

heat and moisture arc required for its successful gmwth. -But these requisites must be supplied at a 

 proper season, for though the jilant comes from the hot climate of India, it cannot therefore hear to be 

 strongly stimulated when it ought to be at rat. We believe the giving of more heal than is required, and 

 at an improper time, is one great cause of failure in cultivation. The plant must have a season of rest as 

 well as of growth, and this, notwithstanding that it belongs to a group of Orchids which continue to grow 

 nearly all the year round, Faudas, as we have before remarked, have no thick Heshy bulbs to support them, 

 and in consequence require abundance of moisture at the roots, especially when grown on blocks. The plants 

 must never bo allowed to shrivel, as may often hapj>en when they arc flowering, (he reason being that they 

 bloom so freely ns to exhaust themselves, especially when they are not quite healthy at the root- When a 

 plant is perceived to be shrivelling, the remedy is to apply water to the toils of the leaves ; but this requires 

 to be done with sound judgment as to (he quantity given. 



The plants may be grown in many ways— on blocks, in b&skois, and in pots; they succeed well either 

 way. but the most natural manner np|»cars to be on blocks of wood, which should be suspended from the 

 roof where they may get plenty of light, but not in the scorching sun. Too much shade is injurious; it causes 

 the growth to become sappy, and this results in the ends of the leaves taming black, which is frequently 

 termed the " Orchid disease." If, however, the rules we have laid down regarding the treatment of the plant 

 arc followed, this evil will be avoided. 



The most beautiful plants of this Orchid we have ever seen were in the collection of A. Fairric, Esq., of 

 Liverpool. This was nlwul seven years since, but Ihcy have been since sold. They were large masses growing 

 on immense logs of wood* suspended from the roof, near the glass, in the Cattleya-housc, where the tempe- 

 rature ranged from 55* to GO in the winter, and from G5° to 75* in summer. On line days ventilation 

 should always be resorted to, in order that the temperature may not rise loo high. It is belter to allow all 

 Orchids a little fresh air, but not to subject them to cold draughts, which arc injurious. If grown ou blocks, 

 the plants require more water than when in pots or in baskets \ if grown in either of the latter methods, they 

 must have good drainage, but not too much material at the roots: a little sphagnum-moss is the most 

 suitable, the baskets or pots being three parts filled with crocks, and the remainder with moss. It is also 

 a good plan to apply fresh moss every year; but it is necessary to be careful, in taking away the old moss 

 and replacing it. that the roots may not be injured, for they are after alt the princi]tal support of the plant. 



Fanda c&ntlea is, as we have said, not easily propagated, being slow-growing; but when strong and 

 well-established, the plants throw up young shoots from the base of the old stems, and these may be taken 

 oil when well rooted, and placed, eacli with a little sphagnum-moss, on a block of wood, and suspended from 

 the roof. The plants arc not specially subject to the attacks of insects, but they should always he kept 

 clean. Thri|&, perhaps the most troublesome in summer* may be destroyed or kept away by fumigating 

 with tobacco. 



