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are apt to dwindle away, instead of increasing in size, if 
permanently kept under this treatment. In preparing the 
pots for Ccelogynes, good drainage must be provided, as 
they require and enjoy an abundant supply of water during 
the growing season, though nothing stagnant or sour must 
be allowed to remain about the roots. For soil we should 
advise about equal parts of living sphagnum moss and 
fibrous peat, with the addition of a little silver sand. The 
plants should be raised upon a moderate-sized cone above 
the rim of the pot, and the soil firmly pressed about them. 
The time for re-potting or top-dressing Ccelogynes is just 
after the flowers are past; and as most of the kinds bloom 
during winter, this means re-potting about the middle of 
February. Those species which have long, pendent racemes 
are most conveniently grown in teak baskets suspended 
from the roof; indeed, almost any of the Ccelogynes may 
be treated in this way, if they are kept thoroughly moist 
whilst growing. As several of the kinds included here 
require tropical treatment, the temperature will be given 
for each. 
We have already stated that these plants enjoy a copious 
supply of water during the growing season, but care must 
be taken that it does not lodge in the centre of the young 
shoots, or they will very likely damp off. When the 
growth is fully matured, an amount of moisture just 
sufficient to keep the pseudo-bulbs from shrivelling will 
be all that is necessary. 
C. asperata.—This is a large-growing species, requiring 
the heat of a warm stove. It usually attains a height of 
about 2ft. The pseudo-bulbs are large and oblong, the 
stalked pair of broad leaves being dull green. The raceme 
is pendulous, about 1ft. in length, and many-flowered, each 
blossom measuring some gin. in diameter. The sepals 
