sively raised in building up as here described with peat ; it 

 does not terminate in the shape of a cone, but is carried up 



nearly square, being merely 



Unless the plants 

 given at the roots, 



very healthy, but very 



ded a little at the top 



d in 



very 



or 



great desideratum in the cultivation of Orchidacese being 

 preserve the roots, which, by over-watering, especially 



IS 



the 



a 



almost sure to be destroyed 



The general temperature of "the house ran"-es from 60 



deg 



week 



the afternoon, during the growing 

 p early and the paths well watered, and 



IS sprinkled on their head 



once or 



I 



find great advantage in having a tan bed in the house 1 

 plunge the plants in, the heat from the tan circulates throng 

 the peat and potsherds, and causes the plant to grow with 



great luxuriance. It might be objected to this method of 



plai 

 kno 



g Orchidaceae, that wood 

 I have followed this pi 



for 



instance of damage by th 

 moist to harbour any kind of 



)uld damage the 

 years, and do not 

 ndeed, the tan is 

 In order to make 



this account as intelligible as I can, I will detail the manner 



I 



which a young pi 



treated 



On the 20th of May 



I received a very small damaged plant of 



t 



opea; I allowed it to get perfectly dry 



Stan 



potted, and placed in a strong botto 



above; the plant began to gro 



then 

 th a strong 



about a fortnight 



d at the end of July had perfected a small bulb ; the plant 

 t^^n^ept dry about a fortnight, and was again placed 



lower 

 unting in the day to from 



strong bottom heat, and in a temperature 



than 70 degrees, but often 



90 to 100. 



By the 



d 



September it had perfected a 



d bulb, considerably larger than the first 



The plant 



was again dried on a hot flue for a fortnight, and then 



moved into a larger pot, and elevated a little above the 

 race: it 



re- 



was again replunged into a strong bottom heat, and> 

 the end of December, had perfected two more bulbs, 

 making four since its commencement. I should here ob- 



that the plant had but one bulb when I received it ; 



the plant was now dried foi 



month, then re-potted, and 



placed, as before, in a strong heat ; about the first week ._ 

 April the plant had made two more perfect bulbs, the process 



