back to the pseudo-bulb. Roots usually start in about 6 weeks if you treat plants as 
advised. 
Sometimes when moved, the inexperienced grower neglects his plant a little and 
the foliage dies. This is not fatal. The pseudo-bulb has only become a back bulb. The 
foliage will never be replaced but a new plant will start at base of bulb in from 2 to 6 
mo. if you keep it moist. 
In Pots, they are reasonably easy. They can be grown in the same compost as 
required by Begonias or in soil as we described for outdoor culture. Give them a warm 
situation, not as cool as most plants require in the summer, a little cooler in the winter 
when resting. We suggest an 8” or 10” pot. They can be set in an 8” pot and shifted 
when necessary. They begin blooming in late winter and continue to late spring. 
The plants we offer consist of a single pseudo-bulb and foliage. They should 
flower in two years with correct culture. We have had less than 1% flower in a year 
or less, tho it can happen. Even large plants when moved without soil require a year. 
We send out only good plants. We have been held responsible for plants that died 
from no water at all and from too much. We cannot longer accept responsibility for 
wrong handling. 
Cymbidium plants cost more than Cattleyas. The flowers sell for less but 
Cymbidiums produce several times as many flowers and cost much less to produce. 
They are less expensive to grow. I had one 2-bulb plant last year that produced two 
flower spikes of 15 or more on each. We sold the flowers for $1.00 each, wholesale. 
That was 10% income on a value of $300, or $150 per pseudo-bulb. But this result 
was unusually good. But our entire flower sales were so good that I am almost 
reluctant to sell plants. We list them chiefly as a “good will” offer to our customers 
and if we sell none we will be quite as happy as if we sell 250 as none can be bought 
from wholesale growers. 
We ship Cymbidiums by prepaid parcel post but we do not accept responsibility 
for freezing in transit to the north. To avoid that risk, ask that delivery be made at a 
time when there is no danger or that the plants be packed with extra insulation and 
shipped by express, charges collect. 
Butterfly. Yellow to buff with red lip. $15.00. 
Doreen. Greenish orange, yellow lip, spotted purple. $15.00. 
Giganteum. A robust, large plant. Flowers are smaller than some but as they are 
first to flower they have no competition. $12.50. 
Insigne. White, flushed pink to deep rose pink. Very small plant, thus well adapted 
for growing in pots. Small plants, $15.00. 
: Moira. Shades of cream and yellow with crimson and purple markings on lip. 
15.00. 
Veitchii. This species grows vigorously and multiplies rapidly. It has very pretty, 
large flowers with the fault of having few flowers on the stem. That is less objection- 
able than some growers claim as the flowers are very pretty, sell well and plants produce 
many more spikes than any other sort. $14.00 ea. | 
Winter Cheer. Cream with pink dots and veins. Red dot on lip. $15.00. 
No quantity discounts on Cymbidiums. The doz. rate is 12 times the cost of one. 
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 Dec. 15. Don’t rush them, as too much water before they start to grow 
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