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PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



riod of rest use very little water, just enough to keep the 

 pseudo-bulbs from shrivelling. The best period to rest Or- 

 chids is from November to March. This will apply to the 

 majority of species, but" there will always be some whose 

 season of growth and bloom will come in those months; 

 these, of course, must be kept watered and growing. 



Very few insects infest Orchids, scale being the most 

 troublesome, and the only cure I ever found was to wash 

 the leaves and pseudo-bulbs well and frequently with 

 whale oil soap. 



The following is a list of a few of the most showy and 

 easily cultivated kinds. 



AERIAL OK EPIPHYTAL. 



^Brides crispum. 

 " Fieldingii. 

 " odoratum. 

 Angrsecum bilobum. 

 Ansellia Africana. 

 Dendrobium chrysanthum. 

 " Devonianum. 



" Farmerii. 



nobile. 



" Pierardi. 



" pulchellum. 



Miltonia spectabilis. 

 Phalcenopsis amabilis. 



" grandiflora. 



" Schilleriana. 

 Saccolabium Blumei. 



curvifolium. 

 " guttatum. 

 Trichopilia suavis. 

 " tortilis. 

 Vanda coerulea. 

 " suavis. 

 " tricolor. 



SOUTH AMERICAN. 



Cattieya citrina. 

 " crispa. 

 " intermedia. 

 " labiata. 

 " Mossiae. 

 " Skinned. 

 Chysis bracteecens. 

 Epideudruin aurautiacum. 



" vittelinum. 



Gongora atropurpurea. 

 Laelia acuminata. 

 " albida. 

 " anceps. 

 " Perrinii. 

 ' purpurascens. 

 " superbiens. 

 Lycaste Skiuneri. 

 Odontoglossum grande. 



" hastilabioiB, 



Oncidium lencochilum. 

 " Inridum. 

 " papiiio. 

 Stanhopea Devoniensis. 

 " insignia. 

 " tigrina. 

 Zygopetalum MackayL 

 " maxillare. 



