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The Florists^ Review 



17 



An Orchid Group at the Chelsea Show, One of Frequent Displays that make the Flowers Popular in England. 



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'■U' at ('xliiliif ions, and evoiy llo- 

 v iiu lias rodiii for a tow orchids 

 i socin'c soini'. It is ;i free Moom- 

 I a ^oixl jiidwt'r; even iiiiproniis- 



• iikiiio- plants will i;i\»> a sui'pris- 

 '•i|. ot' lloui'i-^. Keep the ]>lants 



arc in llowcr soiiicwliat drier at 



"it and stanil thcni in a lool, well- 



1 ■! |i()siti(iii. Ilowovor, it is not 



' . pulley to lc'a\(' tlu^ flowers of this. 



<'<!■ tliat matter, any otlier niriiid. 



iiiiiy on llie [»lant, as it \r.i< a 



I iiiinji ciVoct. 



Cattleya Percivaliana. 



"•'imri'd with ('. laKiata and I'. 



.1. (.". I'ercivaliaiia is a small \a- 



■' liiit it Mooms immediately after 



I'.i and is nsnaily in nice llower foi 



I iMias; this makes it s[)eeially use 



I'lic -^heaths on the plants will 



'"■ ipiite jnomineiit. If the plants 



-taiidiii;,; some distance from the 



' iiiu\f them (lose to the ^la^s. 



Cattleya Trianae. 



''Ii\\a Tiiana' is the standard win- 



• iltleya. If is a rohnst ixrower, 

 -" tliaii ('. laliiata, but the Howers, 



• uhole, are hardly equal to those 

 latter variety; nor is it so frer 



' 'i'j: uidess the plants are pro|'erly 

 i- I ha\e seen many lar^e, heari 

 lonkinjr plants, witli darU ^reen 

 Hill lea\('s, wliieli W(jnld iii\e only 

 ' tun lluw.'iv to the stieath, all 

 -'■ thf c-idti\atoi- p(>r<isted in keep 

 " I'laiits too inmdi shaded. No 

 ■ t siilVers so muc h from ovei' 



- a> ('. 'i'ri.aiia'. The growths are 

 'I' made np ami the plants should 

 ■'i(.,| |ii_r|it iidui now on. I'o not 

 'il all the -hadin;,' and ;.'iv.' full 



on,-,.. ,,!■ tlu> results will lie dis- 



- •'• the pl.ants; they nui^t l>e 

 '" thi' li^jht hy dejjrees. 



The Cattleya House. 



'"I'l nights there is always ;i 



"I'm to shut the ventilators t'iyht- 



•'ii'^ is not a good policy, (.'at- 



'"ve fresh air and there is no 



■ason why they should not have 



' •■•"•1 day,^exi'ej)t during severe 



■ ""• It side \entiIators hero and 



'"•• provi.led helow the front 



l)eii(dn'>, they can lie let't ojien, except 

 on extremely cold nights. Just as soon 

 as cattleyas are suh jocti'd to a dose, 

 warm atmosphere, they start senilinu 

 rotds outside the pots or jians. Home 

 gro\vers heliexe this is a sign of vigor. 

 .\s a matter of fact, it is one of the 

 woist possilile signs in cattleyas and 

 la'lias, as the hullis on such plants will 

 always lie inoie or less star\-ed and 

 iniseralde. Keep the idots inside the 

 I I'ceiitacjes, water with care, air freely 

 and iie\'er corjdle, ;ind nearlv all cat 

 tloyas will do wtdl. Ho the watering 

 early in the morning. On liriglit days 

 ;i s|U'aying o\crhea(l will still lie fouiel 

 1 encdicial. 



Laelia Perrinii. 



I.iclia I'errinii. a lira/iliaii \ariet\. 

 now is iMuriin:; into tlowei. It i- .a eooci 

 grower. The linlls caii\ sniit.ary le;i\es 

 and two or three of the ileep crimson 

 llowers are usually carried mi e;i( li 

 scape. This oicdiid is shnwy. ui' easy 

 cultnie, ami su<'ceeds jiarticulaily well 

 at the w;irm eiiil ol' the cattleva hiiu--e. 

 It will lie I'ouild \alii;llile fnr use ih 

 fall oicliid groups. It i^ iiieN[;ensi v e 

 and an\(ine who can glow ca1tle\.i~ 

 will have no trouble with it. 



Laelia Aiituranalls. 



l.^clia autiimiiali- is one ul the ii'ci'-t 

 lie;iut It'll! dt' all MeMcan lalias. In il- 

 native lial:it;it it i^ fninnl giowinu on 

 b.aie rock- ;iui| tin -tiiiited 1 1 ees in tin 

 lull san; in -iic|i pci-iiiun- if ;ji(iw> well 

 .•in. I llower- ama/in^;ly. Man\ grnWiMs 

 cdinplain uf then ;nitumnali- luiinin:: 

 (lilt in a lew \e;ii'-. This i> ,|ue t(i r;i'i 

 icallv wrung trealnient. and loit tu a n v 

 inhelenl weakness ot' the Sl'ccie-. {\\\,- 

 it plent\ of -nil .and it will ■\cii la~t a~ 

 I. Ill;: a- aiiceps. iiiid llowei- iii>t as fre(dy. 

 The flowers .-ire e\i'ii more bi'autit'ul 

 than tlio-e of ;ince|is. (JwiriL: to con 

 tinm'd hostilities in Mexico, few i>\ 

 these oiidiiils are now .nrixiiig in 

 America. I,, aiifumn.alis i-. a fall MiKini 

 el": l'i(M|iient ly if'^ llowc?-- ai(' in Liood 

 cund it ioii fdi' < 'hrist mas. 



Laelia Anceps. 



If the ]il;iiits dt' I. alia .inceps ha\e 

 boon grown in a light, airy structure 

 fhrouuh the slimmer. tlie\ shoul.l now 



le llistlillg with flower -pike-. Tie 

 iiidl end of the cattlev.l house is iiuw 

 .1 Ljood Jilace for tliese and other .\lexi 

 can helias. I,. iMMildiaiia, supposeil t(' 

 lie a natiir.aL hybrid between L. anc(>ps 

 ••iiid 1.. .aiit umiialis, is a \ari(dy \\e\\ 

 worthy df' culture. As many as eight 

 or ten fhiwers ait' cd'teii carried on a 

 >talk. The lldwcrs .are deep lose |iurph 

 and fiosse-s a ihdightfid oilor. 



THE STATE OF THE ART. 



<>r(lii(l ;:rowing in .\meiic;i is an iii 

 i.int iiidiistiy coiii]i;ired to lliiglatid, but 

 III' l.tfe there has been a wondert'ui in 

 crease. It has been a commercial d( 

 \(dopment, however, ;is ilu' iiicicase ii 

 the niimlier uf ].|;nit-- ^rowu f(jr cut 

 tiliMinis fur the rii.-iikel has far out 

 -t lipped the iiiimlier ufowu ill the pri- 

 vate l;i ecnhuiises (,|' the wealthy. (»iil\ 

 uiie (11 two firm- ill .\nierica are abb 

 Id put up displav- dl' d!'chids in an\ 

 way cump;i r;i ble lu wh.at tlu^ big Kne 

 li-li tr.ade exiiibildi- dd. possibly lal'^elv 

 lur the icasdii that the greater part Ot 

 the demand in this cuiintrx' is t'or flu 

 lew varieties n\' cattleva- Used fur cut 

 till::-. \\ il;it the FTn;^lisli dd 111 the W;iv 



ill' -tai;in': iju;inlit> and \;iri(dy i- 

 shdW n by the accdin p;in vi n^ illustr.i 

 tidli. ill which .-nil be -eeil (Uilv .a p;i i t 

 ><\ the L;rdil|i 111' S;|llder t.^' Suns, cif ."St 



\lb;ins. ;it the l;i 1 I Chel-ea shusv . l;,,- 



the ;i ppl eci;i t lull uf (ilcliids in .Vliiellc;i 

 w:is never -n wide as ikiW. .-ilid the t'l) 

 tlire srellis briiiht. 



Medina. O. All hands h.ave been 

 kept liisv at llammers(dimidt \ ('lark's 

 iaii::e. Hall' of the limisrs Imve beei. 

 painted inside .ami nut. new ivpress 

 benches li,a\e b(^en put in and cimcrete 

 cistern tops made. A new Cibliii boiler 

 has been installed in tlie bdiler room, a 

 Skinner irrigating system in the gar- 

 dens and a .Xationa! cash register in 

 the ollic(\ This firm makes ;i specialty 

 of pl.ants in '_'i| imli pdts. and r<dies oi 

 riie Review "s classified ads to mo\ e the 

 sto(dv. The greenhouses ar(' now filh'u 

 with stocks .and snapdr.agons tor bench 

 ing after the mums are cut. This is 

 their thirteentli yenr in 1 usiiiess, tlo- 

 members of the lirm h.aving beuuu at 

 the respective ages ,,)• ii; ;,nd 17. 



