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Title: Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Oliver, George Watson, 1858-1923 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891- joint author
Subjects: Gardening Greenhouses
Publisher: New York, A. T. De La Mare co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ing of the fruit. Culture. It requires a soil of fibrous loam with good drainage. Propagation. Propagated by cuttings taken in the Fall. ODONTOGLOSSUM. With the exception of O. ciirosmumthe species of this noble genus have a struggle for existence in theDistrict of Columbia. Farther north they succeed better. 0. cris-pum is one of the most popular, of which there are many beautifulvarieties. Culture. The Odontoglossums are cool house Orchids, 65 de-grees, and the main difficulty of their culture results from injurydue to high Summer temperature. They require abundant ventila-tion, good light, but some shade. ODONTONEMA (Thyrsacanthus). O. Schomburgkianum isa shrubby plant attaining a height of 6 feet. There is nothing justquite like it with its graceful long sprays of red flowers all during theseason. These plants are very seldom seen in gardens of amateursbecause, like many other things, they cannot be sold to plant-loversin public markets unless they are in flower. 140 PLANT CULTURE
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Plant of Cattle ya Showing Air Roots and pseudobulbs. (See Page 89) Figure 15 GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY PLANTS 141 Culture. They are adapted to the warm house and are of easyculture. Propagation. They are propagated easily by cuttings. ONCIDIUM. 0. varicosum and 0. v. Rogersii bear large paniclesof pale yellow flowers. Both are natives of Brazil, blooming duringearly Winter. Culture. Same as Odontoglossum. ORCHIDS. Although there is an immense number of speciesand forms of Orchids, few of them are grown solely for their cutflowers. The following genera of Orchids are discussed elsewherein this book: Calanthe, Cattleya, Coelogyne, Cypripedium, Dendro-bium, Lalia, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Phalanopsis and Vanda.Most of them produce flowers but sparingly, and are chiefly grownin private collections. A large number being hyrbids, very few ofeach kind are in cultivation; only those species and their varietieswhich are procurable in large quantities from their native haunts aregrown for cu

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