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so that the rhizome should be cut, a certain 
should be left on each piece; al 
harp penknife rather than a pair of shears, 
distance from the growths, with a s 
so as not to injure it. 
It is perhaps useful to point out to amateurs W 
plants, to exhibitions for example, the precautions which are mecessary 1n 
these cases. 
It is the inflorescence especially which, as the most delicate part, must be 
protected. Sticks should be inserted in the compost, and round them should be 
wrapped some soft tissue paper ito prevent contact with their rough surface, and 
to these the flowering stems should be tied with ligatures of raphia. 
For those with arching racemes which are too robust to be straightened, as 
those of Cymbidium, for example, it ig sufficient to support two or three points 
to the same number of sticks, placed at intervals from each other. 
The flowers should be further wrapped in pieces of soft tissue paper fastened 
by their two ends to the sticks. They should also be wrapped in wadding when 
they are very delicate. 
When there are many plants, each should be wrapped in paper, and arranged 
in a large basket, the intervals being filled with shavings or other matter intended 
to keep them in their places. Round the edges of the basket four or five flexible 
laths or stakes should be placed, which can be brought together and tied at 
their summit. In this way a sort of protecting cage is formed round the plants. 
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(Fournal des Orchidées, IV, p. 126.) 
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