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be filled one-third of their depth with drainage. The compost should 
consist of good fibrous peat or polypodium fibre, the best yellow fibrous 
loam, and sphagnum moss in equal parts. A sprinkling of sand may 
be added, and where the plants do not succeed a few partly-decayed 
oak leaves may be incorporated with advantage. Pans of various 
sizes may be chosen, and the largest bulbs can be planted two inches apart. 
It is advisable to grade the bulbs, then the largest are arranged together, 
and the smaller ones, which perhaps will not flower, can be placed in 
different pans. By adopting some such method examples are secured 
which will be a mass of flower in due season. At the present time each 
pan should be suspended or placed ona shelf fairly near the glass, where 
the average temperature is about 60°, and sufficient water should be given 
to keep the soil moist. As root action increases, and the leaves begin to 
expand, water may be afforded more frequently, and the plants kept well 
supplied until growth is completed. To prevent the appearance of red- 
spider the foliage ought to be sponged over at intervals with a weak solution 
of some reliable insecticide. 
Vanpas belonging to the V. suavis group ought only to be repotted 
when real necessity arises, because as a general rule they lose a certain 
number of leaves, however carefully the operation is performed. When 
repotting should be done is a debatable point, some growers advocating 
November and others early spring. I have tried both, and have found that 
there is little to be said in preference for either. Only those specimens that 
have lost their lower leaves will need attention, and enough of the stem 
must be removed to allow the foliage to reach the top of the pot. Ample 
drainage must be supplied, and as the mixture of fibre and sphagnum moss 
is being placed among the roots, a few broken potsherds or nodules of 
charcoal can be introduced, so as to render the whole porous. Each stem 
Must be made secure, and the compost should be lightly sprinkled with 
water whenever it becomes dry. A temperature of 60° to 65° should be 
Maintained. 
SLucs.—These marauders are always more or less busy, but more so 
When the nights are long. They soon play havoc among the seedlings and 
the new roots of older plants. For this reason all specimens that are 
completing their pseudobulbs and are about to push out a cluster of 
succulent roots should be watched, while choice examples may be protected 
by standing the plant on an inverted flower pot which has been placed in a 
Saucer of water. Where slugs are numerous the usual and most effective 
Plan is to hunt for them with a good lamp. 
EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM.—The autumn-flowering varie 
Species certainly deserves to be grown in quantity, for its meee scapes of 
Cinnabar-red flowers make a pleasing contrast with the various Odonto- 
ty of this 
