Most cultivators of stove Orchideous plants find a diffi- 

 culty in managing the particular tribe to which this belongs; 

 that difficulty is, however, completely overcome in the 

 Garden of the Horticultural Society, in which these flourish 

 more than almost any others. In that establishment they 

 are treated thus : they are planted in perfectly rotten wood 

 in small pots, which are covered with moss tied securely 

 about them ; these pots are suspended obliquely from the 

 rafters of the front part of a small stove, in such a way 

 that the plants are not compelled to grow upright, but are 

 allowed to assume the pendulous or horizontal position, 

 which is natural to them. Thus treated, species of the 

 true Dendrobium habit, such as D. chrysanthum, flourish 

 in a degree which is at least equal to that of their native 

 woods. The temperature of such a stove should never 

 fall below 75°, and the dew point should be always near 

 saturation. 



J. L. 



