. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. be transferred to a pot; Fig. 1586, eight-months-old plant of Phaius Wallichii; Fig. 1587 atwelve-months-old hybrid Cattleya (C. intermedia x ): Fig. 1588 a Cypripedium thirteen months old;Fig. 1589 a two-year-old hybrid between a Cattleya andLfplia {C. intermedia x L. pnes
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. be transferred to a pot; Fig. 1586, eight-months-old plant of Phaius Wallichii; Fig. 1587 atwelve-months-old hybrid Cattleya (C. intermedia x ): Fig. 1588 a Cypripedium thirteen months old;Fig. 1589 a two-year-old hybrid between a Cattleya andLfplia {C. intermedia x L. pnestans). The raising of Orchids from seed should be encour- nonths 1170 ORCHID ORCHID aged, and enlist the energy of every Orchid culturist,not necessarily for the production of hybrids alone, butalso for the reproduction of rare species and varieties, anda number of species which are fast decreasing or becom-ing extinct in their native homes. Aside from the finan-cial inducement offered the commercial grower, it will apices and on new growths of deciduous and plicate-leaved species, indicate either lack of suflficient waterat the roots or an overdry atmosphere, both of whichconditions can be easily changed. Snails and /nsee^s. —Orchids are attacked by manyforms of snails. Insect pests are a great annoyance. 1586. Eight months from {Phaius Wallichii.) 1587. A year from the intermedia X C. labiata.) prove instructive to the botanist and afford infinitepleasure and pastime for the amateur. Z>iA-ertses. —Orchids are subject to many having importance from a cultural standpoint andmost troublesome to the grower are known as wet- anddry-rot and spot. Wet-rot is caused by an overmoist orstagnant atmosphere, and is usually first detected by asemi-transparent appearance of the parts affected, whichsoon become dark brown. It spreads slowly along thetissue. If noticed at the commencement it can bereadily checked by slitting the epidermis with a sharpknif
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