These plants are not long-lived under our artificial treatment. There is something 

 wanted that we do not or cannot supply, and hence it is difficult to keep them for 

 any long period in a thriving condition. They seem, indeed, to wear themselves out 

 over-flowering or other causes which are very difficult to find out. The same 

 thing happens in the case of some other Orchids. The bulbs of these plants 

 should, if possible, be kept from shrivelling. They often seem inclined to shrivel 

 after they have bloomed freely, and sometimes they lose their roots, especially when 

 they have their flower-spikes left on too long. If the plant is not in a vigorous 

 condition, it should not be allowed to bloom. We find they do best at the 

 coolest end of the Cattleya house, kept as near to the glass as possible, but shaded 

 from the hot sun, with sufficient water to keep them moist during the growing season. 



Insects should be assiduously kept in check, for cleanliness is a great point in 

 the culture of all Orchids. The plants are subject to the attacks of white scale 



and thrips. In all cases every effort should be made to keep the roots of the 

 plants from being eaten ofi*, as this would soon cause the bulbs to shi-ivel and 

 the plants to dwindle away. 



Mil. Eull's Exhibition of Orchids.— We have been particularly pleased with 

 this grand ^ Exhibition. We thus see what the perseverance, courage, and enterprise 

 of one man can do in bringing together a magnificent show of these gorgeous 

 llowcrs for the gratification of the public— a show which enables them without any 

 personal inconvenience to gaze upon and admire the wonderful floral products of 

 distant lands. Indeed, even if the visitors to Mr. Bull's exhibition had travelled to 

 their native habitats, they could not have seen the plants under the same advantages, 

 f.>r many of them grow on high trees and rocks almost out of sight, and th 



different genera are nowhere to be found associated, except artificially, as Mr. Bull 



hns them in his Orchid house. There in the month of June we saw some thousands 

 of blossoms of difl'erent kinds of Cattleya, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, L(Blia, Vanda, 

 .lasUciollia, Anguloa, Epidendrum, Sobralia, Cypripedium, Aerides, Saccolahium, 

 iJ^mnrobium, Fhajus, Ccehgyne, Bmssia, Calanthe, Chysis, CymUdifum, Dim, Lycaste, 

 naxULann Phalwnopsis, Sophronitis, Thunia, and various other aenera, groups of 



ciul. kind l,,.,„g iu many cases amrngcd in masses of different colours; the who!, 

 be,ns mt^im.xod ^ith Fer,,,, Pdms, and other fine foHagcd plants, the combined 

 ni..t was jrand m the extreme-as those persons who know Orchids will readily 

 ".iag,„e, wlue those who are not acquainted with their varied forms and ...... 



colours woidd not iK.ssibly be able to fo.™ any idea of the wonderful display of 



.em,tj produced by such an arrangement of such materials. We often see wh._ 

 hen. are Orch.ds at Flower Shows that the visitors flock around them, admiring 



Trl lTT\ f '" "^^ ""'"^"' ^"* i° "'« fl»«'e^ tent such a glorious and 



!;!° " \ !" ":• ""' I"'^"^^'' ^y '^I'-- B"U'^ display is never realized We could 



.ay much more m respect to this exhib.tion, but space will not pcrmit.-B. S. W 



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