oiirniDs: now to oitow tiiem successfi-lly. 11. "i 



AXGK.IX'UM Saxdeuianum. From Madagascar. 



This is a much smaller jsjowing species than the foregoing, and 

 the Howers, which are pure white and numerous, are arranged very 

 neatly on either side of a pendulous spike about on(; foot long, and 

 forming a bcjautiful natural spray, which can be used with charming 

 effect in a lady's toilette, (dther for the shoulder or hair. It should 

 l)e grown in small baskets or pans suspended from the roof in a 

 moist and shady part of the house, and requires exactly the same 

 kind of treatment as recommended for A. sesquipedale. The 

 flower spikes commence growing in the autumn, but do not open 

 their blossoms until February or March. 



Good strong plants should be from 10 '6 to 21/- for one loading 

 growth capable of producing one or two spikes each year. 



Calaxtiie Yeitciiii. Garden Hybrid. 



Calanthes are found in most of the large establishments, even 

 where Orchids generally are not cultivated, and being winter- 

 blooming jjlants they are popular favourites. A compost of good 

 yellow turfy loam, with a good amount of broken charcoal and 

 coarse silver sand addc^l, is the best for it. The pot shoidd be filled 

 to one-third its depth with good drainage, and the compost, which 

 shoidd be pressed moderately firm, left half-an-inch below the rim 

 in order that the plant can be well watered. The bulbs should be 

 ]iotted singly, either into 48 or 32 pots, or two smaller ones in a 32, 

 and should have the old compost and roots entii-ely removed before 

 being placed into the new pots. The base must be inserted about 

 lialf-an~inch de€^i> in the fresh compost, and sec;ured in an upright 

 position with a small piece of stick to which the top of the bulb can 

 1)0 fastened, when new roots will speedily be formed. Repotting 

 should take place every year, for it is highly injurious to these 

 Calanthes to be kept in the same soil two years in succession ; doing 

 it in February or March, when the new growths are about one 

 inch long and young roots begin to push out and are ready to take 

 firm hold of the new soil. 



Although many persons grow Calanthes extremely well, there 

 are numerous others who signally fail in doing so, owing to some 

 details in management not being understood, such as care in 

 watering and the position the plant occupies after the bulbs are 

 potted. They should be placed in the warmest house, quite near 



