72 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (MaRcH, 1915. 
and terrestrial subjects a more substantial one, while some are semi- 
terrestrial, in fact there is a gradual transition between the two classes. 
Pots, pans, or baskets are used according to the character of the plant. 
(To be concluded). 
[ees ORCHIDS FOR CUT FLOWERS. | rs 
PORTRAIT of Mr. Frank J. Dolansky, a noted Massachusetts florist, 
4 appears in a recent issue of Horticulture (p. 241), with an account of 
the Orchids grown by him for cut blooms for market. Orchids are 
extensively grown, the stock amounting to about 35,000 plants. 
The houses are built on the southern side of a hill, on a moist gravelly 
“soil which gives off sufficient moisture to keep the internal air in the best 
possible condition. What with this southern exposure, glass close to the 
plants, and heavy humidity, conditions are ideal for producing the large 
-and fifiely-coloured Cattleyas for which Mr. Dolansky is noted. 
Hundreds of plants are imported every spring and summer, mostly 
‘Cattleyas, which Mr. Dolansky grows extensively. His favourite variety is 
Cattleya Triane, which, in his opinion, is the best commercial Orchid 
grown. It is a rather slow producer of blooms, but it comes out in many 
and exquisite variations, and blooms in mid-winter when the demand is 
greatest. C. labiata blooms more freely, but comes too early in the winter, 
dn fact in the fall, to command the prices of mid-winter. We noted a fine 
‘plant of the valuable Cattleya Triane alba. There was also a plant of C. 
‘Triane which produces freak blossoms, coming out with double parts, 
‘double lips, two pairs of petals, wings, &c. 
Some work in hybridising is being done, but it has not been carried far 
“enough as yet to show any definite results. A germinating case is noted in 
which were Orchid seeds germinating on Turkish towelling covering the 
-and safer than starting seed on the moss surface itself, as fungi was liable 
to injure the young seedlings. A plant of Cattleya speciosissima was shown 
which had three blooms to every stem. 
Mr. Dolansky claims a rosy future for the Orchid, which he finds is 
becoming more and more popular. Flower buyers are getting educated to 
their use, realising that they are long lasting, and that just as much show 
-can be secured from one or two Cattleyas as from roo violets. And for 
-on the arm or shoulder is much more adaptable than the heavy bouquet of 
violets worn at the waist. Mr. Dolansky’s stock consists largely of Orchids 
and Gardenias, and the business has been built up Since 1904. 
