leaf mould has been added. In pots they may be grown in the same compost used for 
Begonias or they may be grown in orchid peat and leaf mould. If difficult to get just 
what you want, take equal parts of loamy sand and fine leaf mould. Oak leaf mould 
is best. Wherever planted, the underdrainage must be perfect. A soggy soil is very 
bad. They should always be moist, never too wet. Sprinkling the foliage is good in 
our too dry atmosphere. When well established give occasional light surface mulch of 
manure or manure water. 
In the following list, the price attached is for a single division. They should 
flower in one or two years. We had have them flower 10 months after dividing and 
replanting but few will do that. 
Cymbidium Butterfly. Yellow to buff with red lip. $7.50. 
C. Doreen. Greenish bronze, yellow lip spotted purple. $7.50. 
C. giganteum. A robust grower. The flowers are smaller than some but they are 
very pretty and as they are the earliest to flower they have no competition. $7.50. 
C. Insigne. White, flushed pink to deep rose pink. This is a very small plant 
and is not a rapid multiplier. The small size is an inducement to some for growing 
in pots. $8.50. 
C. Jessica. Very light to deep pink with up to 45 flowers in the spray. $10.00. 
C. Madeline. Very large flowers in a long spray. Flowers pink to yellow with 
purple spotted darker lip. A robust grower. $10.00. 
C. Moira. Shades of cream and yellow with crimson and purple markings on lip. 
$8.50. 
C. Veitchii. Creamy yellow flushed pink. Red spots on lip. Grows vigorously 
and increases rapidly. The spray is short with few but large flowers. $5.00. 
C. Winter Cheer. Cream or ivory white with pink dots and veinings. Red dots on 
lip. $7.50. 
¢ C. Zebra. Very tall. Pink in various shades. $10.00. 
Special Offer. Assorted varieties, just as good as the above. Some may be even 
more rare. Price $5.00 ea. If names are not too important to you, by all means, buy 
these unlabelled plants. The varieties are equally rare and the flowers equally good. 
They cost you less than present average prices. 
Please note. Altho we ship Cymbidiums by parcel post (pre-paid) when or where 
there is no danger of freezing in transit, we will only accept orders from the north in 
the winter when frost damage is possible on the following understanding: We will ship 
by parcel post at your risk or we will ship by express at your expense, f. 0. b. La Verne. 
We give express shipments heavier packing and the express company guarantees safe 
delivery. 
THE CALLA LILY FAMILY—Araceae 
This family contains the so-called Calla Lilies or Zantedeschia, Black Callas and 
other Aroids. 
Culture. All Zantedeschias and Arum palaestinum are suitable for pot culture. 
A. palaestinum will start about September or later. Do not put this bulb into moist 
soil before that or it will rot. Zantedeschias—pink, yellow and spotted leaf—may be 
potted by about December 15. Don’t rush them as too much water before they start 
to grow may rot them. They may be held back and started in early spring, here in 
late February. All do well in the garden in a moist semi-shaded cool place. They are 
not hardy in cold climates; dig in fall. The White Calla usually blooms in California 
in the garden in late winter. They may be planted in early fall in pots or garden. All - 
do best in mildly acid soils, on sandy side. 
It is an error to keep large White Callas growing continuously. If rested thru 
summer you will be rewarded with flowers. A rest brings flowers when they start 
again, often twice or more in a year. The Baby Calla should not be allowed to lose 
its foliage. Callas as pot plants need sun. 
Zantedeschia aethiopica, var. Baby Calla. This is the smallest and whitest calla. 
Small enough for corsage. We send small bulbs as the large bulbs make larger flowers, 
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