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detrimental to the growing lants, 
2 they were distributed, and the n ure p 
EP E rebcived little if any contention. practice and j 
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recorded, every care was taken to insure uniformity of 
: ot was not so| the remedy, n prevent, iu hed p 
vary slightly, but. the general bearings are strik gly en pore € heo ber hence the | propagation 
ad ht from a 2-oz. up toa an 8-oz. and | tte ich have never been No Odontoglot, or Taw eng 
vance in weight froma . E n, or a ed to ge la 
TM ved “hee tue - by diver = the set ie t all, m staf rete, whch | is found roots. thd N will cripple their powada nil 
weight of the set mae : hes HE SI^ Yes ihe "Andes of New Grenada, Guat mala, and much as d drou and it requires months and 
To gen e od th ud ld seem that Mexico. Wh ien growers of 2 experience d sound ti ) to E ' subj ted to 
o generalise from these results it wou re need be little wonder | vigorous. It is necessary, occasionally, to ind 
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2 ed at the failures ira w beginners; and c ue pment, a ria some parti 
NS Prisha the Potatosberi ae ae iier correctly speaking, the re is less room for kinds, which show ea isposition to flower 
Eon Mba gs that Mae: obti hoe : "Uy b certainly the par than at first | unless pedi nt d b rg hands of th 
re than 2 in weight : agreeable sight vator ; ut there is a particular time whens 
exception so that as a rule the Pota ato crop is starved sight, might appear. It T. g 4 piits iment is requisite; and its duration masia Pe: 
our in : 
"OL qui. i ü a Hk related to that of thin meme away; and although there are methods in for nie long a period. es the Rrowing season no 
d h tl ts should be|prac ^ 
vor Mie igiemesii edi oy rw al ot now | existence, and for encouraging health, there will be 
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u st| what the system of the plants demands, If the 
e has a great deal to | material be of the proper description —so Pru as to 
th sees cli va tion; so i prc for rdi air t : a 
i — tering once a ay may, wi ont ini 
apable of. "bearin a much greater poko of tubers roots to run in d so has cleanli en—wa hey 
th an can be TET vam oz. or even 4oz. sets, ness. A proper de^ yer eed of these to keep to. 
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Eon plants free from the r vages of i 
if placed at 6 inch or si neh intervals, would tas asked that the most Koi oice f high importance—more espe cially is it x 
newly as kk to ar s t as if at the wider oed | Olontogte ats € but m to a d ? how | Orchid pierna Their deg jo value entitles them to — 
and of course a much "rate weight per acre; but t that those which are capable of slanding most under the management of a skilful and atm 
k o this point I hope to experiment during another fatigue are pes growing, judging from what we have Dove Scale propagates we nong this hs 
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What I now wish e orm Ld hrs the produce of| hare been roasted in too high and too = a| | under, gets upon the young BETT: and much [ 
the crop depends, m ordinar But what is too high a temperature for es be Ao and appearance. Washing with wm j 
wonl ide o kis ^ed the in ee vigour of the such map An East Indian house, orn temperature | wa 
individual sets. Small Potatos are sim petet te win er mede of 60° to a summer | | things a as ‘Cattleyan, bes whose 
their parts; the eyes are proportionatel the temperature suited to the | | havoc, a little soft soap may be introdu rip also 
cannot grotte. such strong shoots as- full-sized "übers wel being e a keen [eine T tinipbs of Odonto- attaeks the more. fender leaves of the variou 
glossum or Lycaste. A Cattleya house, ranging from | species, vie vase is the most certain remedy for 
a minimum of 55° to a eta of 85°, is not| this, but great and judgment are required to 
exactly suited to either of the m named, although | fumigate a nd ble collection, zw to so 
such vatieties as grande, citrosm ager edi bieto-| of them bei ue e easily injured, among which might be 
proce crinitum, Phalzenopsis, Reichen heimii, Insleayi, named Odontoglossum citrosmum and Uro- Skinneri, as- 
m -Skinneri and nebulosu ive, an deme well as pene Skinneri, and numerous others, 
com- 
All the with 
remarkably T “and vigorous shoots, which main- 
sets 
throughout the whole e period of growth, and n 
who saw their splendid epe double the height 
of the others—could for ent doubt what the 
result would be at the harve ik. rably UEM D Pri) a eae cie if a 
I belie eve the mere question of inherited Fees d pmied wit th a r degree of moisture. In fa ct, for 
has much to do with the extremely variou ap ote the following rare and vala- dept me Meere 
produced from the Spend hes d sets. Mr. Dar: able pla Vie piendre vitellinum s aget Ban —I have under e several 
has shown how alm ity can be established | eMe of sorts, Lelia ci ee and flava, | plants 22 Bananas, which showed fit Y i 
by the Katon of adis. tending in a particular | Cattleya Skinneri and citrina, Tricho opili fin of sorts, bertinitág of June. They have a fine of 
direction, and e e: llett has actually produced a race | yen dt of sorts, Dendrobis heterocarpum and Uro Peri swelled fruit on them, te as pe do hdt 
of mr m y the simple process of. selecting petite t Lindenii—we would mA that a minimum of 3° any appearance of ripening. ould some one be kind 
the er oe pw Pee grains for three or four | and a maximum of 75? during the heat of summer are, me to os me Mim treatment I should give 
| l temperatures, best suited for the plants. Lower|them to assist them ripening their fra 
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imr almost any field or garden erop s E Ao than 40° it had cd na er be, even in very cold | 4 Gari ter. Give them DEN of heat, and they will 
how much under yer identical circu weather, and some ca ust be shown to Meo the | att t i the S. ied 
plants vary, but are apt to forget that this mat x plants — that tim eet state of moisture.| Potatos Ue i Seed. —M y eb ove r tells me that he — 
solely attributable to differences in the constitutional e I than 50? at Eis duri the dead of winter is | last week's splendid crop of Potatos, grown rown from 
od emi although the house may be allowed e Potatoapple, Ye u* last autumn; and he wishes — 
df it were possible—as i in the case of Hallett’s Wheat ie: ds to such a e ce during but hdc before giving | our g 
—to IM the fines every sowing, | ventilation. Plen sede of fresh air is t 1 of the berries from the farm, 
a certain an silt improvement in our , to solidat tl el them. "i 
> ong ed gan Ero epe dedi vende d autumn, to consolidate ie pseudo ia I m Dor : a por wy ls tad 
large areas this js practically impossible at every| Again, there are a few Odontoglossums that thriv 4 
generation, so that the weak and the strong must to a | better ene te even a nt temperature than | d treatment. Aale : 
ovr go eer hiked e her. a meg is me above. It is ery curions fact that Underwood PT “H. S. M." wa — 
vever nothing is easier than to|in the choice collection of Odon ntoglossuns grown at|pr d S i bi d thc TT thi nk that in 
Le es I oet bubus for planting. If the genera- | Meadowbank, O et oe ae hee and cordatum, | od Gor R vill th t hen certainty if plantad wi 
ion ap conveyed through the smallest individuals | both Lent considered to be the bes of. re Xt in | Larch is yoat; 
e » stood u e i P h Frogs and the Viper Question again,—1 have triat 
i on i to 32°, xe 0. Phaléinopeis wii all|stood by frogs, re cle ear rly s saw them whilst ble 
? | bu » , and O, navium slightly injured, growing by | forth their cry: 
theory of 4 its = he al but alk beue. provement on tho thei O. membranaceum, Ò. Ehrenbergii, O. Cer- | I think caused byan adder, though I did 
NAP oak nce would be certa ain, and the | | vantosii mal ler “a den eei red. Doubtless, | one was -— at the spot a few days ver a 
range t y Guatemalan Orchid the other time I pc = c d whie 
profit, shes the extra weight of P. "'otatos planted. : as b to. pra fs obüly v: air getting i in nto | compare Sys othing so much A s to that, of a feeble 
ri Mica cai peeve we dra ti mercury M thermometer Bonn ted at 1 infi wh nik} pain, a 
r no expense. a night » an A67 i in ding 40°, while the} the fro E th. of t thes e I clearly saw and 
as by bring = Ced perum eii ed igh e | real t im Me thermometer | for som i time, whilst thé o P4 its cry. AS 3 
som : ar otatos of oo wie parison, nae “that the house had been | — ree a little nm "ren mi — D 
e — of crop over "the small sets Suis | nk ezing po "e The sia “of course, may be intere a he at 
n the extra weight of the set planted. | were closely sh - ed a week, else es € was rat her w d 
uences i 
yen r 
Dracut oceans Pais, ra hein hens e 
[The following remarks, w epis Ehrenbergii, and Cerv antesii, ge the Mead 
TTE cultivation carried out in up per Reed plants of the two former could n t" prodioo: M nde 
cultural Morlans: borrowed from the West of Scotland Horti- t case, € on 2er g near 100 flow. eh F from one pseudo- 
ow that the cultivation of Orchids is bec y — Á— from 13 to 15 flowers 
mare general, it may be w vell bo fitfediss s few pra on each 8; pike, on the oth er, The abo r 
ints bearing on the temperature hers suited to ir 7 Oppones wy 
tl t be borne in ul d is name, 
ce dieci md s ! erede of ee ad bot ratis that i in order to promote al rl oin and, re = adds M.D. and’ F..S. id Mi Bat the 
^ a ab the NGésiay 0 | ture ors must r d fall chance gum 
a vigorous plant a ise and fall with the tempe. at ti th un 
Bites in Snc es n oce, Pr si lower, | gaat of. oors E. xe e Led Ks O° ‘to B° di Ex CEP t; eril Pt dà 
the best collections in the 1 ERIS d o 12° ME the day. uld find for them a ae 
of attention Oi ths = the o of the = ux y want, The whole “of thet yita delight to grow h good, | ious retreat whence they might return into open 
from a want o| vis the ^ oasis rich, fibry matter, such as is to be had in mosses and | and — mselves or not, when the dan, ger was oiy 
tem mate, wheth eons geographical | plantations where vegetable fibre largely predominates. | the parents escaped with their lives. To support ! 
e db qe or xit As many of the particles of earthy matter as can be side of the question I sa iy 
bd Iede d remite got rid of should be separated from thesc | gentlemen of high respectability and veracity, ' 
bé = "Orid a cultivation rd : " Hiz iier, is the least inclination to Secdeutiélts Ewo TROE whe tak absolutely MES bebe 
vue € r a disposition of any kind to obstruct thorough | the vipers’ mouths ; and that two 
"es who ts end rtunity "ied introduced ysel 
t » which counteracts t thin them, 
-— m an oet dress with this. may. trial pla sheer nonsense i injiferi hi these | u T aia pen ind that 
ia. emi-terrestria nis. Sheep, cow ps horse d. i dissected vi t 
Siea m zo first dried up in a proper state, can be add ed with the men. | | referred Magri ac ag ang 
h temperatu re; + beneficial uL "There is a tende mee 
; ncy occasion ily on f th 
ar'the propagation of Fungus, which in soli Shatin täti 4b vinoomibebedl with the 
