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propagated ; the young ones should be left till they have com- 

 pleted their growth, and then be cut off and potted, -svhen 

 they will soon make good plants. Some Dendrobitnns will 

 also form plants on the tops of the old pseudobulbs, and they 

 should be treated in a similar way. 



RAISING ORCHIDS FROM SEEDS. 



ANY Orchids have recently been raised from seed in 

 this country ; yet it was not until within the last 

 few years that cultivators succeeded in raising 

 seedlings of these singular subjects. Indeed at the present 

 time the number is not very great, but we are nevertheless 

 every day becoming more familiar with seedling varieties and 

 hybrids which have been raised in English gardens. To 

 Mr. Dominy, Mr. Seden, Dr. Ainsworth, and Mr. R. Warner 

 belong the credit of producing some very beautiful hybrid 

 forms of this order, which are now in cultivation. Several 

 other cultivators are now exercising their talents in the same 

 direction, and there is unquestionably a large field open for 

 all who take an interest in hybridising this singular and 

 beautiful tribe of plants. Some very fine Cattleyas, Lalias, 

 Dendrobiums, and Cypripediums, have been sent out by the 

 Messrs. Veitch & Sons, and great credit is due to the energy 

 they have displayed in this branch of Orchidology. Many of 

 these seedlings are very free-growing, but it will be several 

 years before they can be generally distributed, as they are so 

 slow in propagation. We now refer more particularh' to 

 Cattleyas and Lfpllas. 



Some time ago a gentleman remarked that he should 

 like to be in a country where the Orchids grew in a 



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