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S(>e<llings should bo pricked off when 

 they have made one (jood leaf. A con- 

 siderable number can yfo in small jiots 

 or pans. The compipst for these niav 

 contain a little sphajfiuiin and should 

 be chopped fine. After ]irickinjj off the 

 [lots or pans sliould yo back in the case 

 until the seedlinjis are jirovving nicely 

 ami air should j,'radually bo given to 

 them more freely. When they are well 

 established in their rece]ita(des they can 

 again be shifted, this time into small 

 pots, termed thimbles. A layer of cocoa- 

 nut iib(>r is good to stand those on. 

 Some growers have tried cocoanut fiber 

 for seed sowing, but find it is too de- 

 structible, and, once mold aj>pears, it 

 is all U]i with the seedlings. The little 

 seedlings grow (piito fast if they have 

 congenial <|uart<>rs and good attention 

 nud the lustier ones will soon ilemand 

 tlnurib j)ots. Hefore long a biMudi will 

 be filled with these babies, after jtotting 

 off has started. 



Transplanting. 



Orchid soedlings ."ire extremely small 

 wlion it is necessary to transjdant them. 

 If is usually necessary to use a Ions 

 when taking them out of the see<l pots 

 or jians. A ]i(]inted stick of hard wood 

 should b(> usi'd to remove them as well 

 as rejilant thnn. Great care must be 

 taken not to break the roots, which are 

 tender and brittle. A little i>ractice will 

 enable anyone to prick ofl' seedlings 

 i|iiife quickly. Do not overlook tlie 

 smaller seedlings. They are likely to 

 ]irove the most \yorth-whilt> \-aricties. 



Pots an inch in diameter can br had 

 to hold seedlings. It is b(>st to plun<;e 

 a nundier of these tiny pdts in p.-ms 

 or flats of fine peat, sand cir cucdannt 

 fiber, so that they will not drv mit s(i 

 rapidly, and to give them ;i light but 



shaded position near the glass in a 

 warm, moist house. 



Where seedling raising is carried out 

 on a big scale, special seedling houses 

 are provided and the many small de- 

 tails named hero may seem somewhat 

 trivial. This article is rather intended 

 for some who are interested in these 

 lovely exotics and want to try seed- 

 ling raising in a small way. There are 

 many drawbacks and discouragements, 

 but the field is a broad one anil the 

 mere occurrence of one or two hyliriils 

 of outstanding merit will conipensate 

 one pei'uniarily and otherwise for much 

 preliminary work; 



Prominent Hybridizers. 



Th(> great British trade hybridizers, 

 like Charlesworth & (^o., ^iander & Sons, 

 Stuart Ijow & Co., Flory & Black, Arm- 

 strong & Brown, Cypher i: Sons, etc., 

 have rais(^d many wonderful hybriils, as 

 have a still greater number of amateur 

 enthusiasts. In France and Belgium 

 since the war, renewed interest is being 

 taken in orchids. In .Vmcrica the Dale 

 Kstate, at Bramjiton, Ontario; the 

 Julius I?o(dirs Co., <'. ]•]. B.aldwin & Co., 

 I.ager & Ilurrell, Tlumias Yiuing, Joseph 

 Manda. W. A. Manda, Louis Burke, A. 

 C. Burrage, Clement Mcuire, A. X. 

 ('<i(iley, J. A. C;irbiin(^ and Butter- 

 worth, both commercial and private, 

 are giving more ancl more atten- 

 tion to orchid seedling raising. More 

 orchids as cut flowers are sobl ;ind 

 at better ]>ricos than ever before. 

 Their cultun> is becoming better un- 

 derstood, .and in the not dist.ant fu- 

 ture, guicled by the new ,\merican Or- 

 (diid Society, a host of amateurs and 

 ciiMnii(>r('ial men will take up their cul- 

 tnie. They wili ni'\ er be cheap plants, 

 but their be;iutv. infinite varietv and 



WKudert'ul lasting (|\ialities will make 

 them more ancl more ])o|iular among an 

 increasing number of people. 



OKLAHOMANS IN CONVENTION. 



^lore than fifty meinliers of the Okla- 

 hom.i State- Florists' .Association, be- 

 sides many st;iti> and out-of-st.ate visi- 

 tors, assembled at Okl.ahoma City, 

 Okla., on the morning of .July 7 to hear 

 the warm s[)eech of welcome by Mayor 

 J. C. Walton, that opened one of the 

 liveliest annual conventions ever held 

 by the above organization. F]verybody 

 was on his toes from the time of the 

 wtdcoming adtlress until the gay moon- 

 light picnic that marked the end of the 

 convention's activities, July 8. 



Although July 7 w:is set aside as the 

 <lay of routine business, the- accom- 

 plishiniMits wore by no means routine in 

 the ordinary sense of the word. A. S. 

 • iray, of Chickash.a, w;is reelected pres- 

 ident. Besides the election of oflSeers, 

 the adoption of a ih'w constitution, the 

 discussion as to the next m(>eting ]daci' 

 of the association and a ride through 

 the city filled out the day. 



-Many interesting addresses were di>- 

 lixered July S, among tlo; most inter- 

 esting of whiidi were tiios(> of I'ercy 

 Cowan, of Knicl. Okla., who spoke on 

 "The delation of Cost to Price," and 

 Kugene Woerz, of Ardniore, who dis- 

 cussed the subject, "What Shall Flo- 

 rists Crow.'" .Mr. Woerz struck a key- 

 note when he said: "It is a matter of 

 colors for the seasons and a matter of 

 educating the customer to buy the kind 

 of flowers we c;in grow best that will 

 dctermin.' what wc shall grow." 



Before the close of the convention it 

 was decided to hold the next .lunual 

 meeting at Tul*^;i, Okla. 



