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Light canvas or scrim shading fixed to roller blinds 

 answers the purpose well, but care should be taken not to 

 employ heavy, closely woven canvas. Too great attention 

 cannot be paid to the working of these blinds, for they 

 must never be down except when required for protection 

 against the sun's rays, and they must be drawn up during 

 dull intervals. 



The blinds are useful also during severe winters as a 

 protection against excessive cold at nights, and in this 

 particular the lath roller blinds are the best, and may be 

 left in position where they are likely to be required for this 

 purpose. 



When canvas blinds are used during the summer and 

 removed in late autumn, care should be taken to have 

 them perfectly dry before they are stored for the winter 

 in some dry place, or they will be useless when they are 

 required for placing in position the following spring. 



CHAPTER V 

 THE POTTING AND BASKETING PROCESS 



WE are often asked what season is the best for potting and 

 basketing Orchids. Experienced growers say that, with the 

 exception of the winter season, they are engaged in potting 

 operations all the year round, potting each section as it re- 

 quires it. Springtime is a period when a general overhaul 

 of the plants is usual, and, at that time, plants requiring 

 it should be repotted, but those which are not in the proper 



