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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Cattleya Harrisoniana with Fifty-Five Blooms, Flowered by Julius Roehrs Co. 



This can be reduced 5 degrees as the 

 foliage commences to turn yellow. 



Cymhidiums. 



Some of the cymbidiums can now be 

 repotted. Such varieties as eburneum, 

 Lowianum, Lowianum eburneum, ebur- 

 neo-Lowianum and several others are 

 best overhauled at this season. The 

 cymbidiums, like the phaius, calanthes, 

 sobralias, thunias and some other or- 

 chids, succeed letter in good ftbrous 

 loam, from which all the finer particles 

 have been shaken out, than in fine fern 

 fiber. A compost of half fiber and loam 

 answers well. Give them liberal drain- 

 age and water them with great care 

 after repotting, so as not to rot the 

 living roots. Some coarse sand and 

 lumpy charcoal may be added to the 

 compost with advantage. Cymbidiums 

 are beautiful orchids and the lasting 

 qualities of the flowers are equaled by 

 but few other varieties. They need a 

 moderately cool house; 52 to 55 degrees 

 in winter is sufficiently high. 



Odontoglcssums. 



Tt is littter tSrait until the end ot 

 the ^ealiy l^ot we^Fh^ before repotting 

 any of the.pdontog^|!^ums requiring it. 

 There^wil^VjlfiiiPw bow in flower unless 

 it may I i n n tJciasional grande or two, 

 which miikc h nice show in fall. The 

 crispum types now are practically 

 flowerless. The softest texture of fern 

 fiber, to which is added some chopped 

 sphagnum moss, makes a good potting 

 mixture. It is better not to top-dress 

 with live sphagnum. It looks nice and 

 plants with growing moss are attract- 



ive, but the moss harbors too many of 

 the small shell snails, which will work 

 havoc with the flower spikes as they 

 appear. Keep the plants shaded from 

 direct sunlight after repotting, and be 

 sure to pot firmly. 



Dendrobiums. 



Some varieties of dendrobiums, such 

 as formosum giganteum and Phala'- 

 nopsis Schroederianum, will already be 

 flowering or will have spikes well ad- 

 vanced These two useful commercial 

 sorts ^cceed well in small, shallow 

 pans, and want a warm, moist house to 

 grow in. As the mikes advance, move 

 them into slightly cobler and drier quar- 

 ters. The earliest noioiles and some of 

 the hybrids now have the pseudo-bulbs 

 well made up, and by the end of Sep- 

 tember they can be given a cooler and 

 more airy house in which to ripen up. 

 Plants on which bulbs are only partially 

 developed should still be grown hot and 

 moist, and a syrirfl^ng overhead about 

 .S o'clock, closing "the houses to bottle 



up the sun he 

 atmosphere t 



^will give them just the 

 •like. 



ntv-five of thi 



East In(U^n 



Kast Indian orC'hids^RVWI^HPpular 

 than they were»twenty-five of thirty 

 years ago. They embrace many beauti- 

 ful varieties which uaed to be features 

 at the exhibitions. There seems to be 

 a reaction in their favor, which I am 

 pleased to note. Of course, they will 

 never rival the cattleyas, oncidiums, 

 cypripediums, etc., commercially, but for 

 people finding pleasure in a collection 

 they are quite fascinating. Phaltenopsis 



are the most popular, and they are be- 

 coming more of a market flower each 

 year, especially in California and around 

 the big eastern cities. These, and other 

 East Indian orchids, while they enjoy 

 considerable shade and a lot of heat 

 and humidity in the growing season, 

 should now have more light and less 

 moLsture in the air, as well ^ at the 

 roots. Included in this interesting fam- 

 ily are the vandas, aerides, saccolabiiuns 

 and angrsecums. In admitting air, al- 

 ways avoid drafts; they can not stand 

 air like cattleyas without suffering a 

 loss of foliage. 



HIS OWN FAULT. 



Two young employees of a florist in 

 Philadelphia, who are supposed to be 

 variously employed in the rear of the 

 establishment while the boss looks 

 after things in the front, were recently 

 startled Ijy the appearance of the "old 

 man ' ' while they were engrossed in a 

 game of checkers. 



The proprietor was justly indignant. 

 "How is it," he demanded, "that 1 

 hardly ever find you fellows at work 

 when I come out here?" 



"I know," volunteered oiie of the 

 youths; "it's on account of those rub- 

 ber heels you insist on wearing." — 

 Harper's Magazine. 



Lancaster, Pa. — J. P. Siebold, the 

 East Orange street florist, was arrested 

 recently for blockading a street with 

 his wagon. Investigation proved that 

 the officer was intoxicated and made 

 the arrest without cause, whereupon 

 Mr. Siebold was released. 



