Cymbidiums produce fine cut flowers for corsages and are much used 
by florists. In nature they grow usually as terrestrial plants but sometimes 
aS epiphytes. They may be grown under trees or half shade of a lath house 
in a soil that is about %4 peat and % very sandy loam. They may be grown 
in a Similar soil in pots in a greenhouse. They are even easy to grow as house 
plants, in a kitchen or living room window. They require only cool conditions 
in winter and are not injured by 32°. Ours survived even 20° outside but . 
there was some injury and all flowers were frozen. One pseudo bulb, with 
foliage, should grow into a blooming size clump in about 2 years. I have had 
a few flower within 6 mo. but this result can be expected from only about 
one in 100. 
They should be kept moist, but not Soggy, at all times. Foliage should 
be sprayed daily in summer. To make large clumps bloom, rest them in 
Aug. and Sept. by giving less water but avoid dryness sufficient to cause 
injury to foliage. 
Cymbidiums, Butterfly, Doreen, Giganteum, Moira, Winter Cheer, Zebra. 
_.Price $2.50 ea. Insigne makes small plants but nice flowers. Excellent for a 
smaller pot to fit small space. $4.00. Madeline, a very profuse bloomer, $5.00. 
Hookerianum, beautiful green orchid, $7.50. These prices are for one pseudo 
bulb with foliage. Clumps of two or four bulbs cost at the same rate, but 
back bulbs and small growths, if any, will be left on. They are shipped loose 
roots, not in pots, postpaid when weather permits, or f.0.b. express, if you 
so advise. Express will be easier on your plants. 
Oncidium varicosum Rogersii. A beautiful yellow spray, 50 or more fls. 
In clay pots, in osmundine. Only 4 plants at $5.00 ea., f.o.b. express. 
Cypripedium callosum. Easy to grow, tropical Lady Slipper. Fine corsage 
flower. Culture easy. Not hurt at 32°. Must be kept constantly moist. May be 
grown in same compost as Cymbidiums. Ours are in Orchid-Grow, a com- 
mercial mixture. Per pot, $3.00, $5.50 and $7.50. F.o.b. express. 
Cattleyas. We have many fine species Cattleyas and many fine hybrids, 
too many for our greenhouse space. We can give you better plants and at a 
lower price if you allow us to make the selection of the kind. 
Cattleya species. Fine blooming sized plants at $5.00 and $7.50. Smaller 
plants for as low as $2.50 and $3.50. The latter can be grown in about one 
year to reach a blooming size. It would help these if they were repotted in 
fresh osmundine. For 50c we will include enough to do the work. To do this 
remove the plant from pot and from all old osmundine. Do not injure living 
roots. Fill pot about 4% with drainage material. Moisten new osmundine and 
cut into chunks about 2” square. Place a little osmundine on one side and 
hold any living roots on the plant against this. Begin filling under the plant 
and prying against osmundine with a potting stick. This potting stick may 
be made from end of small broom handle and flattened on one end until 
about %” thick on lower end and cut square across. Make the osmundine 
very firm under and all around plant. The surface should be about %” below 
pot rim. After potting, set plants in full shade until roots start. Enough 
moisture is in osmundine now, only spray foliage every day for a month. 
Probably new roots will show by that time. Whether they do or not, the 
spraying should now begin to fall more freely on the compost but don’t 
pot water freely until roots show or new growth begins. Plants will need 
almost full shade until that time. Good potting directions are in Chabot’s 
“Greenhouse Gardening for Everyone.” 
These prices are made so that you can afford to experiment. Some 
failures can be expected but I believe you can usually succeed. 
Cattleya hybrids at $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00. The larger ones are flowering 
sized plants. 
Cattleyas are shipped in their clay pots, f.o.b. express. 
THE PINEAPPLE FAMILY — Bromeliaceae 
Bromeliads include Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Aregelia, Tillandsia, 
Neoregelia and many more genera. We list Billbergias and only a few others 
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