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greater demand ; also those which are almost white, but very few pure 

 white forms have yet appeared. These can all be grown in pots or 

 baskets, and should have a position where there is much light, but 

 shaded from the hot sun. This is a somewhat plentiful species, and 

 good strong plants can be bought for 2s. 6d. per leading growth, so 

 that plants suitable for a 32-size pot with three or four leads may be 

 bought for about 10s. 6d. Watering should be attended to as recom- 

 mended for C. Dowiana aurea, and a good supply given when the 

 plant is growing, but only sparingly when at rest. Newly imported 

 or established. 



CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII. From Antioquia. 



(Syn. C. gigas.) 



This is another superb summer-flowering species, blooming imme- 

 diately the pseudobulb is formed, and some of its varieties, known as 

 Sanderiana, Imperialis, Burfordiensis, &c., have blooms of a great size 

 and brilliancy of colour, but, if recently imported, these varieties 

 cannot be determined until they have bloomed. Imported plants of 

 this splendid Orchid are sometimes sold by auction under the name of 

 C. Sanderiana, but, as previously stated, their identity cannot be 

 established until they are in flower. There are varieties of this species 

 which are naturally shy bloomers whilst others flower very freely, but 

 whether shy blooming or otherwise they flower much more abundantly 

 if grown near the glass, and almost fully exposed to the sun's rays, 

 only shading them when the sun is intensely hot and bright. This 

 species can be grown in pots or baskets, in peat and sphagnum, and 

 are best repotted either in March, just as they commence growing, or 

 in the summer, immediately after flowering. I prefer summer potting, 

 as then the new pseudobulbs push out a number of fresh roots which 

 * continue growing more or less through the winter, and the plants at 

 this stage become quickly re-established in the new compost. There 

 is some danger of this species starting into growth again, more 

 especially if the pseudobulbs do not bloom, and it is not always 

 possible to prevent this, but it can generally be avoided by reducing 

 the amount of water and giving the plant an airy and dry position 

 throughout the remaining summer the coolest in the house, near to a 

 ventilator, if possible, or it may be placed in an early peach-house, or 

 early vinery, after the fruit has ripened, and the trees are at rest and 

 restored to their proper quarters by the end of October. There they 

 should remain dormant until March, giving them very little water, 

 and even when they start into growth in the spring water should be 

 given very sparingly until the new growth is about two inches long, 

 but after that more freely, remembering that if too much water is 

 applied at the early stage of growth the chances of the plant flowering 

 freely are greatly reduced. The colour of this species is of a beautiful 



