums, is also 

 a jj^reat lieatdover. iiotli \arieties sue- 

 eeed well in a division dexoted to ]tha- 

 laMio]).sis and ealantlies. 



Oncidiums. 



Of the various ondiids carryiiiii sjnays 

 of flowers, oneiiliums are the best known 

 eonunereially. The variety mostly in 

 evidence is (). varicosum J{oyersii. Jt 

 is not an orchiil wlii(di can be carried 

 along for a term of years in fine condi- 

 tion, but usually deteriorates after a 

 few years. New importations have been 

 few of late and the stock of this oncid- 

 iuin is now rather low. S])ikes are Avell 



laiily near the glass. A few (dher fine 

 llorists" oncidiums are O. ornithorhyn- 

 tlium, exceptionally sweet-scented; O. 

 ■^arcodcs. (). crispum, (). inciir\um and 

 (). Maishallianiim. 



Vandas. 



While there are a good many varieties 

 of \andas, most oi' which neeil warm 

 treatment, aiiout the only one grown to 

 any consideraide extent for the mar- 

 ket is \'. cierulea, far and away the most 

 beautiful of the species and the finest 

 of all blue orchids. \'. cterulea does 

 not need a warm house. It succeeds well 

 at the cool end of the cattleya house, 

 in a winter minimum of 5;1 degrees, oc- 

 casionally loAver. The glass is given 

 only a light shading over these vandas. 

 As a consequence their leaves are not 

 of so deej) a gr(>eii as many others, but 

 they never fail to tlower well. Can any- 

 thing be finer than a long sj)ike of the 

 rich, blue-marbled flowers of V. ca?- 

 rulea .' While a dozen large flowers to 

 a stalk is not uncommon, we have had 

 them carrying as many as twenty-one 

 flowers. There are some deep green, 

 lieautifully foliaged ca'ruleas which 

 never seem to flower, no matter how 

 they are treated, and I have sometimes 

 thought that there may be a flowerless 

 form of this vanda, just as there are 

 flowerless wistarias and other ])lants. 

 S] likes of cHM-nleas are pushing out now. 

 Protect with cotton wool from the at- 



Cattleya Gaskelliana is an Important Cut Flower Variety in its Season. 



ad\;ince(l on some (d' the e.'irliest ]ilan1s 

 and flowers .•nc alre;idy open on a few. 

 This oncidiiini succeeds lie<t in small, 

 shallow ]i;tli^ su--pellded t'loni the Idol'. 

 and tloi'^ not need a A\;iiin house. As 

 a protectioii I'rom sni;ill ^-liell Nnails, 

 wrajt a jdeee ot' cotton wmd at the basi' 

 of each tlower stalk. On<idium ^plen 

 didum is a gi;ind lai ;.:e-llo\veriii'_; \a 

 riety. whi(di S(dls well at <'hristirias. To 

 get jdants in bloom at that time. gi\e 

 them an a\»'rage night f empei ;it ni •■ not 

 lower than <>•' de;^ree-s .-iiel ^u-pend tliem 



ta(d\s of sn.ails. If the sm-facing of 

 ^phaiiiium moss is obi an(l lit'eless, give 

 tlieni ~^ome fresh m;iterial and try to 

 keep it gi'owing. Some orchids se(Mu 

 to thli\f bettel' when tlii> moss call 

 be ke|d iu ;i growing condition on the 

 --nrlace of the jians, jiots <ir baskets 

 tliev are i^rowing in. 



Cypripedinms. 



Wlieie jilaiits of that oM but most 

 uset'ul cypri|iei|iuin. insigne, have lioen 

 L;ro\\ii outdoor^ or in coblt'i;imes, they 



should be placed under glass before the 

 nights become too cold, as there is dan- 

 ger of the spikes becoming blasted. 

 .Many of the insignes, including some 

 of the beautiful yellow forms, such as 

 Laura Kimball, Sandera^, 8anderianum, 

 Krnestii and others, already are show- 

 ing spikes. Like all others of this fam- 

 ily, these succeed well in a moderately 

 warm house, with a fair amount of 

 shade even iu midwinter. All of the 

 cypripe<liums enjoy a spraying each 

 day; without it reel sjdder or thrips are 

 liable to get a foothold. A few other 

 really good florists' cypripediums are 

 C. Leeanum, C. aureum, C. Charles- 

 worthii, C. Sallieri aureum and C. vil- 

 losum. 



Ccelogyne Cristata. 



Coelogyne cristata does not want a 

 warm house. It is a cool orchid and 

 will succeed better in the cold house 

 with odontoglossums than with cat- 

 tleyas. The bulbs will not be made up 

 for some time jet. If the plants are 

 well rooted, an occasional watering with 

 weak liquiii manure will help them ma- 

 terially. Keep the same ventilation ou 

 day and night and a spraying can be 

 oiven on everv clear da v. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The National Publicity Fund. 



I sup2H)se you have read with much 

 interest the great movement that was 

 started in New York toward laising 

 .t'jttjUUU for national juiblicity. The 

 central committee has been appointed 

 and sub-committees are in the jirocess of 

 apjiointment. 



To my mind, this is the greatest 

 thing that was ever started for the 

 benefit of the florists at large. Think 

 of a national ])ublicity cam{iaign on 

 the use of flowers along the same lines 

 as Uneeda Biscuit, C(tca Cola, Velvet 

 doc, Shredded Wheat and (dher simi- 

 lar jiroducts that ha\e been given a 

 wonderful national consumption by a 

 national publicity campaign. None of 

 them ajipeal to the peoi)le as mu(di as 

 flowers. I believe you realize the im- 

 portance of this movement. We have 

 now close to $15,U0O subscribed, nearly 

 ;ill of which was raised on the con- 

 \ention floor in a few minutes' time. 

 This money will be hanilled by our 

 own committee, with an ad\ ertising 

 exjierf in (diarge, and yon may rest as- 

 surecl that every cent will be si)ent 

 judicdously. 



I trust the members of the trade Avill 

 rally to the support of this cause. Do 

 iiid wait for the committee to call, but 

 send in yoiii- agre(MmMit to the secretary, 

 stating what amount you will subscribe 

 per year. ^'ou will note from a list 

 of subscribeis, how these subscriptions 

 are running. 1 sincerely trust we will 

 be able to complete this fund by Octo- 

 l)er, in order to get down to business 

 by Thanksgiving. Do n(d hesitate;; be 

 liber.'il. It is money widl invest<-(l. For 

 further infornuit ion, write (ieneral 

 Chairman Cieorge Asmus, Chicago. 111. 

 \{. <'. Kerr, President. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



The jiremiums committee of the Cleve- 

 land flower show announces that the 

 linal list will be mailed to all commer- 

 cial anil ]irivate groweis about Septeni- 

 bir '!'<. The f(dlowing information re- 

 uardiiiii' the addition of a numlier oC 



