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and rushes forth to battle when the case is 
opened. We may suppose that it performs alike 
service. 
Dendrobiums are “warm” mostly; of the hot 
species, which are many, and the cool, which are 
few, I have not tospeak here. But aremark made 
at the beginning of this chapter especially applies 
to Dendrobes. Ifthey be started early, so that the 
young growths are well advanced by June 1; if 
the situation be warm, and a part of the house 
sunny—if they be placed in that part without any 
shade till July, and freely syringed—with a little 
extra attention many of them will do well enough. 
That is to say, they will make such a show of 
blossom as is mighty satisfactory in the winter 
time. We must not look for “specimens,” but 
there should be bloom enough to repay handsomely 
the very little trouble they give. Among those 
that may be treated so are D. Wardianum, 
Falconeri, crassinode, Puterardiz, crystallinum, 
Devonianum—sometimes—and wxodile, of course. 
Probably there are more, but these I have tried 
myself. 
Dendrobium Wardianum, at the present day, 
comes almost exclusively from Burmah—the 
neighbourhood of the Ruby Mines is its favourite 
habitat. But it was first brought to England from 
