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pin , and Court pendu plat. Of Cherries : 

 Early purple Griotte, Early May Duke, 

 Black Eagle, Elton, Bigarreau, Flo- 

 rence, Late Duke, Morello, and Butt- 

 ner's October Morello. Of Pluyns : 

 Precox de Tours, Morocco, Orleans, 

 Drap d'or, Greengage, Koyal Hative, 

 Reine Claude Violette, Coe's Golden 

 Drop, St. Martin's Quetsche, Wash- 

 ington, Jefferson, Wiiiesour, Magnum 

 Bonura, St. Catherine, and Ixworth 

 Imperatrice. In the preceding lists we 

 have named the varieties in their order 

 of ripening, but in this of Pears the 

 months named are those in which the 

 fruit is ripe. July, Doyenne d'ete. 

 August, Benoist. Sept., Williams' Bon 

 Chretien, Beurre d'Amanlis, Jalousie 

 de Fontenay Vender. Oct., Duchess 

 d'Orleans, Marie Louise, Fondante 

 d'Automne. Nov., Beurre Bosc, Thomp- 

 son's, Doyenne gris, Urbaniste. Dec., 

 Hacon's Incomparable, Triomphe de 

 Jodoigne. Jan., Beurre Langelier, 

 Knight's Monarch. Feb., Incomme 

 Van Mons, Susette de Bavay, Duchesse 

 de Mars. March, Beurre Bretonneau. 

 April, Fortunee Parmentier, Berga- 

 mottee d'Esperen. 



ORCHIDS are divisible into two classes, 

 the Epiphytes, or those growing upon 

 trees, and Terrestrial, or ground or- 

 chids, which grow upon the earth. The 

 two classes require some difference as 

 to the mode in which they are grown, 

 a difference pointed out in this work 

 under each genus in its alphabetical 

 order ; at present we shall confine our- 

 selves to such general directions as are 

 applicable to the general cultivation 

 of both classes of Orchids requiring 

 Stove treatment. 



House for Orchids. As they re- 

 quire great light, the house ought to 

 be so placed as to catch all the rays of 

 light from the sun. A span-roofed one 

 will do so, or, to the greatest degree ; 

 and so low in the angle, that the plants, 

 whether in pots or baskets, or on logs 

 of wood, will all be near to the glass. 

 We find the best aspect is for the roof 

 to fall due east and west; then the 

 lengthway of the house will, of course, 

 be north and south. By this means 

 the heat and light of the sun are more 

 equalised. In the cold mornings of 



early spring the sun will sooner give 

 light and heat on the east side, and 

 will be at noon in such a position that 

 his beams will be slanting to the angle 

 of the roof, whilst in the afternoon his 

 power to give light and heat will be 

 considerably prolonged. Every plant 

 in this house will thus have its due 

 share of light and heat. During the 

 hot months of May, June, July, and 

 August, the shade or blind can be let 

 down on the morning side of the house, 

 drawn up at noon, and let down on the 

 afternoon side just as the sun shines ; 

 thus giving the plants all the light 

 possible, and at the same time pro- 

 tecting them from the burning rays of 

 the sun. There need not be any up- 

 right glass at the sides or ends of the 

 house. The walls ought to rise high 

 enough to allow a comfortable walk and 

 head room. The rafters and lights 

 ought to be fixed, and to give air a few 

 openings may be easily contrived in the 

 highest part of the house, and a few 

 sliding panels near the floor in the 

 walls. This cold air ought to flow in 

 over the hot pipes, and to become 

 heated before it cornea in contact with 

 the plants. In summer, when there 

 is no heat in the pipes, the external air 

 is naturally so warm that no injury 

 will accrue to the plants by admitting 

 it into the house without being artifi- 

 cially heated. It is almost absolutely 

 necessary to have more than one house. 

 However small the collection may be, 

 there will be some that require more 

 heat than the others. The orchids of 

 South America will flourish far better 

 in a house of moderate temperature 

 than in a house highly heated. This 

 house we would distinguish by the 

 name of "the Mexican house." The 

 orchids, natives of Java, Borneo, Singa- 

 pore, the Phillipine Islands, and the 

 hot jungles of Hindostan, require, on 

 the other hand, a much higher tem- 

 perature and close moist atmosphere. 

 The house for these plants we would 

 designate "The East Indian house." 

 By having two houses a considerable 

 number of advantages will be secured. 

 The Indian tribes, as soon as they 

 have made their growth for the year, 

 where there are two houses, may be 



