362 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



" iii. Dendrobium aggregatum, D. densiflorum, and similar, are in- 

 creased by dividing the roots. 



"iv. Aerides: Vanda: Angrascum: Saccolabium : Renanthera. 

 "1. Cut off the top of the plant, just below the first root. 

 "2. Take young growth from the bottom of the plant. 



" v. Epidendrum : Cymbidium : Coelogyne : Cattleya : Bletia : and 



many others. 



" Divide into pieces with portions of the roots attached, and a 

 young bulb on the pseudo-bulb." 



Different modes of growing them are adopted, suited to the 

 peculiar habit of each. Some thrive best fastened with moss 

 upon the bough of a tree or upon a log, some in open-work 

 baskets of wire or wood, and some few in pots. Illustrations of 

 these ways of growing them are given in figures, 16, 17, 18, 

 and 19. 



Instead of logs, Mr. Jennings strongly recommends the use of 

 square Teak slabs, as being light and capable of being hung 

 upon the wall like pictures. To these, he says, when fastened 

 they readily attach themselves. 



Fi-. 16. 



The period of the year when the plants are at rest is the same 

 here as in England : that is to say, from the beginning of 



