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The Florists' Review 



November 28, 1912. 



SEASONABLE NOTES. 



Vanda Oserulea. 



Vanda cserulea should now be giving 

 a nice lot of flowers. Do not keep it 

 too warm; 55 to 58 degrees at night is 

 sufficient. The plants flower better 

 when: given a position near the glass. 

 Do not try to have them all a dark 

 green color. It is usually the pale 

 colored plants which flower the best. 

 When the flowers are well expanded, 

 stand them where they will not get the 

 sun's rays, as these will soon take 

 away the beautiful blue color from the 

 flowers. 



Cyprlpedlums. 



A close, moist atmosphere suits 

 nearly all of the cypripediums. C. 

 Spicerianum and a few other sorts are 

 better kept at the cooler end of the 

 house, but the family as a whole suc- 

 ceeds best in a rather stuffy atmos- 

 phere. C. insigne and its many va- 

 rieties will now be coming into season; 

 so also will C. Leeanum and a wealth 

 of other varieties, and the most inter- 

 esting period of the year with these 

 is now at hand. Cypripediums never 

 require any real resting, but it is now 

 necessary to reduce the water supply 

 somewhat. 



Laelia Anceps. 



Lselia anceps will soon be in flower, 

 as will L. antumnalis. Some spikes on 

 the latter are already open. Such as 

 can be floweied for Gnristmas . will ' 

 make fancy ' prices, as orchid 'bloonril 

 apart frova^ cypripediums are usually 

 scarce at* .that time. The MeJ^foan 

 Iselias ' should be grown at th* spider* 

 end of the cattleya house, although 

 they do well in even an ordinary green- 

 house. 



Phalaenopsis. 



The phalaenopsis should be kept in a 

 close, moist atmosphere, and air, when 

 applied, should be given in chinks, so 

 that it may be well warmed before 

 reaching the plants. Be careful, as 

 fire heat is used more freely, not to 

 have any spots in the house where red 

 spider can get a foothold. Sponge the 

 leaves occasionally with soap and 

 water. 



Dendrobiums. 



Many of the nobiles and hybrids, 

 such as Ainsworthii, splendidissimum, 

 Cybele, chrysotoxum and others, will 

 now be resting in a bright, sunny 

 house. On some of the earliest the 

 nodes will now be quite prominent and 

 such plants can be moved into a warm, 

 moist house. Be careful, however, to 

 water sparingly at the roots until the 

 nodes dre well advanced, or many will 

 make growths instead of flowers. 



Odontoglossums. 



Full sunshine is what the odonto- 

 glossums need for the next three 

 months. The leaves should take on a 

 reddish hue and will then stand the 

 hot summers better than if held over 

 winter in a dark, cold house. Do not 

 keep them too cool; 55 degrees at night 

 is better for them than 45 degrees. 

 Give a fair supply of water at the 

 roots and give a light spraying over 

 on clear mornings. 



Coelogyne Cristata. 



Coelogyne cristata wants a cool house 

 all the time. It is no use trying to 

 force it, any more than trying to force 

 violets or mignonette. A temperature 

 of 50 to 55 degrees at night should not 

 be exceeded and it will flower well 

 grown 10 degrees cooler. As the flower 

 spikes become prominent at the bases 

 of the new bulbs, gradually decrease 



the water supply, but a light spraying 

 once a week will be beneficial. 



Cattleya PercivaUana. 



Cattleya Percivaliana is of small size 

 compared with labiata and Trianse. It 

 sells well, however, at Christmas and 

 for two or three weeks before that 

 time, and as many plants as possible 

 should be kept back until then. If 

 flowered late, when C. Trianso is in sea- 

 son, C. Percivaliana is hard to move. 



Cattleya Trianse. 



Cattleya Trianee enjoys a little more 

 heat than labiata and can have the 

 warmer end of the house, with C. 

 Dowiana and C. gigas. A few flowers 

 are already opening and others are 

 well advanced in the sheaths. It is 

 the early blooms, expanded before the 

 new year, which bring the best prices. 

 There is usually an oversupply later in 

 the season. 



THE BASKET OF MUMS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a willow basket filled with Mrs. H. W. 

 Buckbee chrysanthemum, looped from 

 handle to handle with American Beauty 

 ribbon and with a bow of the same 

 ribbon on the side. It was the work of 

 H. G. Evans, now of Spokane, "Wash. 



A WBEATH BY LINKE & SON. 



A picture is here presented of a 

 funeral wreath that was made by 

 A. Linke & Son, of Alpena, Mich. Aside 

 from its other points, the wreath is 

 worthy of attention on account of the 

 rather unusual way in which the letter- 



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Buket of Mrs. H. W. Buckbee Mumt Arranged by H. G. Evant« , 



