From the accounts which have been furnished by Mr. Daniels, 

 it would appear that this result has been occasioned by allowing 

 scope for the development of the branches, and by the thorough 

 ripening, effected by the application of strong dry bottom heat. 



Dendrobium Falconer! :— from Mr. T. Baines, gardener to 

 H. L. MiCHOLLs, Esq., Summerfield, Bowdon, Manchester. 

 These were finely developed cut blooms of this rare and beautiful 

 species, sent with the following communication on its manage- 

 ment. A Spkcial Certificate was awarded to Mr. Batnes 



" I enclose a few flowers of Dendrobium Falconeri, from a 

 plant flowering here. From the numerous inquiries made by 

 orchid growers respecting its treatment, and also from my own 

 observations, I am led to suppose it to be a very diflBcult 

 subject to manage well. I therefore take the liberty of stating 

 the treatment under which it grows admirably with me. 



" Its habit of growth and the treatment it requires, are different 

 from those of all other orchids I have met with. 



" I know of no orchid that requires more thorough ripening to 

 induce it to flower. I therefore grow it attached to a piece of 

 wood, hung up within 18 inches of the glass, in a cool orchid 

 house, where the night temperature in the growing season is from 

 60° to 65° with a rise of 8° or 10° by day, and where it receives 

 all the light possible, but not the least sun ; for its thin delicate 

 leaves are sure to be injured by exposure to the sun, neither can 

 they withstand the effects of fumigating the house with tobacco 

 I rest it by gradually withholding water, and reducing the tempe- 

 rature from the middle of November to the end of April, and for 

 the last four months of this time I never give any water. The 

 atmosphere is kept moderately dry, with a temperature of from 

 50° to 65°. It is, in fact, very difficult to manage without the 

 convenience of two or three houses, so as to be able to move it 

 about, in order to give it a long rest. 



" When starting to grow, I give no water till I can discern the 

 shape of the flowers. The first year it showed bloom with me I 

 watered it too soon, and the result was, it did just as D. pidchel- 

 lum will do, when similarly treated— run off to growth. The 

 second year I withheld water toa long, and more than half the 

 flowers perished for want of sufficient sustenance at the proper 

 time. If any of the stems put out side growths I rub them off", 

 for if thev are allowed to grow on, the plant will not bloom, as the 



