The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . Fig. -26.—cypripediuji x hindeanum. freshly potted is to plunge them to the rim inCocoanut-fibre or spent tan. Little water isneeded until growth has commenced, and at notime does the Hippcastrum like a large quantityof water. I have for a long time been con-vinced that there are more Hippeastrums killedor crippled by a too copious supply of water atthe roots than by any other means. There seems also to be an idea among somethat the Hippeastrum cannot be grown satis-factorily without a great deal of h
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . Fig. -26.—cypripediuji x hindeanum. freshly potted is to plunge them to the rim inCocoanut-fibre or spent tan. Little water isneeded until growth has commenced, and at notime does the Hippcastrum like a large quantityof water. I have for a long time been con-vinced that there are more Hippeastrums killedor crippled by a too copious supply of water atthe roots than by any other means. There seems also to be an idea among somethat the Hippeastrum cannot be grown satis-factorily without a great deal of heat. Asa matter of fact, they may be grown withoutany artificial heat whatever during the of H. vittata will even stand a few degreesof frost, providing they are dry at the roots, anddormant. I have had this form frozen in pots,and have brought them round safely by syring-ing them with ice-cold water, and placing themin a dark frame for three days, where the ther-mometer registered 31° F. I marked these bulbs, which we have often urged, that where fine-forms even of common s
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