16 THE ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL. 



ture should not be below 50 at night ; the room should be 

 kept quite dry, and before they are removed from the stove 

 they should be put at the coolest end of it or if there be 

 two houses, those that are in the hottest should be moved to 

 the coolest for a few days before being taken into the 

 room, and they should be allowed to get nearly dry, and 

 should receive but very little water only enough to keep 

 the roots moist. The flowers should not receive any mois- 

 ture. 



The following are a few that I have tried in a room during 

 the months of May, June, July, and August. I have kept 

 Saccolabium guttatum in this way five weeks, Aerides affine 

 the same time ; A. odoratum, A. roseum, and some of the 

 Dendrobiums, viz. nobile and ccerulescens, I have kept in a 

 room four and five weeks. D. moniliforme, D. macrophyllum, 

 D. pulchellum, D. Ruckerii, and D. secundum, last a much 

 longer time in bloom if they are kept cool. Brassias and 

 Oncidiums, JEpidendrums, Odontoglossums, Cyrtocliilums, Tri- 

 chopilia tortilis, Lycaste Skinneri, L. aromatica, L. cruenta, 

 Maxillaria tenuifolia, Aspasia lunata, and all the Cattleyas, 

 succeed well in a cool room or house, and last for a much 

 longer time in flower. I have kept Lcelia majalis in a cool 

 room four and five weeks, and L. flava will keep a much 

 longer time in blossom than in the warm house. When the 

 bloom begins to fade, the plants should be removed to the 

 stove, where they may be placed in the coolest end, with 

 plenty of shade : they ought to be kept there for about ten 

 days, for if they are exposed to the sun they are very apt to 

 become scorched. 



Treatment of Plants previously to being taken to a 

 Flower Show. 



It is my practice to move them to a cool dry house or 

 room for a few days. If the plants are growing in the 

 hottest house, I move them to the cooler one. They should 



