. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 472 The American Florist. April 3, start thnn after, as the shoots are not so liable to be snapped out. The cactus varieties flower more from this class of roots than from stock propasatcil in sprins. Spring Treatment of Cattleyas. It may seem paradoxical, but it is none the less a fact that underwaterins of in autumn leads to overwater- ing and consequent damping of the j'oun; growths in spring. When the grow- ing season is drawing to a close and ripening or, more correctly, develop
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 472 The American Florist. April 3, start thnn after, as the shoots are not so liable to be snapped out. The cactus varieties flower more from this class of roots than from stock propasatcil in sprins. Spring Treatment of Cattleyas. It may seem paradoxical, but it is none the less a fact that underwaterins of in autumn leads to overwater- ing and consequent damping of the j'oun; growths in spring. When the grow- ing season is drawing to a close and ripening or, more correctly, developing, the pseudobulhs is in order, then the grower too often thinks that he must reduce the water supply. This is wrong: the plants are in need of plenty of sustenance at this time to develop the bulbs and, in the case of some species, the forming flowers that rest in em- bryo during the winter. Withhold the water and both bulbs and flowers will be weak. The connection between this and the spring growths may not at once be apparent, but there is a great dif- ference in the shoots from really well developed bulbs and tliose that are only partially developed. There is also a difference in the bulbs themselves, fop the latter will shrivel after the shoots have started and the grower naturally thinks to mend matters by watering more freely in spring, thus making the com- post wet and unfit for the new roots to enter, which he would not do if the old bulbs kept plump. This, then, explains the seeming parados. Any one who has plants in the condition indicated will make matters worse by heavy watering now. Keep up plenty of at- mospheric moisture, but allow the com- post to remain comparatively dry. Then the roots will soon take a hold of the latter and water in plenty can be given, as the roots will take care of it. Up to the time that the sheaths open and form a cup with the growing leaf light dewing overhead on bright days is necessary, but when this cup- like formation exists the w
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