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their bulbs : this should only be done on fine 

 days. My reason for refraining from syringing 

 until they have begun to form their bulbs, is that 

 then no water can lodge in the hearts of the 

 young shoots, whichj if done before, is quite 

 likely to happen, this would cause them to damp 

 off, and thus the season's growth would be lost. 

 During their resting, water should not be entirely 

 suspended, so as to cause their pseudo-bulbs to 

 shrivel ; and if there be a cooler house at liberty 

 during their flowering, they may be carried into 

 it without danger of the plant being injured by so 

 doing. M. {Scuticarui) Steelil — most beautiful 

 and curious object, from the circumstance of its 

 producing very long pendant rush-like leaves, 

 instead of the ordinary pseudo-bulbs and erect 

 foliage which distinguish the other portion of the 

 original genus — should be grown on a block of 

 wood, suspended from the roof of the house; 

 but in all other respects it may be treated as 

 directed for the pseudo-bulbous division. 



