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Stanhopeas, or plants requiring to be piled high up. 

 The plants may be piled on the peat from six to eight- 

 een inches, according to the size of the plant, and of 

 the pot used. Stanhopeas are found to flower -best 

 when planted on rough peat, a considerable height 

 above the edge of the pots or flats used, so as to allow 

 the flowers to come out from the crevices of the peat. 

 They are also cultivated successfully in baskets of cop- 

 per-wire, made with the work very open, and filled with 

 sphagnum moss. The former method is particularly 

 adapted for a warm, dry atmosphere ; and the latter 

 for a warm, moist atmosphere. In wire-baskets, like- 

 wise, amongst rough peat, the various species of Epi- 

 phyllum, with Drymonia punctata and Brugmansia flori- 

 bunda, may be successfully. cultivated. 



The following epiphytes are easily cultivated in a 

 vinery or a pine-pit, in pots filled with pieces of peat : 

 Catasetum tridentatum, floribundum ; Brassia maculata ; 

 Oncidium flexuosum, pulvinatum; Gongora atro-pur- 

 purea ; Cattleya intermedia, Forbesii, labiata, crispa ; 

 Zygopetalon Mackayi ; Stanhopea insignis, grandiflora, 

 oculata, tigrina, Devoniana ; Crytopodium Andersonii ; 

 Acropera Loddigesii. The following kinds are well 

 adapted for being placed in pots filled with hypnum or 

 sphagnum, and suspended from the rafters ; Dendro- 

 bium Pierardi, cucullatum, speciosum; Oncidium bifo- 

 lium,papilio, junceum; Fernandesia elegans; Aeranthes 

 grandiflora ; Vanda teres, multiflora ; Broughtonia san- 

 guinea ; Rodriguesia secunda. Some of the larger spe- 

 cies grow best in rough, black peat-soil, and flower 

 freely under ordinary treatment in a stove ; such as 

 Phajus maculatus ; Calanthe veratrifolia ; Bletia macu- 

 lata ; Peristeria elata; Cymbidium siense, aloefolium, 



