. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON ORCHIDS. 619 is one of the finest of these bigeneric hybrids. It is derived from the intercrossing of Lcelia pui-piirata and Caff ley a Dowiana. It was my privilege a short time since to inspect the private hybridising department of Messrs. Veitch's nursery, now situated at Langley, Slough, and I was astonished to see the countless number of hybrids in all stages of growth, from the tiny germinations in the seed-pans to those bursting into flower. As pioneers of hybridisation, Messrs. Veitch have naturally had con
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON ORCHIDS. 619 is one of the finest of these bigeneric hybrids. It is derived from the intercrossing of Lcelia pui-piirata and Caff ley a Dowiana. It was my privilege a short time since to inspect the private hybridising department of Messrs. Veitch's nursery, now situated at Langley, Slough, and I was astonished to see the countless number of hybrids in all stages of growth, from the tiny germinations in the seed-pans to those bursting into flower. As pioneers of hybridisation, Messrs. Veitch have naturally had considerable advantages by being able to bring into use the hybrids that have been continually flowering with them. These give " new blood," which it is impossible to obtain under less favourable circumstances. The fascination of Orchid hybridisation has so extended of late years that there is now scarcely any Orchid collection where seedlings of some of the difl'erent kinds are not raised on the premises. Considerable variation occurs as to the period that elapses from fertilisation to the time of ripening of the seed- pods in the different kinds. The greater part of them take from nine to twelve months. There are also different methods of sowing the seed, each advocate claiming the greater Fig. 400.—SoPHRONiTis grandiflora. My own experience is that this is only a secondary consideration, providing the seed is good, properly ripened, and carefully attended to afterwards. There is little more difficulty in the raising of Orchids than is experienced with any other class of plant. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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