. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Aug. IS, ant mass of cumulative branches. The tree upon whicli it clambers having its identity almost hidden, and flowers in greatest abundance from base to top. When finding no further room to climb, it branches out in luxuriant masses. It is a vfondrously beautiful sight these great forest trees so clothed. Both Mr. Manning and Mr. Murdoch, to whom I sent flowers, wrote me of the pleasing impression the flowers created. I also sent specimens to Dr. Asa Gray, to whom I am under many obligati
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Aug. IS, ant mass of cumulative branches. The tree upon whicli it clambers having its identity almost hidden, and flowers in greatest abundance from base to top. When finding no further room to climb, it branches out in luxuriant masses. It is a vfondrously beautiful sight these great forest trees so clothed. Both Mr. Manning and Mr. Murdoch, to whom I sent flowers, wrote me of the pleasing impression the flowers created. I also sent specimens to Dr. Asa Gray, to whom I am under many obligations for naming many botanical specimens, and who asked me to send a specimen for the Harvard Botanic Gardens, which I am sorry I failed to do, other pressing duties crowding it out of mind, now alas, as it is too late I regret my failure to do so. Mrs. J. S. R. Thomson. Spartanburg, S. Cattleya Culture in the U. S BY .MATHEWS. Bv request of my correspondents I ven- ture'to give my experience in cattleya cul- ture. I suppose it will be best to begin with the mode of starting the imported plants, which by all means should Ije col- lected in their season of rest, and should in every case have good sound dormant eyes, a condition it is very often difficult for importers to get them in. They should neither be heated or chilled in their voyage from their native home to the salesroom of importers, etc. I have had good success on many occa- sions and on other occasions what I will call very bad luck, as I have had some lots that to all appearance looked very fine and healthy, but which I could not establish, and on the other hand I have had a shipment of plants that did not look over inviting that established read- ily. It is my opinion that plants which have been subject to excessive heat and close confinement, and plants that have been subjected to excessive cold are the ones that are hard to deal with. I think it very hard to recognize such a condition by ocular power. Take
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