CROMWELL GARDENS, CROMWELL. CONN. 



Orchids 



A View in our Cattleya Section 



ORCHIDS, continued 



Cattleya Mossiae. A prand siiiiinior-flowering variety, 

 with l.iiK'- ^iii'l tlowris \ . living in color. May 



and lull'-. N'riiiviii'la. . i' i t ^ ■ S s each. 



C. Percivaliana. M..\v. i< MiialKr and more deeplv 

 colon-d than ill.- ]>nvr,hnu and 1,1, ...ni-; lat.-r. Xc- 

 vcnihrran.l 1 )rrrnil .cr. \'rnr/urla. S J . so i , , s ^ , a. li. 



C. Schroederae. A .uiand ( 'alllrx a, uiili ll..«,-i , lan-ni.!^ 

 in c-ol.ii- ii-.iin whitr to drc|) r.w,-]iink, I hi- throat is 

 inn.ukaMo loi it, l.iilliaiit .l. r], m-11o\v color. March 

 andA]iiil. (ohanlii.i. ^ j . v ' to J5 each. 



C. Skinneri. \ ii~. hil -.|H , ir^ |irodiicing its rosy pur- 

 ple llo\Mi~ ill ~|iim-;; \ ' r\ sliowv and handsome. 

 Cii.it.aiiala. -.o i.i - ..u li. 



C. Triari£e. Ili- iiio-i u-. iiil ( aitl.'Na for cut-flower 

 puipo-r,. Mowrr, \ai\ lioni la;lit rose to purple. 

 Deceiiibrr and Jaiuiai\. ( oloinliia. S2.50 to $5 

 each. 



CALANTHE. Terrestial ( )r( hid of vigorous growth and 

 easy l ulturr. esiiei iall\' reconnnended to beginners. 

 It tliri\i'v in an\ onlinary greenhouse and bears 

 hand-oiii, il.,\\, is in midwinter when flowers of this 

 clas^ aM inoa i i ineil. Each 



C. Lasiliana $2.50 to $3.00 



C. MacWilliamsii 2.50 to 3.00 



C., Orange Throat . 



C. Orpetiana 



C. Sandhurstiana 



C. Veitchii 



C. Veitchii compacta. 

 C, White Seedling 

 CYPRIPEDIUM Insis 

 Orchid is in \ . 1 \ hn. 



1.50 to 2. 00 



2.50 to 3.00 

 3.00 to 4. 00 

 1.50 to 2.00 



1.50 to 2. 00 



,^o() to 4.00 



■t this iiopular 



|U1. rqiiolr.l is 



plants are in Im 

 be added, s- I 

 to Sj eacli. In 

 DENDROBIUM. 



taining inon il 

 distribute, I iln 

 eastern hcim I'l 

 and the l'hili|i|i 



colore! llo\,, , 10 , K i„.nl,u r,| In h.d.it. the 



plants \ar\ 11 lli. du.iil ,ind tiill,-d to species 



with pseudobidbs j to 4 leet in length. A mixture of 

 fibrous peat and sphagnum moss in equal parts suits 

 them best, and they should be grown near the glass. 



Dendrobium formosum giganteum. Flowers in 



clusters, laii;i , |Mnr white, lip siamrd orange-yellow. 

 October to 1 ),■, ,iiiIh I , lliiiiu.i. > j, so to S5 each. 

 D. nobile. ( oh.i-. s .n y iiom i,,-,- to ]iurple. Winter 



and spriuL;. Iiidi.i. so to S7.S0 o,[,'h. 

 D. Phalaenopsis Schroederianum. l lowcis in long 

 tcii.iinal spikes. Color lioni l.liidi to purple. October 

 to NovenilK i. Xi \v (".111110, 1. sj i,. S| . aeh. 

 D. thyrsiflorum. l-'low. is \\a\\ wlin. witli orange- 

 yelUnv lip, in ni,tii\ -Ik >\\ ei . . 1 .lio..pinL; .lusters. May 

 to June. Mouiiucin. to 5,s e.ieli, 

 UELIA. CIoseK- alli.-.I I.. faltl.N.is, ha\ ing the same 

 !■ ,o1..iiiil:, l<e.|uin v ilie same con- 



.ailli 



range of . 

 • litions of 

 L. anceps. 



Jantta.y. M.m... 

 MILTONIA. AUI. 



tivelv small l.iniil 



the\- i.iiik high ai 

 M. Phalaenopsis. 



]Hlals white. S. 



blotehe.l an.l str. 



to S,l e.i. li. 

 M. Roezlii. l lowei 



purple 1.1. 



iombia. s . -,, t,, s^ e.n h. 



M. vexillaria. lli-iiiu t lio 

 dcr .scap.'s I. .mi ii.im ti\-, 

 bright ros_v (liuk. (_"ol..ii:li 



ODONTOGLOSSUM. I h 



cool lenipeiatuie tlii.>ii.i;li 



the 



scape; sepals 

 Xovember to 



.is\ , iiUnie. Sepals and 

 t.. In .•-dowered. Lip 

 |uii|ili'. (■oloml)ia. 52 



hes aci.iss. white with a 

 the lip. Western Co- 

 lli Miltonias. The slen- 

 1 seM ii large flowers of 

 >,i.,S.i to Jio each. 



ikes. March to Ma; 



ONCIDIUM. Epiphytal Orchid of rare beauty from 

 xieo, Peru and th,' W.'sl Indies. On.ws best in 

 a tempi'iatuie Iroin S" lo . I. i.m ' '."^ 



O. varicosum Rogersii. < '11. ..i ili.- Iiii. -I .111. 1 most 

 usetul ol this laiuih , Ilimm;.; Ion-. 1 .1 ,111. li. . 1 -.jiikes 

 with an abundance ol huge, \ellow llow.-is, \ery 

 tine for decorative purposes. October to December. 

 Brazil. Si. .so to $3 each. 



