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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1908 



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How to Know the Cattleyas 



TN ALL the oceans of written matter about 

 *■ cattleyas there is nothing that tells how 

 to distinguish each form from every other, 

 save by the season of bloom. Of course, 

 that is the most important distinction from 

 the gardener's standpoint, but it is worthless 

 to the botanist, and to the gardener also at 

 times. These flowers differ so greatly in 

 their form that we ought to have some 

 simple clear cut phrases for these different 

 shapes. The following key is merely a 

 first attempt in this direction and I must 

 confess that I have not found any way of 

 distinguishing the last three varieties save 

 by season of bloom. Can any one supply the 

 deficiency or make any other improvements ? 



A KEY TO THE FOKMS OF CATTLEYA LABTATA 



A. Color of petals yellow Dowiana 



AA. Color of petals rose to crimson, or white 

 B. Middle lobe of lip the most conspicu- 

 ous feature, 2-2^ in. broad 

 C. Throat with 2 yellow spots 



Warscewiczii 

 CC. Throat not spotted Mendelli 



BB. Middle lobe of lip i-ij in. broad 



C. Throat orange Eldorado 



CC. Throat yellow 



D. Lip with a very deep notch in the 



middle lobe Luddemanniana 

 (Here might be sought poor forms of true labiata) 

 DD. Lip with the middle lobe not deeply 

 notched 

 E. Margin of lip conspicuously 



fringed Mossise 



EE. Margin of lip not conspicu- 

 ously fringed 

 F. Petals very broad, say z\- 



3 in - 

 G. Throat lined yellow 



Percivaliana 

 GG. Throat not lined yellow 

 H. Throat chiefly yel- 

 low Trianae 

 HH. Throat chiefly or- 

 ange Schroderae 

 FF. Petals of medium width, 

 say 1^-2^ in. 

 G. Blooms May to July 



Warneri 

 GG. Blooms August, Sep- 

 tember Gaskelliana 

 GGG. Blooms October, De- 

 cember labiata 

 New York. L. B. 



The Culture of Conifers 



THE conifers that are naturally supplied 

 with an abundance of fibrous roots, such 

 as biotas and retinisporas, transplant more 

 readily than others whose root system 

 consists of longer and larger roots, and 

 fewer small rootlets. Therefore, conifers 

 grown in nurseries should either be fre- 

 quently transplanted, in order to form 

 compact root systems, which allows them 

 to be lifted with balls of earth, or they should 

 be pot-grown for two years. A longer 

 period is seldom advisable in the case of tall, 

 rapid-growing species, like the exotic species 

 of cupressus, as the roots are then apt to 

 assume the coil form, the tap-root growing 

 in a solid,, curled ball, which eventually 

 causes the tree to die. Large conifers of 

 this class should be lifted from the nursery 

 row in the early fall and placed in cheap 

 tubs, where after remaining a few weeks 

 numerous new rootlets are formed and they 

 transplant with greater facility and less loss. 



