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“SPRING SPECIALS - CS San AT 1954 (Cont'd. ) om A Noe 
HYBRID BACK BULB CUTTINGS (Special # 6) 
Are you one of the many Orchidists who have discovered an easy and Baanonioel wey 
to round out your collection of blooming size hybrids with BACK BULBS? 
Almost any husky two-bulb cutting with a "live eye" can be grown and flowered in 
two yearse (Some will even produce a bloom or two at the end of the first year!) 
If you have never tried back bulbs, Page J, “LET'S TALK ABOUT BACK BULB 
PROPAGATION", should prove helpful. 
But this particular offering of cuttings need not be lined up in trays of chips or 
moss in order to start them. Hach and every cutting can be potted promptly, if 
you will study drawings "A" and "B" and follow directions. 
1. Choose a pot large enough (but no larger) to 
allow room at front of cutting for two more leads. 
Fill pot one-third full of broken crock. 
26 Prepare a "slice" of osmunda which, when roll- 
ed up, will snuggly fill rest of pot to about 3/4 
inch from rim at top. 
$3. Place 2=inch bent wire “hair-pin" over strong-= 
est part of cutting's rhizome. Use pliers to 
force the hair-pin's prongs to cross each other 
under rhizome. (See Drawing "A") 
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ae 4, Pull hair-pin down so top loop rests on top of 
\/ rhizome, Wrap osmunda slice (with most fibers 
‘ J vertical) sround prong of hair-pin and, if cut- 
ee cy 2 ting has some roots, around theme 
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) \Shair-pin 5. Make sure neither rhizome nor “eye” is par- 
i tially buried in osmundae Push roll of osmunda, 
Pe mam hair-pin and roots, into pot until it rests on 
crock. If not snug, work in additional bits of 
osmunda at front of plant. Never try to center 
the cutting, for it will grow in one direction only, so room must be left at front 
for the new growth. Push wire stake into osmunda at back of plant and tie bulbs 
so they stand upright. Is plant firm? If it wobbles when pot is moved, new roots 
will break fast as they form. 
Every cutting will be correctly labelled with its 
hybrid name, but as there are no more than one 
dozen of any given cross, no listing can be wire steke 
offered for you to choose from. \J 
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While I will do my best to send you a good, bal- (* \ 
anced assortment, actual selection of hybrids ie 
must be left to my judgment. \ Abr’ 2 
All are husky Cattleya, Le, Bc, or Ble hybrid riggs eat pee 
cuttings with live eyes. If properly handled, | 
each should bloom within two years, but since I om CE ed 
will have no control over the handling of them, | 
no guarantee can be made as to how they will per- 
form for you. 
SPECIAL SPRING PRICHS: 
Six Hybrid Cuttings: 2 White, 1 White-Col-Lip, AW ee 
3 Colored - ALL SIX - $9,00. i Ca YnG 4 
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Three sets of six each, as abovesee.ee$25.00 DRAWING "B" 
Included, will be Osmunda slices, wire "hair-pins" 
and stakes, ready for planting the cuttings you order. 
Shipment will be via Insured Parcel Post, provided Customer agrees to refund 
postal charges. 
NOTE: Use enclosed order blank for this, or any other of the 1954 Spring Specials. 
