14 ORCHID -grower's MANUAL. 



plants at this season may have full light and sun. It is my 

 practice, as soon as the season of rest commences, to wash 

 every piece of glass in the house, and also the woodwork. 



TREATMENT OF NEWLY-IMPORTED PLANTS. 



HEN unpacked these should have every leaf and bulb 

 sponged over, and all the decayed parts removed. 

 There • are many insects that harbour about them, 

 such as the cockroach, and different kinds of scale, which are 

 gi-eat pests. When clean they should be laid on dry moss and 

 placed in some part of the Orchid house, where they are 

 shaded from the sun. After a week or two, pot them, or put 

 them on blocks. Water must be given very sparingly at first, 

 as it is liable to rot them ; too much of either light, heat, or 

 moistm-e at fii'st, is very injurious. The moss or peat should 

 be gradually moistened, and when they begin to grow and 

 make roots, they should be potted, or put on blocks or in 

 baskets, but care should be taken not to have the pots too 

 large, over-potting being dangerous. 



As soon as the plants begin to grow, those which come from 

 the hotter parts of India should be put at the warmest end of 

 the house, but they should not have too much moisture when 

 first starting into gi'owth : those .which come from the more 

 temperate regions should be kept in the coolest part of the 

 house, and they should not be allowed to stand under drip, as^ 

 this frequently rots the young shoots as soon as they appear. 

 Such plants as the species of Vanda, Saccolahium, Aerides, 

 Angrcccum, Phalcenojms, &c., I place so that the heart or 

 crown hangs downwards, in order that no water may lodge 



