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arc coiiiplctr'd by Scptoiiibcr, the i)lunt sliould at onco bo removed 

 t(j a cooler hoiis(! where it (;ould have i>lenty of sunshine and air to 

 niatui-e the f^owth, but when the first j^owtlis come to maturity 

 earlier, the plant may still remain in the Warm house to assist the 

 second growths, but not later than September. The removal to a 

 cooler house means the coldest end of the InteiTaediate house, or 

 even a fj-roenhouse, where the temperature does not fall lower than 

 K) to 4.3 dco^rees in winter, <^-adually withholding water — giving 

 only just sufficient to prevent shrivelling — and when showing flower 

 the plants should be removed in January into a little more warmth, 

 then the plants would bloom about April, but if wanted in flower 

 a little earlier they shoidd be removed to the warmest house, but 

 avoiding a sudden change from cold to heat, increasing the water 

 gradually, for if given too freely immediately after the plants have 

 come from their resting quarters, buds which should become ojien 

 flowers sometimes turn into growi:lis. New growi:h should come 

 from the base not from the top of the pseudo bulb, and flowers 

 appear from the sides of the bulbs formed in previous years. This 

 is always a cheap Orchid at from 1/6 to 2/- per strong leading bulb, 

 and may also be bought newly imported, as they generally make 

 strong healthy plants. The varieties of D. nobile are numerous 

 and vary in size and colom-, the most distinct being D. nobile 

 alba, and the best dark form, D. nobile nobilis. 



Dexdrobium Aixswortiiii. Garden Hybrid. 

 This is a veiy pretty and useful hybrid, the result of a cross 

 between D. nobile and D. heterocarpum, and more adapted to 

 basket than pot culture, but with the same treatment as that of D. 

 nobile. This also is a cheap Orchid and obtainable at from 3 - to 

 o/- per strong flowering-sized leading gi-owth. 



Dexdrobium heterocarpum. From the East Indies. 



This species is of a golden yellow colour and deliciously 

 scented, and does best in baskets, but with the treatment given to 

 D. nobile, and it also blooms from the preceding year's pseudo 

 bidbs. 



Good cstublished plants shoidd be purchased for about of- 

 per strong leading bulb, and newly imported plants at a cheaper 

 rate, as they grow verj' freely. Let 50 degrees be the minimum 

 during winter. 



