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to develop the floral beauty of the place; and it is only just to them to 

 say, that, largely through their influence, there is probably no place in the 

 country, where, in proportion to the pecuniary resources of the inhabitants, 

 flowers are so generally and so tastefully cultivated. Every visitor, no 

 matter how sceptical as to the good quality of the soil, is forced to concede 

 that the taste, no less than the energy and enterprise, of the people, coupled 

 with the foresight of its founder, is certain to make Vineland, in the not 

 distant future, one of the most beautiful localities in the Union ; and, 

 when this result is reached, it is fair to conclude that its other aims will 

 not be far from their accomplishment. Philip Snyder. 



ViNKLAND, N.J., 1867. 



Dendrobium nobile. — The pseudo bulbs or stems which are the growth 

 of this year do not die in the next, but lose the leaves, and flower in that 

 or the following year ; but under cool treatment, or when grown in a vinery, 

 they will not flower until the commencement of the growth of the third 

 season. When the stems have ceased to grow, and have become thick and 

 plump, the plant should be put to rest by withholding water and keeping 

 the atmosphere dryer. In spring, the old leafless stems will exhibit a num- 

 ber of small knots, or excrescences ; and, when these begin to swell, a moister 

 atmosphere may be aflbrded : but, if such do not appear, then the new 

 growths will be produced from the base of the last year's stems, and upon 

 them ; and this is the indication by which you may know when to start the 

 plants. The flower-buds are formed in summer, and the flowers appeal 

 about the time the new growths are being made, — sometimes before, but 

 generally with, the new growth, according to the temperature. It usually 

 flowers in April and May. It does well in an early vinery, but not in a 

 cool one. 



