YALLOTA 



VAXDA 



1897 



for three or four years without repotting;, simply by 

 api'lyiiiij: liquid manure to tlie roots oceasionally duriug; 

 the summer. The culture of Vallota is not difticult 

 when its peeuliaritirs are understood. Several years 

 are needed to work up a LTOi.id plant to tlo- s].iM-imen 

 size. A Vallota hull' is almut twiee as l;ir;,^t:' as a hya- 

 cinth. For the lirst potting use a liglit soil, with a litth..' 

 sand at the base of the bulb, and place the bulb a dis- 

 tance below the surface equal to its own diamuter. Usr 

 as small a pot as possible at every stage; shift only 

 when the soil is well tilled with roots and lie carrl'ul to 

 break no roots when shifting to a larger pot. 



The final potting is an important openiliou. as the 

 plant is not to be disturbed again for thrrr vr four 

 years. Drainage should be ample and perfect. It is 

 essential that the potting soil be of a strong, permanent 

 nature and rich in plant-food. A good compost consists 

 of turfy loam, fibrous peat and tild cow manure in eijual 

 parts. Add a little sand and charcoal. Avoid repotting 

 until it is strictly necessary, and do so only when it is 

 necessary to increase the nund.)er of plants or when 

 there is danger of the roots breaking the pot. For anni- 

 tenrs the best time to repot the plants is directly after 

 the flowering period. Use the greatest care in handling 

 the roots. Allow the bulbs to project a little beyond the 

 surface. 



Some gardeners jirefer to repot Vallota in June or 

 July when root action has started, but befni-c tin- llower 

 stems have pushed up. Vallota likes full sun^hiut.' at all 

 times of the year. The plant will stand a t'rw df.L^rees 

 of frost in winter. Beware of over-potting; it is better 

 to have the bulbs crowd one another out of the pot. 

 Amateurs sometimes raise Vallotas in the window-gar- 

 den, one bulb in a G-inch pot with 1 or 2 fiower-stalks, 

 but a large specimen is well worth years of care. The 

 Scarborough Lily has been cultivated by rich and poor 

 for over a century. Its popular name is supposed to 

 have been derived in the same way as the Uuernsey 

 Lily, — a Dutch bark having been wrecked olf the coast 

 of England, some Vmlbs washed ashore and become 

 established as garden plants. Vallota is consideraldy 

 grown, for the London market, an<l it is said that some 

 growers succeed in blooming their plants twice the 

 same year, in winter and summer. At the Ca])e, the 

 species is said to be native to peat bogs, whicli fact 

 would account for the special winter treatment whiidi it 

 need^. In California the plant blooms at various times 

 of the year. Michael Barker. 



VANCOUVfiKIA (after Capt. (Toorcre Vancuuv 



mander of the Discovery m 

 west coast in 179 1-9">). l>Vr- 

 beriddcea'. A genus of 3 

 species of low. hardy peren- 

 nial herbs native to our Fa- 

 cific slope. Shade - loving 

 plants, with slender creep- 

 ing rootstocks and radical 

 2-3-ternately compound Ivs. 

 somewhat like maidenhair 

 or rue and rather small 

 white or yellow flowers in 

 an open panicle on a nakf-d 

 scape. Sepals G, in 2 m-- 

 ries, ohovate, petal-like, re- 

 flexed, soon fallini,''; itetals 

 6, linear - spatlniluto : f-ia- 

 mens G: 

 membrane 



valved: seeds arillate. V; 

 couverias demand a rich 

 soil in rather shady posi- 

 tions. They are not showy 

 plants, but have foliage of 

 an elegant and refined type. 



A. l/>\<;. fliin, tDiniiUranou. 



the voyage to our imrth- 



AA. Lrs. ralhrr Uiirk: fJs. tji'ltoiv. 

 chrysdntha, (ireeno ( F. lit'.r<iin} m ,\nr. uiirra , Rattan |. 

 About 1 ft. high: Ifts. evergreen, sub-:Mo)ied. usually 

 whitened and pubescent beneath : infiorescein'e siili- 

 racemose: fls. somewhat larger than in I'. In.jtiii'lra. 

 Offered by Pilkington & Co., of Oregon, in 1h:i2. 



F. W. Bakclav. 



VANDA (native name in India). Orchidncerr. One 

 of the most attractive genera of East Indian ondiids, 

 ni'ariy all species having large, handsome flowers. In 

 lia))it thi-y are dwarf an<l short - stemmed or tall and 

 branched, s(.imetimis climbing: to a considerabb.-' heiLdit. 

 The eroct s]iecies form Compact plants, with stems and 

 liranches well eiothed with 2 opi)Osite rows of leaves. 

 Sjiecies like F. terc.'< have a loose, straggling iial)it. 

 Las. fiat or clianneled and keeled or terete, sometimes 

 fleshy and ileejdy channeled ; a]iex ])ointed, lobcd or 

 toothed; lis. in racmies from tlie axils of the Ivs.; 

 Sepals and petals similar, spreading, narrowed at the 

 base almost to a claw; labellum firmly united to the 

 Column, spurred, lateral lolies snnill. erect, nn<ldb' lobe 

 spreading; pollinia on a connnon stii"n". Aliout 2l) spe- 

 cies, natives of India and the Slalay Islands. 



Heixkich Hasselbking. 



Notwithstanding the various conditions surrounding 

 the dili'erent species of Vanda in tbeir natural h:ibirats, 

 the plants may nearly all be eultivaio(l sucre-sfully 

 under the Same general treatment. When a general 

 collection is grown a house of ea^t and west ex[iosure 

 will be found best suited to the wants "t Vand;is. The 

 plants require plenty of light an<l do not need any 

 shade from November until the middle <<f February. A 

 house of east and west aspect will reijuire less sliading 

 during late fall and early spring than one of southern 

 exposure, and there will be fewer ill effeets frrjui direct 

 solar heat at all times. From Febrimry until Xo^'ember 

 shadingwill be necessary, but it should never l)e too 

 heavv or black spot is lil^ely to appear. The winter 

 temperature slKiuld raniiv from (iO'^t..(i3^ F. by ]iight 

 and 70'^ to 7")^' by day, wilh a Liradual increase of ten 

 degrees <luring the sununer months. A few degrees 

 more with solar heat and ventilation will do no harm. 



The atmosphere nmst be kept moist by damping the 

 be]iches and paths freely once or twice a day, and ven- 

 tilation should be given whenever possible in greater 

 or less degree according to outside conditions. Espe- 

 cially during wet, cheerless weather is ventilation im- 

 portant, even if fire heat has to be applied to retain the 

 desired temperature. Vandas nn^iy be grown well in 



ir - spatbnlato: sla- .- ' 

 J: folli<-le oblon^^ > 

 .nous, uneipially 2- S.^" 



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fls 

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fchtfisli. 



hexindra, Morr. & Decne. About 1 foot high: root- 

 stock woody, slender: Ifts. roundish, mostly anguiately 

 3-lobed and cordate: scape naked or 1-1 vd. : panicle sinq:)le 

 or loose-branched: fls. white or cream-colored. May. 

 June. Coniferous woods, Brit. Col. to N. Calif, near the 

 coast. On. 30, p. 263. 



2636. Vanda C£erulea , ,,). 



either pots or baskets, but the latter are preferal 

 thev admit air niore freely to the roots, whereb\ 

 are'not so liable to decay from overwatering duni 

 vere weather. 



The best potting or basketing material consi^ 

 chopped live spha^'nurn moss freely interspersed 

 lar:.re pieces of charcoal. This material shou 

 pre'ssed in rather firmly about the roots, leaving ; 



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