The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



Since it appeared, therefore, the latter has almost 

 vanished not exterminated, but suppressed by the 

 laws of trade. No dealer will volunteer the infor- 

 mation that his goods are not as fine as any in the 

 market. 



But the flowers are delightful, large or small. 

 Their colour, brilliant orange-scarlet, strikes the 

 eye among the whites and browns of the Odonto- 

 glossum house most pleasantly, and their shape is 

 graceful. A spike will bear as many as twenty 

 blooms, an inch and a half in diameter, almost as 

 compact as those of a hyacinth, and they last in 

 perfection for two months. I have noticed a very 

 effective way of growing them. If each flowering 

 plant be placed by itself in a small pan, a number 

 may be arranged, as the buds open, in a large pot, 

 side by side ; a dressing of live moss will not only 

 conceal the pans but give a pretty green surface. 

 As the earlier spikes fade they may be replaced, 

 and thus one may have such a steady concentrated 

 blaze, from May to the end of July, as will astound 

 the inexperienced. 



It is consoling to recall that E. vitcllinum majus 

 was found a troublesome species in the last genera- 

 tion. Not one is easier now, and if a very simple 

 change of treatment have had such good results in 

 this case we are encouraged to hope that species 



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