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quently, goes far to mitigate the evil arising from want of 

 space. In preparing for a thorough inspection of the plants 

 in a house, it is desirable to remove a number of the 

 plants to another house to make room to examine the 

 rest without risk of breakage, the plants removed at the 

 commencement being returned to fill the space remaining 

 after the work has been completed. 



The Orchid grower is always supposed to have the 

 plants under his direct inspection and to treat them with 

 individual care, but these occasional reviews often reveal 

 defects in some of the specimens which would other- 

 wise have escaped for some considerable time. 



CHAPTER XIV 

 ORCHIDS FOR THE CONSERVATORY 



THERE are many dwelling-houses of moderate pretensions, 

 especially in towns and suburban districts, in which the 

 sole accommodation for plant-growing consists of the con- 

 servatory adjoining the house, and this is, in most cases, 

 heated by one or other of the simple means at command 

 for the purpose. The contents of such structures are 

 usually unsatisfactory, the Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, and 

 other soft-wooded plants which are arranged with some 

 of the hardier Palms and Ferns being drawn into spindly 

 growth, which results in a miserable supply of flowers for 

 a short season, and afterwards in decaying foliage, which is 

 not ornamental. Quite a new interest would open up to 



