March 25, 1876. 1 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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nor are they of any value for the pnrpose that the largest pro- 

 portion of flowers are grown at the present time — viz., for 

 catting either for bouquets or decorative purposes in the house. 

 The scent is too powerful when the flowers are placed in close 



rooms; nevertheless their large size, singular formation, and 

 briUiant colours make thtm generally interesting, and they 

 are valued by all who really love flowers for their own sake 

 and are not ruled by the fashion of the hour. 



Fig. 57.— Stanhopea tighina. 



None of the species can be said to be shy in flowering ; with the spaces between the strips of wood should not be less than 



ordinary stove culture they flower every year during the summer an inch. On one occasion we had the care of some excellent 



or autumn months. In a recently published botanical die- specimens, which were grown in shallow baskets, but the pieces 



tionary pot culture is recommended for them ; but if this of wood were too close together, and the spikes of flowers 



system is followed out the plant must be raised very high which grow out at the sides or bottom of the basket could not 



above the rim, or the flowers will make a straggle to open get through, 



amongst the drainage at the bottom of the pot. The best material to fill up the baskets with is tough fibrous 



The best way to grow them is in baskets made of teak, and peat, sphagnum, and potsherds in equal proportions, with a 



