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June 10, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Laelia Acuminata. 



quite widely grown a few years hence. 

 Calanthes must have a hot, moist house 

 to make their growth in. One grower of 

 these orchids attributes his success to 

 giving them a little fire heat during the 

 whole summer, just enough to prevent the 

 atmosphere becoming heavy or clammy 

 at night. 



Calanthes grow best in a mixture of 

 fibrous loam and dried cow manure. The 

 pots are now becoming well filled with 

 roots and a little weak cow manure once 

 a week can be given. Later, as growth 

 progresses, it can be given in stronger 

 doses. Shut up the house about 3:30 

 o'clock each afternoon with abundant 

 moisture, but avoid much damping over 

 of the foliage, which easily rots or spots 

 from an excess of moisture. The best 

 calanthes we ever saw were grown in low, 

 sunken lean-to houses. The plants were 

 close to the glass and protected by thin 

 blinds during sunshine, there being no 

 shade on the glass. A group of calanthes 

 arranged with adiantums make a most 

 glorious show. It is a pity that the plants 

 lose their leaves before flowering, but 

 the cut spikes arranged with suitable 

 greenery are fine for vase or decorative 

 work of any kind. 



INTERESTING ORCHIDS. 



Coelogryne Barbata. 



Coelogyne barbata is an old speciea, 

 introduced seventy years ago from As- 

 sam. The flower spikes are erect, at- 

 taining a height of twelve to eighteen 

 inches. The flowers are snowy white in 

 color. The sepia brown of the top 

 makes a striking contrast to the white 

 color of the sepals and petals. Pans or 

 baskets containing fern fiber, in which 

 there is abundant drainage, grow this 

 orchid satisfactorily. It needs copious 

 supplies of water while growing and 

 succeeds best in a cattleya-house tempera- 

 ture. 



Laelia Acuminata* 



The interesting, early winter bloom- 

 ing IsBlia, L. acuminata, is a native of 

 Mexico and has been in cultivation over 



sixty years. While less imposing than 

 L. anceps, which its smaller flowers 

 somewhat resemble in form, it is well 

 worthy of cultivation. The individual 

 flowers are one and one-half to two 

 inches in diameter and are produced on 

 spikes twelve to twenty-four inches in 

 height, which carry anywhere from six 

 to tAventy-five flowers. There are two 

 forms of this lajlia, one carrying flowers 

 with pure white sepals and petals, the 

 other with delicate rosy-violet flowers. 

 The bulbs are roundish, flat and shiny. 

 The solitary leaves are oblong and tough. 

 L. acuminata grows well at the cool 

 end of the cattleya house and requires 

 plenty of light and water during the 

 growing season. Only a very thin shade, 

 to break the intensity of the sun's rays, 

 should be given. Pans containing fern 

 fiber are preferable to baskets to grow 

 it in. W. N. Craig. 



NARCISSI AND TULIPS. 



You will find some buds of poeticus or- 



uatus. The}- get so far advanced and no 

 farther. Can you tell me what the trou- 

 ble is? They were replanted last fall. 

 Can you also tell me what is the trouble 

 with my tulips? I had about 2,000 tulips 

 that did not bud at all. "When they came 

 up the leaves looked as though they had 

 been eaten by some insect and they looked 

 ragged. What is the trouble with them 

 and what shall I do with the bed? They 

 have only been planted two years this 

 fall. J. E. 



The double white gardenia-scented nar- 

 cissus, N. alba plena odorata, is com- 

 monly affected in this way, but N. poet- 

 icus ornatus is usually free from it. It 

 is not uncommon when bulbs have become 

 much matted, the heavy foliage prevent- 

 ing a sufficiency of moisture reaching the 

 roots. I would suggest that you take up 

 the narcissi as soon as the foliage matures 

 and store in a shed over summer, replant- 

 ing in well enriched ground in October. 

 Do not plant on a dry bank. The poeti- 

 cus section enjoys rather moist ground. 



With the exception of the Darwin and 

 other late blooming varieties, tulips are 

 better lifted soon after flowering, heeled 

 in moderately thickly in shallow trenches 

 in partial shade, and when the tops die 

 down store them away in a cool, dry shed 

 or cellar for the summer. Possibly cut 

 worms had been eating the foliage of 

 your tulips, but usually they are immune 

 from the attacks of these creatures, 

 which commence operations a little later 

 in the season. Choose fresh ground for 

 your bulbs next season and you will prob- 

 ablv have no further trouble. 



W. K C. 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



Kindly give me the names of the en- 

 closed plants. The one in blossom is a 

 hardy shrub or tree; the other is a trail- 

 ing plant, with white, star-shaped flow-, 

 ers. F. J. 



The shrub is Malus loensis flore pleno, 

 better known as Bechtel's double flower- 

 ing crabapple. 



The trailing plant appears to be a spe- 

 cies of campanula, but I cannot be sure 

 of the exact variety from specimen re- 

 ceived. W. N. C. 



Lkwistown, Pa. — Herbert Bratton will 

 open a large greenhouse here, which will 

 be a branch of his father 's greenhouses 

 in Huntingdon, Pa. 



Coelogyne Sanderae. 



