THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



JUNE 1st, 1837. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 

 REMARKS ON THE TREATMENT OF ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS, 



BY EPIPHYTES. 



I AM glad the subject of the culture of Orchideous Epiphytes has 

 been again taken up in your Magazine, and being much pleased 

 with the communication of" A Three Year's Practitioner," I hope 

 he will take the trouble to enter into a little more detail. In 

 the first place I would ask, does he consider that his plants suf- 

 fered in the winter when in the vinery, on account of their dis- 

 tance from the glass, or was it not rather in consequence of the 

 dry heat of the flue? It would be well if he would describe some- 

 what more at length the construction of the house he purposely 

 erected for their reception, as to its height in front and back, and 

 also at the ridge, and whether it stands east or west with a few 

 particulars as to the size of pipes, boiler, and the total area of 

 the heating surface, as a guide to those wishing to erect similar 

 structures. Are we to understand that the pots of plants are 

 only placed upon, and not placed amongst the moss, and that 

 the soil in the pots is not watered, but left to imbibe moisture 

 from it ? From the latter part of the paper one would infer that 

 bottom heat was of great advantage in the successful cultivation 

 of these plants, and I should be glad to have your correspon- 

 dent's thoughts on the subject and whether or not any particular 

 species do better on the ribbed trellis, where, unless moisture 

 is supplied by the pipes being open, they must be exposed to an 

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