. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. selenipedium section. There is no month in the year when there is not a fair crop of these popular and useful orchids. Most of the family prefer a well shaded house, with a moist atmos- phere, and with a daily spraying in hot weather to prevent the attacks of thrips or red spider. The old and ever popular C. insigne is not at all a fussy subject and will grow and flower just as well if kept in a coldframe, or even under the shade of a tree right in the open air, from June 1 to September 15. If the plants are well rpoted, give them a dose of liquid
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. selenipedium section. There is no month in the year when there is not a fair crop of these popular and useful orchids. Most of the family prefer a well shaded house, with a moist atmos- phere, and with a daily spraying in hot weather to prevent the attacks of thrips or red spider. The old and ever popular C. insigne is not at all a fussy subject and will grow and flower just as well if kept in a coldframe, or even under the shade of a tree right in the open air, from June 1 to September 15. If the plants are well rpoted, give them a dose of liquid manure once a week. SEASONABLE NOTES. Phaius. The genus phaius is not as much cul- tivated as its nierits would seem to warrant. The old P. grandifoliua is well known as a striking spring-flower- ing, terrestrial species, but there are now some beautiful hybrids that con- tain, in many cases, grandifolius blood and are worthy of culture. These lat- ter are less robust in habit than P. grandifolius, but are beautiful and decorative. Among the best are P. Norman, P. Cooksonii and P. Hum- blotii. The first two are of easy cul- ture. The last is a fussy Madagascar species, but hybrids between it and grandifolius possess a good constitu- tion. During the growing season, phaius plants like a well shaded, moist, warm house. A suitable rooting me- dium consists of a mixture of coarse fibrous loam and fern fiber, with some pieces of broken sandstone and occa- sional pieces of dried cow manure. The pots should contain ample drainage. Onddlum Varlcosum Bogersil. Oncidium varicosum Rogersii, a showy, free flowering archid, is of great value in the fall, being particularly use- ful at the fall exhibitions. In window displays its long, arching branches and spikes of golden flowers are also in- valuable. It succeeds best in compara- tively small pots and pans, in a mix- ture of fern flber and chopped sphag- num moss. The plants are now making up their new growths and need an abun- dant water
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