May 14, 1908. 



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Valley Exhibited by F. C. Bauer^ Govanstownt Md. 



season. This condition is quite different 

 from that of a greenhouse in the win- 

 ter, where excessive firing dries up the 

 atmospheric moisture and causes the 

 pseudo-bulbs to shrivel and the plant 

 to lose its vitality. The pseudo-bulbs 

 should never be allowed to shrivel. 

 Water should be given occasionally dur- 

 ing the resting season and the plants 

 should be syringed lightly on all bright 

 days. 



The resting sfiaaon of the cattleya be- 

 gins after the flowering period, or after 

 the growth is matured, at which time 

 the temperature should be kept several 

 degrees lower if possible. Ketard the 

 growth of the plants as much as possi- 

 ble and when the new growth appears at 

 the base of the pseudo-bulbs begin to 

 water well and increase the tempera- 

 ture. As the new growths increase in 

 length water should be given in increas- 

 ing quantity, but it is well to bear in 

 mind that ten times as much water 

 should bo sprinkled over the benches, 

 walks and under the stages to create a 

 moist atmosphere as is given to the 

 plants directly. Abundance of fresh air 

 should be given, but the plants should 

 never be subjected to draughts. 



Soil and Potting. 



As a rule cattleyas should be repotted 

 every two years, and topdressed every 

 alternate year. The best material for 

 this purpose is orchid peat, osmunda 

 fiber, the roots of the royal fern. It is 

 well to insist on getting young peat 

 from your dealer. It should be of a 

 brownish color. When the peat is old 

 it is wiry and black and is not suit- 

 able. No other potting material is 

 needed for cattleyas. 



The majority of orchid growers use a 

 mixture of peat and sphagnum moss, but 



the moss soon decays and causes the 

 roots to rot, especially when the water- 

 ing is done in a careless manner. 

 Sphagnum may be used with peat when 

 the latter is very old and wiry. 



The advantage in using peat is that 

 it does not decay as rapidly as other 

 materials. Before using the peat it 

 should be chopped with an axe or hay 

 cutter. It should not be chopped fine 

 and the fine particles should not be 

 thrown away but should be mixed with 

 the rough, open parts of the peat. 



Although cattleyas are strictly epi- 

 phytic in a state of nature, yet, under 

 cultivation, they grow better in pots than 

 either on blocks or in baskets. Baskets 

 are useful and are preferred by some, 

 but the system of mounting cattleyas on 

 blocks or cork bark is injurious and will 

 ultimately kill the plants. No matter 

 how strong the plants may have been, 

 or how well they may have succeeded 

 (Continued on pa^e 26.) 



BAUER'S VALLEY. 



At the last meeting of the Baltimore 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, F. C. 

 Bauer, of Govanstown, exhibited the vase 

 of valley shown in the accompanying 

 illustration. It contained twenty-five 

 spikes and every one had from twenty- 

 two to twenty-four bells and measured 

 eight inches from the first bell to the 

 top bell. It created quite a sensation. 

 Mr. Bauer has been improving his valley 

 for the last four years and has had ex- 

 cellent success. Ho also grows a great 

 many seedling lilies and has a whole 

 house planted with them. There is not 

 one that has any sign of disease. He 

 planted a large tract with them last fall 

 and every one has come up and is about 

 six inches tall. Q. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Augxtst L. Ehrle. 



August L. Ehrle died at Carlstadt, 

 N. J., April 28, at the age of 26 years. 

 His death was the result of a severe cold 

 which he had contracted about twelve 

 months before. Mr. Ehrle had been 

 employed by the Julius Eoehrs Co., in 

 the orchid department, for twelve years. 

 His love of orchids was manifest in his 

 early boyhood, and grew upon him until 

 these flowers became almost a part of 

 his existence. His genial disposition en- 

 deared him to all who knew him. He 

 leaves a wife, who has the sincere sym- 

 pathy of a wide circle of acquaintances. 



Thomas Green. 



Thomas Green, the pioneer florist of 

 Joplin, Mo., died at his home in that 

 city May 3. He was 87 years old and 

 for thirty-one years had been a resident 

 of Joplin. 



For years Mr. Green owned the only 

 florist's establishment in Joplin, on the 

 corner of Third street and Byers avenue. 

 The greenhouses since have been razed. 

 While operating this establishment Mr. 

 Green, though well along in life, could 

 be seen early and late at work among 

 his flowers. 



He was born in Manchester, England, 

 in 1821, and received his education in 

 that country. In 1867, soon after the 

 close of the civil war, he came to the 

 United States. 



Shortly before coming to America 

 Mr. Green married Miss Caroline Hatha- 

 way Taylor, on the Isle of Man. Miss 

 Taylor was a relative of Shakespeare's 

 wife and a relative of Benjamin Hatha- 

 way. Ten years later Mr. Green re- 

 moved to Joplin. In the early pioneer 

 days he purchased property in what is 

 now the western residence district of 

 Joplin, A few years later he started his 

 flower gardens, and as these prospered; 

 he opened a greenhouse, where he raised 

 early vegetables. Before many years 

 had passed, the greenhouses extended 

 over the entire half block between Sec- 

 ond and Third streets on Byers avenue. 

 Here Mr. Green lived until five years 

 ago, when he sold the establishment and 

 erected a home in South Joplin. 



His first wife died about ten years 

 ago. He married a second time, and 

 this wife, who survives him, was Mrs. 

 Eliza Lillison, of Eldorado Springs,' Mo. 



Mr. Green was well educated and pos- 

 sessed a personality which won him 

 many friends. He had been sick but 

 about three weeks. Old age was as- 

 signed as the cause of his death. 



Thomas Copeland. 



A widely known florist, of Sewickley, 

 Pa., Thomas Copeland, aged 68, is dead 

 at his home in Leetsdale. He was bom 

 in Scotland and came to this country in 

 1871. For twenty-eight years he con- 

 ducted a florists' stand at the Fort 

 Wayne station, Sewickley. Mr. Copeland 

 is survived by four sons, Fred and John 

 Copeland, of Leetsdale; William Cope- 

 land, Pittsburg; George Copeland, Chi- 

 cago, and two daughters, Mrs. Eobert 

 Glancey, Sewickley, and Mrs. William 

 Park, Avalon. 



James P. Ruth. 

 James P. Euth, of Wyomissing, Pa., 

 died March 16 and the business will be 

 discontinued. 



Cadillac, Mich. — Joseph Carlton has 

 succeeded A. W. Tweedie as proprietor 

 of the greenhouses on Cobb street. 



