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long enough to support the spikes in the drooping way in 

 which they grow, should be firmly fixed in the basket or pot ; 

 a small piece of wadding or fine paper should be placed on 

 the top of the stick, and to which the spike should be firmly 

 tied. This will be sufficient to ensure safety. The wadding 

 should not be allowed to touch the top part of the flowers, as 

 it will stick to them, and be very difficult to remove. 



Vandas requii'e more packing, their flowers being larger and 

 further apart ; place some wadding between each flower on the 

 spike, then fix some sticks firmly in the basket or pot, and tie 

 the spike to them, without letting the stick touch the flowers ; 

 wadding should then be put in between the flowers to keep 

 them separate, and a thin piece of wadding over all the 

 flowers ; let the smooth surface be placed on the bloom. 



Phalanopsis grandijiora and P. amdbilis travel badly, and 

 require much care. The best way is to set the plant in 

 the bottom of a box, which must be long enough to allow 

 the flower spike to lie at full length ; wadding should then be 

 placed underneath the flowers, which should lie flat on the 

 wadding ; another sheet of wadding should then be placed 

 on the top of the flowers, in order to make them lie firm, 

 although they may be treated in the same way as recom- 

 mended for Vandas. 



Dendrohiums in some cases only require a stick to each 

 stem, fixed firmly in the pot, and which should be tied to 

 it. This will serve for such as D. nohihi D. macrophyUum, 

 D. Devonianum, D. moniliforme, and sorts with similar flowers. 

 Those, however, that flower with pendulous racemes, such as 

 D. Densijiorum, D. Farmei'i, and others growing in the same 

 way, require three sticks ; one to the stem, to which the latter 

 should be firmly tied, and the other two to the flower spike, 

 one at each end, in the same way as with the Saccolabiums. 



Calanthes are bad travellers, especially C. veratrifolia, the 



