In tlit; cultivation of this, as indeed of nil other orchidaceous plant* which have no pscudobulba to 

 support them during the season of drought, care must be taken that the plants do not suffer from want of 

 water. Less of this element is certainly necessary during the winter months, and the atmosphere should 

 then be kept drier; nevertheless water must not be withheld until the leaves become flaccid, for when this 

 takes place the bottom foliage is sure to fall off, to the disfigurement of the plant. It therefore behoves 

 the cultivator of Vandas > whilst allowing them just to feel the influence of the dry season, to watch then 

 very closely, in order to prevent any damage from this source to the symmetry of the specimens. 



This plant may cither be grown in a bosket and suspended from the roof, or in a pot, in the usual style 

 adopted for the various members of this order. We prefer the latter system, because it displays the 

 graceful habit of the plant to Hie greatest advantage, whilst less care in nursing and less trouble are 

 incurred, the plants being nt the same time less liable to sudden changes. 



The red thrips and the scale, more especially the former, if allowed to establish themselves, soon commit 

 sad havoc upon the foliage of landa*. Upon the faintest sign of the attacks of these insects, the thrips in 

 particular, the plants should be taken out and carefully washed with soft soap and tepid water, and then 

 the axils of the leaves should be dusted with tobacco powder; this operation must be repeated about every 

 second or third day, until the pest is exterminated. We have seen fumigation recommended, but this when 

 done in moderation we have never found to be successful, whilst when the house has been heavily charged 

 with smoke, we have found it led to the loss of the bottom foliage, so that the remedy proved as bad as 

 the disease ; therefore it is that we think the washing and dusting with tobacco powder preferable. Should 

 the scale attack these plauk, they may be got rid of easily by washing the leaves with a sponge and soft 

 soap, as More mentioned, taking care to dislodge all that can be seen, 



Jf young plants are required, the offsets which spring from the base may be separated when they have 

 made n few roots, the spring being the best season of the year in which to perform the operation. 



