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Mure at the roots; the plant must never be allowed to get dry, a- its roots are thick and fleshy, and 

 require abundant support. We have found it to thrive in either a warmer or a cooler house ; and it appears 

 to bo very accommodating in its habits, as it will do cither in a basket or in a pot. We have observed it to 

 bo grown in a variety of soils by different cultivators, and in nearly all cases it has succeeded. The plant 

 continues -rowing nearly the whole year, and hence the necessity for a free supply of moisture. 



All these tropical Cgpripcdium require the same kind of treatment The soil we grow them in is good 

 . fibrous peat, with a little loan, and silver-sand, all mixed well together ; it should be a little rough. Tor this the 

 roots seem to enjoy, and as the plants require more water than some Orchids, the material is all the better for 

 bavin- a few small pieces of charcoal or broken crocks mixed with it, to keep it open. The pots must have 

 good drainage, and should not be too largo. The drainage material is to be placed at the bottom, and on 

 this a layer of sphagnum moss or rough peat, the pot being then tilled with the soil recommended lo within 

 half an inch of the rim, bo that the crown of the plant may be set on the top of the soil, with the roots 

 iwnctrating it The shoots must indeed always be kept above the soil, for when deep planted they arc apt to rot. 



This plant will do well in the Indian-house or in the Mexican-house, or in any warm house where the 

 temperature ranges from W to CO* in the winter season. In summer it will succeed well in a house which 

 is wanned mainly by the heal of the sun, firca being used only on cold and wet days mid nights ; bat in 

 autumn fires must be kept up, and the temperature maintained at the point already recommended. 



It is propagated by dividing the mass, two or three shoots or growths being retained to form each plant. 

 always moreover retaining one old growth beside the young one. This division should I* effected when the 

 young shoots have attained two or three inches in height; a portion of sound roots must also be kept to each 

 plant, and the division should not be attempted except the plant is in a healthy condition ; if unhealthy, the 

 divided parts would probably die. After division, pot the separate pieces in the material already recommended, 

 and keep them in a warm shady part of the house, not allowing loo much water until the plants begin 

 to make fresh roots. It is generally free from insects. 



