. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SEASONABLE NOTES. Cattleya Labiata. Til is \vt>ll known and liighly ostoomoil oicliiil now lias its growths well made u|i; in I'act. huds are discernible in some t)t' the more prominent sheaths, and these should j^ise a iew flowers as enrly as the latter i)art of Sejitember or first ]iart of ()c'tol)er. Cattleya llowers are at the present tiin(> as sciirce as at any time in the year, and if any cdnsideralile onler for them were j^JNcn. it would be hard to till it. Tlie earliest labiatas slioubl be given a little more warmth, not anytliing in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SEASONABLE NOTES. Cattleya Labiata. Til is \vt>ll known and liighly ostoomoil oicliiil now lias its growths well made u|i; in I'act. huds are discernible in some t)t' the more prominent sheaths, and these should j^ise a iew flowers as enrly as the latter i)art of Sejitember or first ]iart of ()c'tol)er. Cattleya llowers are at the present tiin(> as sciirce as at any time in the year, and if any cdnsideralile onler for them were j^JNcn. it would be hard to till it. Tlie earliest labiatas slioubl be given a little more warmth, not anytliing in the way of fon-ing, but a li^'it place where th(>y will be shielded from too bright sunshine, a trifle warmer than they ha\"e been growing. A few days' difference in securing the first flowers may mean (piite a little added to the cash account. .\ good sujjply of water should still be given ('. laV)iata, and on (dear, warm clays a syringing will be beneficial. P>e sure, howex'er. that the foliage is dry before nightfall. This cattleya is so productixe and su(di a great favorite that it is to be regretted that its price steadilv advances, and unless fresh sources of supj)ly are dis- covered it will, in a few years, be the highest ]>riced of all the commercial cat tleyas. i'lants arri\ing now are mostly sniiill. The iarye masses of a lew years ago are un|>rocurab!e. The Cattleya House. Wliile nearly ail cattlevas will still reipiire a good water supjily, the arrival of co(der nights, accom|i;inied with hea\y dews, makes it necessary to abstain to some extent from tlie damp- ing dowTi, whi(di could be done quite late during duly and the first half of -August. It is always safer to allow plants of this genus to get quite dry between waterings. Have you ever no- ticed—but of course you have, if you are an interested orchid grower—how healthy a ])lant will look when it has been overlooked for several days at a rime, when you were soaking your other plants around
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