column is of the same colour, saving a stain of bright orange in the throat, this 
same colour in the throat being a great improvement in all these white Cattleyas. 
In addition to the chasteness of its flowers it is gratefully perfumed, which renders. 
_ It very welcome through the months of August and September, and it lasts three 
or four weeks in full perfection if the flowers are kept free from cold damp, but 
if this is not provided against they soon become spotted, which soon disfigures the 
bloom and they speedily decay. The cultivation of this plant is very easy, but 
it requires to be kept dormant through the winter months. We find it thrives 
well in baskets suspended near the roof-glass, and also equally well in pots placed 
on the side stages of the house, where they have the advantage of the glass at 
the sides, in addition to that on the roof. The pots or baskets should be of 
medium size, over-potting being the great failing of young beginners in Orchid 
culture, to whom these remarks are specially directed, although re-potting will be 
necessary as the plants increase in size. We find that the best peat and sphagnum 
moss are the most suitable materials for this plant, although we have often seen 
other materials used, but in most cases those who dabble in these materials have to 
return to the peat and moss to restore their plants to health; indeed, we have 
seen many plants quite spoilt through potting in an_ eccentric manner, for during 
the forty years we have had in the cultivation of Orchids, we have never had any 
occasion to alter our system of potting, and have never geen any good results 
accrue from the use of the so-called improved potting material. This Cattleya requires 
the warmest end of the Cattleya house to produce vigorous growth, and it also delights 
in a moderate amount of water during the growing season. After the flowering is past 
and the growths are well ripened up, the water supply must be considerably 
reduced, and the plant should be kept as quiet as possible, in order to check 
growth before the spring; the want of attention to this is the cause why Cattleyas 
that flower on the season’s growth in the autumn so seldom continue to thrive, 
for if not kept dormant, the growth they make through the winter months does 
not ripen sufficiently to produce a flowering bulb the next season. The best time 
for re-potting is in the spring, just when the young roots and growth begin to 
appear, when, as the sun increases in power, a slight shading will be found 
necessary, in order to preserve the foliage from being disfigured, and to preserve 
it in good colour. 
