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MY GARDEN. 



. Of all orchids, the Chinese (Dendrobinm nobile, fig. 618) is perhaps 

 the best for all its qualities. It will grow in the vinery during the 

 summer, though it likes at that time more heat. It rests in winter, in 

 any greenhouse where frost is kept out. In advancing spring every 

 stem puts forth numerous buds, which blossom from February to May. 



KIG. 618. Dandrobium mbile. 



FIG. 619. D. Pierardii. 



This plant is easily grown, and should be in every garden where 

 there is a glass-house. 



We grow many other Dendrobiums. The D. Pierardii (fig. 619) has 

 bare stems, clothed with sheets of flower in the spring, and many other 

 beautiful species (fig. 620) adorn my fernery. 



The Phalfznopsis grandiflora (fig. 621) is another magnificent orchid, 

 with white flowers on a long stalk. It is always in flower ; whether 



FIG. 620. Dendrobium. FIG. 621. -Phalaenopsis grandillora. 



the abundance of flowers destroys it or not I cannot tell, but 

 notoriously these plants soon die. I had two given to me which 

 grew for some years, but lately they have shown signs of loss of 

 health. They require the temperature of the cucumber-house all the 

 year round, and they evidently need some particular treatment with 

 regard to their rest and growth which is not rightly understood. 



