. BEAHM GARDINS Zygocactus - page 2, 
CUTTINGS : 
On receiving your rooted cuttings plant them in slightly moist 
potting soil and wait a day or two before starting regular watering, 
When potting your plants allow ample room between the soil line and 
the top of the pet. This will permit the addition of a little fresh 
potting soil or fertilizer euch year without disturbing the roots nor 
yet getting the pot too full for proper watering. Heavy fertilizing 
is not to be advised, rather add'fresh potting soil. Do not allow 
the plants to go through a long dry spell without watering, or at 
Least spraying the foliage. Unrooted cuttings should be planted at 
once to the depth of one-third their length, in SLIGHTLY moist 
peat and sand using a half and half mixture, They should be kept 
in a shady place and, if possible, in 2 moist atmosphere, for 
rooting, ‘The cuttings may remain for as long as a year in the peat 
and sand without injury; they are epiphytic, therefore do not 
require nearly the 2mount of root feeding that ferns and begonias do, 
TRELLISING : 
There is no trellising needed with these plants except for those 
grafted on tall standards, These should be supported as their tops 
increase in size, A framework simulating an umbrella is often used, 
There are approximately 75 varieties of the Zygocactus (Christmas 
cactus) mentioned in publications (but not in detail), during the 
past century, Many are now either lost or found only in private 
gardens with no data as to their origination and only a meagre 
description. Apparently only one of these is a species (wild form) 
found in South America, while the others are hybrids, 
We ars checking 211 that we can find, As fast as we secure . 
sufficient propogation of a variety and its identity is established, 
we will relense it to our customers. We have about 30 varieties 
under observation, at present, but not all will prove sufficiently 
Gifferent in growth or flower to merit the consideration of the 
general. public, ; 
