procure. We believe this to be one of the prizes which now and 
in purchasing imported Orchids en masse. 
There is no doubt it requires the same treatment as 
should be grown in the warm part of the cool Odontoglossum house. My. Baxter, 
the Orchid grower at Burford Lodge, cultivates it in the Odontoglossum house. 
When we paid a visit to this establishment, in June, the plants were fully in 
bloom, and among them were many good forms, including some grand spikes of 
blossom. They were grown in pots, with peat and some sphagnum moss. These 
plants should have perfect drainage, as they require water throughout the year, and 
when in vigorous growth they require more than at other times, The pseudobulbs 
should be well elevated above the pot rims, 
surface as well as into the soil, and a few 1 
amongst the peat. They 
then are secured 
the type, that is, it 
so that-the roots can work over the 
umps of charcoal should be introduced 
delight in having their foliage frequently syringed, to 
keep down insects, such as the red thrips—we dip them in water to keep these 
insects in check—as if the plants are allowed to become infested they go bad and 
dwindle away. If: kept free from insects they are of easy 
grow into specimens which will repay 
flowers they will produce. 
cultivation, and soon 
all the trouble taken, by the quantity of - 
