. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i58 The American Florist. Jan 13 and smoke it is a terrible failure. All the under part of the glass is covered with a deposit of dust that creeps through, mak- ing it very unsightly and covering the plants with dust, besides being bad for drips. At Weinhoeber & Co.'s greenhouses at Park Ridge all the violets from which next j-ear's stock is to be grown, are kept in cold frames out of doors. This is in accordance with nature, and we doubt not is far the best for violets or carna- tions. Don't force or excite t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i58 The American Florist. Jan 13 and smoke it is a terrible failure. All the under part of the glass is covered with a deposit of dust that creeps through, mak- ing it very unsightly and covering the plants with dust, besides being bad for drips. At Weinhoeber & Co.'s greenhouses at Park Ridge all the violets from which next j-ear's stock is to be grown, are kept in cold frames out of doors. This is in accordance with nature, and we doubt not is far the best for violets or carna- tions. Don't force or excite those from which vonr stock is to be raised. Correction. In the last number of the American Florist containing the obituary notice of John Henderson, you had a prefix to the notice which I sent you, which con- tained the erroneous statement that Mr. Henderson was the author of a standard work on grasses. The first part of the notice was run so close to mj' remarks that I have been credited with the whole article. It is very mortifying co me, as it places me in the position of being grossfy ignorant of vny late friend's career. The work on gr;isses alluded to was written by John Henderson, of Northport, L. I., who was in no way connected with the subject of the obituary notice. P. Odontoglossum Grande. With the increasing demand lor (irchid flowers during the fall months tliel)looms of this noble odontoglossum will be ap- preciated by all who are called upon to furnish choice flowers during this season of scarcity. It setids up its spikes of grand yellow and brown flowers—usually from i'our to six on a spike—and some- times two spikes to the buUj—from Sep- tember to November, furnishing colors so desirable to arrange with the cattleyas, telias, cyjiripediums, lycastes and other light colored sorts which may be had in bloom at this season. Odontoglossum grande is easily culti- vated, but requires more decided seasons of growth and rest than many of this genus, notably cr
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