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do better in one part of the house than in another, therefore if 

 they do not succeed in one part, the cultivator should remove 

 them to another. The night temperature should range from 

 65° to 70° in March and April, but later on it may be 

 allowed to rise a few degrees higher. During their resting 

 season, from the end of October to February, the temperature 

 should range from 60° to 65° by night, and 65° by day, 

 or even a little more with sun heat will not do any harm. 

 In ventilating the house air should be admitted close to the 

 hot water pipes, so that it may be warmed before it becomes 

 dispersed over the house, and to keep up a moist atmosphere 

 some water should be sprinkled about on fine days, but this 

 should be done in the morning, so that the house may become 

 dry by night. 



The species of PhalcB7iopsis are grown in diflferent ways. 

 Sometimes they are placed on blocks, sometimes in pots or 

 sometimes in baskets. We have found them to succeed well 

 under all three modes of treatment ; they require, however, 

 more moisture at the roots if grown on blocks or rafts, whilst 

 if grown in pots, more drainage will be required than when they 

 are planted in baskets. For pot culture, the best way is to 

 place an inverted pot in the bottom of the one intended for 

 the plant, and fill in the intervening space with potsherds, 

 broken into pieces about two inches square, to within two 

 inches of the rim ; sphagnum, having a few small pieces of 

 charcoal mixed with it, should then be placed upon the drainage, 

 and the plant elevated three inches above the rim, taking 

 care to keep the base of the plant well above the moss. The 

 successful culture of PhalcBnopsis, as well as of all other 

 plants, depends upon efficient drainage. If grown on blocks 

 or rafts they should be placed on good-sized ones, so that 

 there may be plenty of surface for the roots to cling to. In 

 fastening the plant on, first place a little live sphagnum on 



