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pieces nailed to it, and some copper wire fastened 

 round the outside, an inch from each other. Both 

 of these will require lining with long sphagnum, to 

 keep the mould from falling through, which should 

 consist of turfy peat and sphagnum well chopped 

 together; the baskets should be filled, and the 

 plant placed at an elevation of three or four 

 inches above the rim ; more mould will be re- 

 quired round them, sloping it from the base of the 

 plant down to the rim of the basket ; on the sur- 

 face some long sphagnum should be placed, and 

 neatly bound down with lead wire, by crossing it 

 in different directions : the surface and under- 

 side of the basket should then be trimmed with a 

 pair of scissors, which will give it a clean and 

 neat appearance. In regard to watering, very 

 little will be required for the first week or two, 

 but the supply should be increased as the plant 

 grows. As soon as they are forming their fresh 

 pseudo-bulbs, syringing will be requisite two or 

 three times a week, if the weather is not dull ; the 

 most proper time is towards four o'clock in the 

 afternoon. These may also be grown in pots, but 

 will require an elevation of eight or ten inches 

 above the rim of the pot; they should have another 

 placed upside down over the hole in the inside, and 

 the remaining part filled with potsherds level with 

 the top of the pot; the same kind of compost as for 

 baskets will do for them, observing that the surface 



