CHAPTER XI. 



THE GENUS SCHOMBURGKIA. 



This stands next in point of beauty to the 

 genus Cattleya ; it is mostly derived from the 

 woods of Honduras and Guiana, where they are 

 found extensively growing on the large trees of 

 those islands. 



In describing the cultivation of this genus, it 

 will be necessary to state that the species t'lber- 

 cina requires a somewhat different treatment to 

 the others: it should be grown on a chump of 

 wood with the bark as rough as possible, for the 

 roots to run into ; but before placing it upon the 

 wood it must be covered with sphagnum; the 

 plant should then be placed upon it, and more 

 applied about the roots and fastened down with 

 lead-wire. 



This operation should be done when the plant 

 has begun to grow and is forming new roots, it will 

 then require a little water to keep the moss damp, 

 so that the roots may derive sufficient nourish- 

 ment ; and the quantity should be increased as 

 the plant gains strength, until it has nearly com- 



