THE ORCHID FAMILY — Orchidaceae 
Many of our customers tell us they have long wanted to grow an orchid. It is possible 
for anyone to do so. We are again reducing prices. 
We do not have much space here to describe them or to give culture directions. If 
genuinely interested, you will be pleased to send us 25c for “How To Grow Orchids,” or 
3lc for air mail delivery. This 10 page booklet describes many types and gives culture and 
potting directions. But it is too brief about Cattleyas. If Cattleyas interest you, send for 
our 1949 Orchid Price List. We recently found only a few hundred stored away, so you 
must send us [5c for it and 6c more if for air mail delivery. This gives brief sufficient 
culture information. It also tells how to make a Wardian case. Listings of plants in this 
are cancelled. 
Cymbidiums are as easy to grow as Begonias and culture does not differ greatly. For 
complete information you should order our booklet, How To Grow Orchids. One point 
we mention here. If you have difficulty in getting flowers, try giving them a rest in 
Aug. and Sept. Reduce amount of water but do not allow to become so dry that any 
foliage is lost or badly affected. Start liberal watering again, Oct. 1. 
We still have a surplus and offer still further reduced prices. 
Cymbidiums: Giganteum, very large plant. Many fls. brownish-yellow lined by red- 
brown; Winter Cheer, bronze and rose; Doreen, greenish-bronze; Moira, greenish bronze 
barred rose; Butterfly, cream to tan. Price, one front bulb with foliage, each variety above, 
$2.50. Insigne, makes very small plants that are nice in 6” or 7” pots. Pink and white fls., 
$5.00; Madeline, large plants, rose pink. $5.00. Grandiflorum, (Hookerianum), large, 
fine green fls., $5.00. Clumps of 3 bulbs for 24% times price of one. 
Our Selection of named and labelled plants for $2.25 or clump of three, often a 
blooming size, for $5.65. 
Assorted Cymbidiums. These are all named varieties purchased from a cut flower 
grower. But they are “Strays,” the labels lost. Don’t say you cannot afford an orchid 
plant or an orchid: corsage as you can grow your own flowers. Price, one bulb with foliage, 
$1.75, clump of 3 bulbs, $4.25. 
Cymbidiums and Cattleyas are standard orchids for corsages. Do not be misled 
by florid advertising of orchids recommended for constructing your own corsages. Recently 
an advertiser offered Bletilla and promoted it for corsage use. The flowers are much too 
small and they cannot be worn. They are not long lasting and the heat of a room or 
the body if worn will wither them quickly. You cannot even grow them in a warm room. 
Hybrid Cattleyas. Nearly all our plants need repotting in fresh osmundine. We will 
have this done and plants will be ready to ship, in their clay pots, by Apr. 1. They 
will not need repotting after you receive them for 2 or 3 years. Many dealers sell you 
Cattleyas in 1 er 2 year old osmundine for more than our price. 
Price, our selection of varieties, but if you tell us what you have, we will not 
duplicate them, $5.00 ea. These will be blooming size plants in 5” or 6” pots or pans. 
Cymbidiums and Cattleyas go by express, f.o.b. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Anemones and Ranunculus are nice in pots and are hardy in the deep south. For 
a better description and good culture send 10c for our 1952 Fall Cat. Do not plant later 
than Mar. 1. Tecolote Giant Double Ranunculus or Single Anemones, 2 for 15c. 50c doz. 
25 for $1.00. 
Maranta Kerchoveana. Rabbit Tracks. Nice, easy-to-grow shade plants, for pots. 
Acid soil. 75c. 
Maranta sp. Taller plants. The foliage is striped light and dark green on upper side 
with a few white stripes and blotches. Red on under side. I have seen it labeled, M. bi- 
color and M. tricolor, but it has 4 colors in foliage. Rare. Price, $2.00. 
Pot Marantas in 5” pots in peat or leaf mould with a little sand, in shade and keep 
well watered for rapid growth. 5 
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