. 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. Gardening. 428 CYMBIDIUM meat of the growing season, and should be executed with judgment, so that it will last three or four years, as the roots dislike being disturbed. The potting soil should consist of one-half chopped sod, the balance of equal parts leaf-mold, peat and live chopped sphagnum moss, well mixed together;
. 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. Gardening. 428 CYMBIDIUM meat of the growing season, and should be executed with judgment, so that it will last three or four years, as the roots dislike being disturbed. The potting soil should consist of one-half chopped sod, the balance of equal parts leaf-mold, peat and live chopped sphagnum moss, well mixed together; about one-third of the pot room should be devoted to drainage—potsherds or charcoal, covering the same with a little rough material to keep it open. When the large, fleshy roots are carefully dis- tributed the material should be worked in iirmly about them, leaving the base of the plant on a level with the rim of the pot when finished. Water sparingly until the new growths appear, when a more liberal supply will be necessary, but never enough to keep the soil con- stantly wet, or the new roots are liable to decay and the foliage to become spotted. Stock is increased by remov- ing the old pseudobulbs, pottiug them up in small pots and giving them a little more heat and moisture until they start new growth action, when they may be removed to their proper department. Robeet M. Gkey. A. Inflorescence erect. eblimeum, Lindl. Stems tufted : Ivs, dis- tichous at base, 1 or 2 ft. long, linear or lo- rate, bifid at apices: peduncles not as long as the Ivs., few-fid.: fls. about 3 in. across, ivory white, sometimes tinged with rose ; sepals and petals oblong - lanceolate ; labellum 3- k /'r, r > J. 633. Cymbidium gieanteum. lobed, with a golden yellow ridge running down the center. Khaaia HUls, at an elevation of from 5,000 to 6,000 ft. 33:67. 5136. Gn. 46, p. 398. Inflorescence arching, not pendent. B. Sepals and petals veined with red, brown or purple. LowlAnum, Reichb.
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