s 
walker's cattleya 
65° by day. After the resting season is over I raise the temperature from 65° to 70° by night, and 
from 70 
sun 
be allowed to rise still more 
. )° will do no injury, but air should be given to prevent the heat 
dry the house once a day j but do not permit cold air to circulate anion 
The air on 
armed 
W 
grown on blocks with moss, but I find they succeed best in 
rds mixed together. 
The peat should be broken into pieces about 
the size^of a hen's egg. The most material point to be attended to in potting is that the pots should 
be well drained j tliis may be effected by placing a small pot in the bottom of the other and filling 
the latter half full of potsherds, and then placing a little moss over them to prevent the superincum - 
bent peat from getting down and stopping the drainage. If this is not attended to, the water will 
stagnate, the soil sodden, and the plants will become sickly, a condition from which they seldom 
recover. Pot about two or three inches above the rim of the pot, and use a few small pegs to keep 
firmly 
When 
injuring 
from the outside of the plant. 
young 
it 
They should be kept perfectly clear of insects by sponging them with clean water ; they are very 
subject to the white scale/ 3 
