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and should have good drainage and a liberal supply of water 

 in the growing season. 



Some of the Epidendrums, such as E. cinnabarinum and E. 

 crassifolium, which form plants on the tops of the old flower 

 stalks, are easily propagated ; they should be left till they have 

 made their growth, and then be cut ofi" and potted, when they 

 will soon make good plants. Some Dendrobiums will also 

 form plants on the tops of the old pseudobulbs, and they 

 should be treated in the same way. 



SEEDLING ORCHIDS. 



EW Orchids have as yet been raised from seed in 

 this country ; indeed, until within the last few 

 years, cultivators had not been fortunate in raising 

 Orchids from seed at all ; but although at the present time 

 the number is not great, we are nevertheless every day 

 becoming more familiar with seedling varieties and hybrids 

 which have been raised in English gardens. To Mr. Dominy 

 is due the credit of producing some very beautiful hybrid 

 forms of this order, which are now in cultivation. Several 

 others are now also exercising their talents in the same direc- 

 tion, and there is unquestionably a large field open for all 

 who take an interest in hybridising this singular and beau- 

 tiful tribe of plants. Some time ago a gentleman said to 

 me that he should like to be in a country where the Orchids 

 grew in a wild state, in order that he might have a chance 

 of hybridising them ; his ideas were, that something really 

 good might be obtained, and no doubt he was right, for 

 considering how seldom it is that we flower two Orchids alike, 

 it may be concluded that many of our imported Orchids are 



