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elevated above the rim of the pot, the latter being planted below the 

 rim as plants generally are. The spring is the proper season for 

 re-potting these also. 



basketing: — Having already given hints in article No. 3 in regard 

 to this part of the work, I will only add that the remarks on potting are 

 equally applicable in this case. 



Lists of Selected Species. — Orchids to be grown in pots in the fol- 

 lowing compost : fibry peat, sphagnum moss chopped fine and passed 

 through a sieve, the dust being thrown away, and the whole mixed with 

 small pieces of potsherds and charcoal. Aerides affine., A. macidosinn^ 

 A. odoraticm, A. suavissimuni^i Atigrcecum caudatiun.! Angidoa 

 Clowesii^ Brassia caudata., 13. hirsiitissima., Catasetum citrinitm^ 



C. Rtisselianuni., C. tride/itat^e/zi, Cattleya Acla7tdicc^ C. bicolor., C. 

 crista., C. elegans^ C. guttata., C. labiata^ C. JSIossice^ C. Skiiineri., 



Ccelogyne cristata, C. speciosa^ Cymbidium giganteiim., Cyrtochihiin 

 inacidattim.1 C. stellatum, Dendrobiuni aggregation.! ^- calceolzis, 



D. DalJiousiajium., D. Jimbriatuni., D. fonnosmn., D. nobilci D. 

 Paxtonii., D. WallicJiiaimm, Epidendrum aicra7itiaczim, Iluntleya 

 violacca., Lc^lia anceps., L. cinnabarina., L. Perrinii., j\Iiltonia Can- 

 dida., j\I. spectabilis^ Odontoglossum grande., O. Pescatorci, O. pid- 

 chellum., Oncidiuin Cavendishiif O. ' Jiexiiosiun., O. Papilio^ O. 

 sphacelatum tnajtis., Saccolabium Blumei., S.guttatmn., Schombtirgkia 

 crispa.) S. tibicina., Vanda cccrulea., V. insignis. 



Orchids to be grown in baskets in the same compost as described for 

 pots. Acineta Unmboldtii, Barkeria elcgans., Brassavola glauca., 

 Coryaitthes macrantha., Dendrobiuin cambridgeaniim., D. devonia- 

 mun., D. Pierardii, D. ptdchellum.i Gongora atropurpzirea, G. 

 nigrita^ G. speciosa., Stanhopea aurea., S. cburnea., S. iitsignis., S. 

 tigrina., S. IVardii. 



Orchids to be grown on blocks of wood with a little moss tied over 

 the roots. Broughtonia sar/guinea, Cattleya citrina., C. szipcrba, 

 Bcelia acuminata., Oncidizim crispuin., O. pidchelluin., Sophrojiitis 

 cermia, S. violacea. 



Terrestrial species, that require tlie following compost: fibry loam, 

 fibrous peat, leaf mould, and cow-dung, in equal parts, to which should 

 be given a liberal addition of silver sand. Bletia acutipetala., B. SJiep- 

 herdii., B. TanJiervillicc, Cypripedium barbatutn., C. caudatttm., C, 

 insigne, C. hirsutissimum., C. Loxvii, Peristeria alata., Phaius 

 albus., P. inactdatus., Zygopetaluvi JSIackayi^ Z. maxillare. 



The above list of selected species might be very much enlarged, but 

 care has been taken to have a short and select list of the best species 



