. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Sept. 15 New York Notes. BT WM. FALCONER. Good nkws for Phh,ade;lphia—At New Rochelle, on August 23d last, the spirit descended on Dan. "Sermons in stones"—As did St. John in the wilderness, so cried out the very rocks by the wayside to Rose Hill. But it was known that the florists would pass that way. Shading—Siebrecht & Wadley use benzine and whitening for shading their greenhouses, " Yes, kerosene will do as well but benzine is ; Sago (Cycas revoluta)
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Sept. 15 New York Notes. BT WM. FALCONER. Good nkws for Phh,ade;lphia—At New Rochelle, on August 23d last, the spirit descended on Dan. "Sermons in stones"—As did St. John in the wilderness, so cried out the very rocks by the wayside to Rose Hill. But it was known that the florists would pass that way. Shading—Siebrecht & Wadley use benzine and whitening for shading their greenhouses, " Yes, kerosene will do as well but benzine is ; Sago (Cycas revoluta) For CEM- ETERIES—"' There is a growing demand for Sago palms for cemetery work. When their pots are plunged in the ground it doesn't matter if they don't get water for a few days at a time. Then in fall the owners can lift them, tie up their leaves, pay %'i a pair to a neighbor- ing florist for wintering them and they will be all right again for use next ; Decumaria BARBARA mentioned by Mrs. Thompson, page 5, isn't very hardy at Boston; it lives well with us here on Long Island and flourishes in New Jer- sey, but to see it in its glory we have got to go south. "There is a general house-cleaning going on now at all the establishments near New York," writes Miss Taplin, page 5. That's true, if the way in which I scrubbed and sweated and tore around is any indication of how other folks did. But then, how did those palms upon the stage in convention hall escape? We cannot properly say Cattleya Rochelliana alba, because no recognized species is named Rochelliana. If the new white flowered gigas has been named Rochelliana we must say C. g. Rochell- iana. And we cannot call it Rochelliana alba unless the Rochelliana is some already fixed, recognized variety and this new white variety is a distinct form of that Rochelliana. As the case stands just now the name given to this new Cat- tleya is C. gigas Rochelliana, and this only. But even now I am not su
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