in the cool house longer, and well shaded, so as not to excite it prematurely, but 
its growing season may be deferred for some little time. It succeeds well in a 
hanging basket or in a pot, but we prefer the first-named plan of growing it. 
The basket should be well drained, using for soil some good rough peat-fibre and 
sphagnum moss. When potted or basketed the plant should be removed to the 
heat of the East Indian house, kept well supplied with moisture at its roots, and 
also with a goodly quantity in the atmosphere; it should also be well exposed to 
sun and light, with the exception of the very brightest sunshine during the middle . 
of the day, but even then, with a fair amount of air upon the structure in which 
it is grown, there will be little fear that its thin leaves will come to any harm. 
If it is desirable to increase the number of specimens, the spring of the year is 
the very best time to perform the operation, selecting those pieces having prominent 
and good eyes. We have seen some persons divide their plants without taking 
this care, but we would always impress this upon the minds of our readers, that 
unless good eyes are visible we should strongly deprecate the division of Chysis, 
or indeed of any other Orchid. 
