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The FloristsVRcvicw 



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car, and after a hioiliiiji day ii spray- 

 iij» overliead is refroshiiif;; to nearly all 

 .r(diids. This can he ffiven to fypii 

 cdiums about the middle of the after 

 oon. ("attleyas are also niiicli bene 

 ted by a sprayin<r over, and the after 

 oon is the best time to a|»[)ly it. Al 

 vays use a fine spray nozzle; the tpian 

 ity of water from an open hose is too 

 cavy and is liable to be harmful rather 

 han li(di)ful. 



Potting. 



This IS not a s(>asoii when niurli pot 



\]t^ can be done, but where there is a 



ollection of on-hids there are few 



veeks in the year when some will not 



.■quire overhauling'. Newly iim)orted 



ittleyas, such as labiatas, whTrth ar 



ive late, do bett«'r if iKtt potiedVuntil 



hey ari' pushinj^ new roots and 



rowths. The labiatas iu)vv arri\in;L; 



.re small and (piit*- costly. Xo sjuMdmen 



lumps are obtainable, and if a decent 



■okinj; plant is waiitt>d se\eral pieces 



lUst be put tof^ether. He sure to pot 



irndy and water lightly until tin' roots 



•cconie active. 



Ventilation. 



<"attleyas should have the toj> ventila 



orw wide open jiractically niaht and 



lay now. They cannot tolerate cod 



iiing; only when the outside minimum 



_;oes below (>(! dej^rees need the ventila 



iors be lowered. ('vpri|ie<liums want a 



rufiier and moister atmospliert>, but 



-ome night ventilation for them is also 



I beiu'fit. Kvcn the demlrobiums mak- 



njj U[t their growths do better if not 



• oddled up too tightly, to say nothing 



of phala-nopsis and other Kast Indian 



.:.;enera. 



Calanthes. 



''alanthes now are in \igorous growth 

 ind have, or shouM have, their jiots 

 'ull of active roots. Fcecjing with i-ow 

 manure water twice a we(d< will now b.' 

 of decided benefit. Start with it rather 

 weak and give somewhat stronger doses 

 later. To give the plants exciy (diancc 

 tor development, soiiu' of the more ro 

 bust ones can be elevated on pots. 

 ^\hile it is i)ossible to feed calanthes 

 N\ith chemicals, the cow manure will be 

 lound much safer. Spray the |)laids 

 over each afternoon unless the weather 

 s cold and dam]>. ('lose the house 

 about ;!:.'{(! p. ni. This will permit a 

 brisk heat to be bottled up. 



Miltonia Vexillaria. 



Plants of Miltonia vexillaria will 

 -oon be passing out of tlower. As soon 

 IS the blooms have faded, dip the plants 



n a soap or nicotine solution to dean 

 out the thri|)s, whicdi are partial to this 

 "rchid and speedily disttgure th.> 



oliage if not sharply watido-d. Keej. 



he plants on the dry side after flower 



'ig ;ind stand them in a cool. air\ 



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Cattleya Gaskelliana. 



With the jtassing of ('attleya Mossiic. 

 'le variety to fall bacdv on is ('. (ias- 

 •dliana. This will gi\e flowers for a 

 umber of weeks. The tloweis are hard 

 ^ so attractive as those ni' ('. Mossije. 

 ut are «'(|iially large and come in use 

 'd at this time, when cattlevas are get 

 ing scarce. Stand [dants in tlower in 



'ool and well-shaded place. 



A Christmas Crop of Labiata and Pcrcivaliana at Albert T. Hcy's, Maywood, III. 



Rockland, Mass. — .lohir W. lieal. pro 

 ritftor of the Kocklaud Flower Shoji. 

 i»ent a week in camp at Ilinghijin with 

 'le First Corps Cadets, of wliii h lie i< 



member. 



SPANISH IRIS. 



1 am thinking of growing Spanish 

 iris outside for cut flowers and as 1 

 know nothing id' their culture, would 

 like to ha\e you tidl me wli;it kind of 

 soil to use, how riose and how deeji to 

 jdant and how to fertilize them. How 

 long shoidd they stiiy in the same place 

 bt'fore separating and planting the new 

 bulbs, and liou shall I get the new 

 bulbs.' .My loi-atioii is in the state (d 

 X'irginia. W. .\. L. 



Spanish iris is popularly, but tjuite 

 erroneously, supposeil tfi be tettder-. .\s 

 :r ntatter' of fact, they are arirotrg the 

 lra.idit«st atrd nrost easily cultixateil 

 bulbs we have. .\ terrrperatui'e of' '2'> 

 to ;!() degree^ bidow zero has not 

 liarrtred them in the least. The bullis 

 usually arrive nboirt the end of Sep 

 teinber-. It is better', houexei. not to 

 plairt them out at otrce, and in youi 

 latitude .\'o\enrber 1 will be sullicierrt ly 

 early. If |ilarited as sioon ,is iecei\ei| 

 the birllis make a great deal (d' growth 

 befor'e cold w I'.'ithei'. ami while it i^ 

 tr'iie that severe frost iloes not seeirr to 

 harm these growths, I roirsidei- it ;iri 

 .rdvarrtage to delav plarrtiirg for' a few 

 weeks iiftei- the birlbs ar-iive. Spre;rd 

 the bulbs out thirrly meatrtime. and 

 keeji in a cool, ,|iy shecl or' c(dlar. 



Spairish iris will gr'ow in almost an\ 

 soil aird is not partiriilar as to location 

 so loirg as water iloes not lie on the 

 grouird in winter'. This would raiise 

 the bulbs to rot. A sotrievvliat light. 

 friable loatrr is part iitrlarly good, how 

 ever, aitil if sorrrew hat satrdv, ;ill the 

 bette-r. I )o rrot trse an\ fresh ruauurc 

 for these, or', for' that nratter', arrv other 

 birlbs. Let it be \v(dl r'otted and in 

 <'orporated. I'larrt the birlbs iour irn he- 

 deep; if in nursery rows tlr<'v can go 

 four inches apart, making the r-ows 

 eight(>en inch(>s ajtart. A good way is 

 to plairt in beds three feet wble, run 

 ning five rows to a bed aird leavirr<; ;i 

 ■_'4-in(dr p.ath between the beds. 



^'ou ask how long liulbs can stay rrr 

 oire place. With snitabb' soil ami by 

 not cutting tlie stems down dose to 

 the ground, 1 h;ive had beds flower 



W(dl for- eight arrd ten years. If you 

 <-irt all the plants down (dose, you can 

 not, of course, e.\|iect much of' a croj' 

 the vear- followiirg. However, Spanish 

 ills is iire.\perrsive and you can afford 

 to plant a new bed annually. The fol- 

 lowing are splendid varieties of Span 

 ish iris for either open air culture or 

 for forcing under glass, it is far Ijet- 

 ter- to buy irjimed v aiii'ties than <heap 

 rrd.xtui'es: Cajairres, bright yidlovv; 

 Hrorrze (^uetMi, bronzi' bi'own aird ytd 

 low; Louise, porctdain blue and yidlow. 

 fine; Hritish C^ueen. pui-e white; .Mid 

 ley, fiire pale blue; rniipre, d.irk Idrre 

 stairclards. pale blue falls. < '. W. 



THE WASTE OF PRINTING. 



No rn.'rrr whose name and address 

 is kirt)vvii to the trade as a hortjiultur' 

 ist can possibly order from a titlu' of 

 the catalogtres he I'eceives, imd it may 

 reasonablv be piesurrred that jirospec 

 five buyers are in the first place in 

 lluenceil bv appearances ;(tid the gen 

 eral gtd irp to jieiuse some catalogues, 

 while others are cast aside without a 

 -ecorrd thought. Hence the value of 

 choosiiij; ;i go()d paper, and a capable 

 priirter'. 



It is, however, e<nrallv important an-l 

 necessary that the conterrts shall be 

 ^oocl, the rounenclatirie and ilesi-iip 

 tioiis ot' the subject listcii acciir'ate. 

 :irid it' illustrations a r'e used at all 

 they must be true to life, and instriic 

 five in i Ir.'iractei . 



No orre can deriv that there .are manv 

 c.italogiies that reaih the ideal irr these 

 respects. Hut there are others, shod 

 dily produced, fre<|uently inaccurate 

 <M' urrinforinative oi — all too ofteir- 

 shivish iirritations of other f(dks" handi- 

 woik, revealiirg iro \estige of origiiral- 

 itv or distiirctiveiress. 



Such catalogues cair be nothing more 

 th.'iir a wnste of trroney and material, 

 :rnd are just as incomjieteirl to fulfill 

 tireii' i>iir'|iose as a traveler or salesmair 

 who krrovvs rrcdhirrg of his business, and 

 is incapable of tdther advisiirg oi- ]>er 

 suadiirg (dieirts iir I't'gard to the goods 

 he has to offer. II. T. .1. 



