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basket is ready for the plant. The next size may have four rods 

 on each side, and the size larger five on each side. There is no 

 advantage gained in making those baskets deeper. 



Pots. The kind of pot that I have found best for Orchids is 

 a wide shallow one, the proportions of which are as two, three, 

 and five that is, two inches wide at the bottom, three inches 

 deep, and five inches wide at the top, all inside measure. Larger 

 pots to be in the same proportions. The roots of Orchids are 

 generally near the surface ; and besides, a larger surface is exposed 

 by this form to the beneficial effects of the moist air of the interior. 

 These wide pots may be ordered at the manufactory, and will 

 cost no more than the ordinary-shaped pots. When these pots are 

 ordered, I would recommend the grower to order also about a 

 dozen large, upright pots, without holes at the bottom. These 

 are to be kept filled with water, and placed at regular distances 

 close to and touching the pipes. So placed, the cultivator will 

 find them exceedingly handy in syringing, saving the trouble of 

 carrying and shifting the common garden pot filled with water 

 for the same purpose. Sometimes I found it necessary to pro- 

 cure wide, shallow pans for such plants as Miltonia spectabilis 

 and some others. In deep pots I found the leaves and pseudo- 

 bulbs turned yellow, especially if too much exposed to the sun. 

 I also found pots with holes at the sides very useful for many of 

 the Indian Orchids such, for instance, as the brides, Sacco- 

 labiums and Yandas. 



Syringe. Bead's or Warner's, either of these is good. There 

 should be three roses one with very fine holes, one with medium 

 sized, and one with wider holes. The first is useful to form a 

 gentle shower like dew, the second for general use, and the 

 coarse one to force a heavy shower on the soils in baskets, and 

 to wash off insects, previously lying the plants on one side. All 

 these the amateur will find highly useful. 



Watering-pots. A. large one to carry water and a small one 

 with a long spout for watering plants at a distance. 



Lastly, a convenient potting-bench of a good size, with a narrow 



