Gaftfqra*i with but few exceptions, thrive best under pot-culture, and require abundance of drainage. 

 The &oil should consist of good fibrous peat* from which all the loose material has been shaken out ; to this 

 should be added a small portion of chopped sphagnum moss; the whole should Ik? preyed together firmly, 

 mid the plant elevated upon u little cone of soil, an inch or two above the rim of the pot During the 

 growing season Catttetja* enjoy a nice moist atmosphere, and with u moderate supply of water to the roots 

 the use of the syringe may be dispensed with, except that on hot summer evening slight ayrhlgings may be 

 advantageously given with a syringe baring much smaller apertures than those usually employed— so small 

 indeed that the fine spray may fall on the leaves in the form of heavy mist rather even than &a fine rain. 

 When the growth is complete, the plants should be subjected to a season of rest, by withholding water and 

 lowering the temperature! but this treatment should not be carried to au extreme, or their constitution will 

 be greatly injured, and instead of starling rigorously into growth, they will be found to push out weakly 



shoots. This drying off should not be continued if the slightest appearance of shrivelling, either in the 

 pscudobulbs or leaves, sets in. 



Cittlkj/a* are subject to the attacks of white scale and red thripS, which, if allowed Uj accumulate, will 

 speedily disfigure their foliage. The former may lw kepi away by frequent washings or sponging* with tepid 

 water and a little soft-soap; whilst upon the first appearance of the latter the infected places should be 

 dusted with tobacco-powder, and the plants should bo carefully examined and washed daily until the iosl 

 lUrips is exterminated, for nothing so thoroughly disfigures the plants as this last-named i>cst. 



Increase is effected in the usual way by division, care being taken that the dividing process is nol 

 carried to exi 



