ORCHIDS : HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



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Orchids, or Warm Orchids, the degrees given being an average 

 desideratum, and a little variation either way will do no harm. In fact, 

 it is scarcely possible to maintain regularly the higher figures, and, 

 although the temperature given should be aimed at, the thermometer 

 will, doubtless, often indicate in cold wintry weather five or more 

 degrees below, but this will do no harm, provided it does not remain 

 so for a long time. 



COOL HOUSE. 



POTTING AND BASKETING. 



It is not only essential that this work should be carefully done but 

 that it should be performed at the right season. The compost in which 

 to grow most Orchids is the very best fibrous Orchid peat and 

 sphagnum moss in about equal proportions, adding a sprinkling of 

 broken charcoal ; the peat should be broken into pieces about the size 



