. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6o The American Florist. Nov. i5> plucking off all the large leaves. And it comes in when outdoor flowers are getting scarce and before the chrysan- themums are in bloom. It likes good ground and plenty of water particularly when grown in pots. The only insect enemy that seems to bother it is the rosebug in June, but this is enough for it almost defoliates it. It propagates very easily from cuttings of the young wood or stems or division of the root stocks. Seeds have never been produced by any of our plants. G
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6o The American Florist. Nov. i5> plucking off all the large leaves. And it comes in when outdoor flowers are getting scarce and before the chrysan- themums are in bloom. It likes good ground and plenty of water particularly when grown in pots. The only insect enemy that seems to bother it is the rosebug in June, but this is enough for it almost defoliates it. It propagates very easily from cuttings of the young wood or stems or division of the root stocks. Seeds have never been produced by any of our plants. Glen Cove, N. Y. Wm. Orchids for Cut Flowers. In Messrs. Siebrecht & Wadlej's new catalogue—which deserves praise for its general merit—two orchids are classified as Kast Indian when they should by no means be placed in that class. The reference is to the two cymbidiums— eburneum and Lowianum. Williams, in his book on orchids, also recommends them to be grown in the Enst Indian house. Though these orchids are collected in tropical latitudes, we are not told any- thing of the altitudes at which they are found or the conditions that produce fine plants in their native habitats. Probably but few collectors could give us satis- factory information on this subject, for they do not usually stay long enough in one locality to study all the conditions essential to vigorous growth and a free blooming quality. Even, however, if this was attainable, experience is con- stantly teaching us that to ensure the best results in our cultivation of many plants under glass we must vary some- what from natural conditions. As Mr. May, in the Florist of September 15, in his remarks upon the growing of roses aptly puts it: "The conditions in the greenhouse and out in the open ground are ; So we must always re- member that Nature's ways can not be implicitly followed, but must frequently be modified because of differing en- vironment. The attention of florists ne
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