if kept in a cool house without being welled. If the plan) i- required for exhibition purposes it should bo 

 retarded as soon as its growth a completed by placing ii at Uie coolcsl end of the house without water :ii the 

 roots, until ii is required to start into growth and (lower; then it should have u little more warmth. It is a 

 capital plant to travel, a little wadding being pnt between the Bowers, and of course removed on its arrival 



at the place of exhibition. 



The plant is of easy cultivation, the chief requisites being distinct seasons of growth and rest. The 

 former commences in spring at the same lime that they begin to show (lower. After this growing season 

 has hecn completed, they should have one of rest, by withholding water from the roots, only allowing them 

 sufficient to keep the bulbs in a plump state. Let the bulbs be well plumped before resting commences ; this 

 period is easily known by the leaves commencing to decay and the bulbs ceasing to swell. The roots being 

 of a thick and fleshy substance, of course require when growing a proportionate amount of moisture. From 

 experience we have found the temperature of the Caltleya house (he most suitable for all the species of 

 C&ggis, allowing them as much light as possible to secure well-ripened bulbs. Tf they arc grown in a pot, 

 they are best elevated on another pot reversed, as the bulbs arc inclined to hang down, and by this mode 

 of elevation they get all the light and air possible. 



Thcv thrive well either in (wis or baskets ; perhaps the latter, from their being suspended from the roof, 

 arc the more suitable on account of the pendent habit of the bulbs. The best material wc have found for 

 "rowing them in is rough fibrous iwat and sphagnum moss in equal quantities, and they must have good 

 drainage. If cultivated in baskets, moss should be placed next the outside and peat-earth in the centre, as 

 the constant watering would otherwise be liable to wash out the peat. They also do well on blocks, but on 

 these they require more attention, and more frequent moistening of the root*, about which latter moss must 

 be fixed, replacing it annually. Wc find it better to repot them every season after they have finished 

 blooming, as, like other deciduous plants, they lose their roots during the resting-pcriud, and by giving them 

 fresh material, the bulbs arc induced to make stronger growth and to flower more freely. 



Propagation is effected by dividing the bulbs just as they have finished blooming, always choosing a 

 leading bulb with one or two old ones at the back. The divisions should be potted in i»eat and moss, and 

 must have plenty of moisture at the roots. They arc not specially subject to insect attacks, but sometimes 

 when young the thrips and red spider will damage their foliage. Of course they must not be suffered to 

 gain the ascendency. 



