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treatment* by gelling them nearer Uie Itahf, induces a more vigorous growth, and m -urea the belter ripci 

 of Iho stems ; and unless these points an realized, we cannot expeol good flower?. 



With inseel i i li-! i lii 9 const&nl warfare shotdd be waged, The white scale is (lie most troublesome, and 

 affects the young growth, but it may be kept under by frequent syringing with clean writer. 



Propagation i* effected by division at the time when the stems ate just starting to grofl ; two 01 three 

 old stems should bo kepi at the back of the young one. The divisions should bo potted in Ihc material 

 recommended above, and they must be kept moist (not wet), and in n moist atmosphere, until well rooted. 

 They should never be allowed to shrivel, as Gcoluts arc difficult to bring hack into a healthy condition when 

 once they go wrong. 



Good healthy robust roots are essentia) to the successful *powili of all nlonte, orchids by no means ex- 

 cepted. Therefore, a* some kinds of |>eat soil become converted into a soddenod and unhealthy mass in (he 

 course of one or two years at the furthest, and as when in this slate it i> inimieul to a healthy root condition, 

 it is most desirable UOl i<> allow more than two years to elapse, without renewing the toil l>v the process of 

 re-potting. 





