June 30, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



9 



Cattleya Mossiae Wagneri, Pure White, on Left; Other Plants C. Mossiae Reineckiana. 



but. as from four to a dozen are car- 

 ried on a sheatli and tlie plant is a 

 viirorous grower and free bloomer, they 

 jiay well at half the price of those of 

 the labiata section. The llowers are 

 usually produced during June and July, 

 sometimes as late as August, and arc 

 of a pale, pinkish lilac color, the lip be- 

 ing tinged witii yellow. Strong bulbs 

 attain a height of twenty-four inches. 



The cool end of the cattleya house 

 suits this variety well and :t grows 

 equally well in either pots or baskets. 

 One large grower succeeds remarkably 

 well with it by hanging his baskets 

 near tiie ridge of a long house, where 

 I hey are close to the light and air and 

 not too heavily shaded, even in sum- 

 mer. For many purposes this cattleya 

 IS nuich superior to the larger flowered 

 •ines, and it is worthy the a1 tent ion of 

 ill who have a <':ill for summer cat- 



■ leyas. 



Masdevallias. 



^fasdevaliias are luit little seen now- 

 idays, the craze for the big and fancy 

 arieties causing 1 liese and other in 

 '■resting genera to be neglei-ted. While 

 !iey will nexer become popular as com- 

 lereial orchids, they contain some 

 tiarming subjeits. which, when nicely 

 '■nvered. int<'rest and please .all who 

 • ve orchids. At the present time the 

 arious forms of M. Ilarryana, with 

 heir rich colorings, are particularly at- 

 ractive in the cool orchid house and 

 he llowers have excellent lasting prop- 



■ rties, either cu^ or on the plant. Treat- 

 iient whi<-h suits Odontoglossum 

 li'^pum answer- well for masdevallias. 



^Vf find they dn best in pots and pans, 

 'Hd some s|diagMum moss added to the 

 'ern fiber seems to their liking, with 

 ■I few ])ieces. also, juicked into the 

 ' nrface nf the compost. 



^^asdl'\ allias. growing as they do in 



1 in> cold ravines of the Andes in Teru 

 ■and < idombia, at elevations of 8,000 

 to ll.',iiO() feet, do not take kindly to 

 our summer hot waves. I'rom June to 

 September, therefore, they are better 

 grown in a north house or sunk pit, 

 where they can be kept cool and moist 

 and bo shaded from the sun's rays. 

 -Masdevallias, having no Inilbs, are hard 

 <irchids to transport from their native 

 habitats to either Europe or the United 

 States, and a large ])art of them are 

 usually (lead on arrival. One of the 

 l>rettiest table centerpieces we ever 

 saw was a large, beautifully (lowered 

 |(an of the pure white Cohunbian 

 species, M. Tovarensis. This variely 

 blooms in midwinter, which makes it 

 useful. .Masdevallias are frei^ llower 

 iug, and where even a dozen [jlants arc 

 grown there is scarcely a day in the 

 year when they are without tlowers. 



Dendrobium Phalaenopsis. 



Dendrobium Phalanopsis. a most use- 

 ful fall and winter blooming den- 

 (Irobe, of which tlie form Schruderi- 

 .annui is the one most in favor, suc- 

 ceeds best in small jiaiis or liaskets. 

 It is a big mistake to give it lari,'e 

 receptacles to grow in. Tlie finest 

 pseudo-bulbs we ever saw were pro 

 (ineed in li inch baskets. Th(> plants 

 are now siispeuded in a warm, moist 

 house, close to the glass. In common 

 with such sorts ;is formosum giuanteum. 

 iiobile and many hybrids, they are 

 freely syringed about the middle of the 

 .•ifter'noon and the house closed to 

 create a i)ri>^k, moist h.eat. These grow- 

 ing conditions suit most of tlie den 

 drobes. and D. IMiahrnopsis seems 

 si.eci.ally to revel in it. l"or cutting, 

 tins is by long odds tiie hne^t of all 

 dendrobinms, its long raci'uiose m 

 tlorescences carryiuLT as many as litteen 

 to twenty-five flowers and Inids. 



CATTLEYA MOSSI^ ALBA. 



Theie are (piite a number oi' white 

 forms of Cattleya MossisD, which vary 

 from such pure white \ arieties as C. 

 .Mo>-si;e Waeiu'ii, witiiout any cidor ex- 

 ce[it tiie yellow of tiie lips, to the 

 \;iriiuis b'ei iieckianas, wiiicji li.ave pure 

 while sepals and petals, but h.ave slate 

 (oiniing on the li]i in sotne cases and 

 •at other tilings and more trecjuently an 

 oiaii;:e disk and rays oi' \ iojet lines .and 

 dots to\\;irds the m.argin. A'^ -.i general 

 iiiie. these white cattley.as, iieautiful as 

 ihc\ iindoiibtediy ari', lack the \iL'or of 

 the c.doie.l ones. The IJeinecki.anas, 

 hu\\c\ii-. |iii^scs'~ cousideiable \igorand 

 M'ciii to ihii\e almost as w(Wl as tho 

 ordinary type. 



Ill new i iiipoi t a t ion^ o|' Mo<-.ia' now 

 .•nriving and luirchas.able at moderate 

 rale-, there is ;il\\;i\s :i likelihoo<| of 



(11 r iiioic (it' t he>e white I'orms ap- 



[laririg. In tiie illustration the plant 

 .•ii tile extreme left is W'agneii; the 

 niiier-- aic b'einecki.a nas. A beautiful 

 I'laiit oi' the Latter. carryinLr eleven 

 haihlsonie flowers, x'ciired idr its owner 

 a -iUcr me(|;il tdr the lie<i specimen 

 cattleya at the recent big orchi(i simw 

 ill I'.o-toli. \V. \. ('. 



DOUBLE CORNFLOWERS. 



Will you inl'onn me a^ lo the iicst 



\\,i\' to ^roVV' tiie liiiillde i-o I'll (lower 

 i.ir eailv -pian:^.' <';in it be ^owil in 

 the i'all. as the single varieiii's are 

 ^mw a outdoor-^ .' H. K. 



■| he double coriillowir can be fri'ated 



jiici-ely the same .a- the ^iui_rlf> 



\ arieties, eitlier li\ xiwiiii; in I'.a II or 



in e.arlv spring. C. 



Spirit Lake, la. .ludson Klein ig 

 iiiTtiii^ a i^ood si/eil iireenlious(> on his 

 lather"- farm, e.ast of town. 



