ORCHIDS. 59 
presumably by gas. More ambitious than I 
66s 
venture to recommend, “in this miniature 
structure,’ says Mr. Castle, “with liberal supplies 
of water, the owner succeeded in growing, in a 
smoky district of London”—lI will not quote the 
amazing list of fine things, but it numbers twenty- 
five species, all the most delicate and beautiful of 
the stove kinds. Ifso much could be done under 
such circumstances, what may rightly be called 
difficult in the cultivation of orchids ? 
