#728 Le. NELLIE COHEN 
(Le. Canhamiana var. Alberts X C. Ballantineana) 
See page 20 
Lc. CANHAMIANA, ALBERTS’ VARIETY 
The plant of Le. Canhamiana, Alberts’ variety is unusually robust, bears large 
flowers every spring, medium dark lavender with a very large, intensely dark lip. 
Alberts’ variety is not to be confused with our previous strain of Lc. Canhamiana alba. 
In 1920 we grew about 2000 plants of Lc. Canhamiana from seed. At that time 
they were considered above average, but lacked shape that would meet present-day 
requirements. Anticipating this, we chose seven of the most outstanding plants, all 
of which were large and of good shape with fine flowers similar to the glorious dark 
flowers of fall hybrids. Out of the seven, six proved absolutely worthless for breed- 
ing, and the seedlings were discarded upon maturity. However, the seventh plant 
yielded such excellent results that it was tested again on three different crosses and 
again the results were outstanding. This particular parent is Lec. Canhamiana, Alberts’ 
variety. The record for flowers, so far, is 28 blossoms on one Lc. Nellie Cohen in a 
7" pot, one of the above crosses. 
In recent years we have used Lc. Canhamiana, Alberts’ variety as a parent breeder. 
Regardless of the other parents used, the offspring flower late March, April and May. 
They are robust growers and free-flowering upon maturity. The results are the finest 
of the modern spring flowering hybrids. 
917 Le. BRUNO ALBERTS (Lc. Florida var. Gold Star x Le. Canhamiana Alberts’ variety) 
31/.”—7.50 4” —12.50 
975 Lc. MEM. H. A. TRACY (C. Hardyana Alberts’ variety x Le. Canhamiana Alberts’ 
variety) 
31/.”—7.50 
990 Le. SWANEE RIVER (Le. Miami var. Louis XV x Le. Canhamiana Alberts variety). 
3/2” —7.50 4”—12.50 
16 Greenhouses at Mandarin on the St. Johns River 
