. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iS8(). The American Florist. 415. QtUOROBWiU UOBWt. Under the bench are the 4 inch pipes for hot water (I do not like steam for orchids). I have an idea that it brings up the spike more gracefully when in the center of the house and consequently nearer the light and a little warmer; and being a little drier than on the side benches the flowers keep longer and come out a little finer too. My mode of watering is with a hose; water is taken from a pond two miles distant (city water), and on fine days in their growing


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iS8(). The American Florist. 415. QtUOROBWiU UOBWt. Under the bench are the 4 inch pipes for hot water (I do not like steam for orchids). I have an idea that it brings up the spike more gracefully when in the center of the house and consequently nearer the light and a little warmer; and being a little drier than on the side benches the flowers keep longer and come out a little finer too. My mode of watering is with a hose; water is taken from a pond two miles distant (city water), and on fine days in their growing season the floors and benches are flooded two or three times each day. Odontoglossum grande, O. Insleyi and that tribe of odontoglots, also the new and beautiful O. Ilarryanuni like a little warmer temperature and I think a little drier house or place in the warm end of the odontoglossum house proper, giving more rest after flowering than is required by the O, crispum and varieties of that kind. I really think the odontoglossum should be grown in much larger quantities in this country, as I know from experience that they are of the easiest possible cul- ture and are so satisfactory and remuner- ative as to commend themselves to all lovers of beautiful and graceful flowers, suitable alike for the embellishment of the plant conservatory and for all kinds of choice decorations. Utica, N. Y. Wm. Mathews. Dendrobium Nobile. Truly, the most noble of dendrobes. The illustration is from a plant grown and flowered by Norton Brothers of Bos- ton. They exhibited the same at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's show last spring, and received a well earned gold medal. At that time it had over one thousand blooms, their beauty being much enhanced by an abundance of its growing bulbs, and glossy evergreen foliage. They grow it part of the year in one of their rose houses, and Mr. Norton says "We are going to see it again this year in as good ; Dendrobium nobile can be gro


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