40 COOL ORCHID GROWING. 



preserved for any length of time in good condition. Nature 

 sows her seed as soon as it ripens and falls from the tree, and 

 in some cases this becomes an imperative necessity for the 

 gardener or collector to adopt. Tubers of Habenarias, 

 Satyriums, Disas, and many other of the South African 

 terrestrial Orchids might be sent over in quantity during the 

 resting season, packed in soil. Many of the European Orchids 

 and rare or interesting Alpine or herbaceous plants may be 

 sent by post, packed in a little damp moss, and wrapped in 

 thin sheet india-rubber. Dr. Hooker recently observed, in 

 reference to sending plants by post, that he had received 

 living plants of a species of Yanda from India sent in that 

 way. There can be no doubt of this being a convenient and 

 inexpensive method of obtaining small parcels of living plants 

 from abroad, when one has friends there to collect and send 

 them. 



