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Title: 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
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-
Subjects: Gardening Horticulture Horticulture Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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BRASSIA and the wingless column. The fls. are odd and spider-like in form, and are cultivated chiefly for that reason.They can be grown with Cattleyas. They bloom in sum-mer, and during that time should have liberal suppliesof water. Keep them quiet in winter, but do not drythem off completely. Grow in pots with thoroughdrainage, in a soil of fibrous peat and sand. Prop, bydivision. The Brassias succeed well in the Orchid house de-voted to Cattleyas, one that is not too warm in winterand furnishes plenty of air during the warm months.They have not been popular in gardens, as their flowerslack brilliant coloring, but their shape is weird, and tothe collector they have charms that are almost as allur-ing as the Odontoglossums. Pot culture is best, as theplants make fine specimens, and are vigorous root-pro-ducers. B. Lawrenceana and its variety longissima,with B. vemicnsa, are the best, known in gardens, andare most desirable from a cultivators standpoint. Cult, by E. O. Obpet.A. Sepals

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