84 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
potted and carefully-watered plant will last two years and upwards in a 
perfectly sweet and healthy condition. The strong-growing, terrestrial 
species of Phaius. delight ina compost of more body than is usual for 
Orchids, and a mixture of turfy loam and turfy Azalea peat in equal pro- 
portions, with a liberal addition of sand, and a little broken charcoal mixed 
in, suits them admirably. They prefer pots, which should be drained about 
one third their depth. The compost should be pressed in pretty firmly, but 
it should not be mounded up above the rim of the pot, as is usual with 
epiphytic Orchids, but a space of an inch left below the rim for the better 
convenience of watering. They grow best on the stage in the warmest 
house, but will also do very well in the intermediate house. When re- 
potting it is advisable to remove as much of the old material round the 
roots as will come away easily, which is generally in the centre of the ball. 
Should the roots be matted together with a quantity of the compost round 
the sides of the ball, as frequently happens, they may not be unravelled, 
but dropped in the new pot intact so as not to injure them. Care must 
always be taken to fill up any space in the ball from where the old materia 
has been excavated with new. Water sparingly for a time. rs 
PHAIUS TUBERCULOSUS. — This beautiful epiphytic species is best 
cultivated in the warmest house, where a shady, moist position, not too far 3 
away from the glass roof, should be given it. It should be grown in 
shallow but rather wide pans or baskets, as the rhizome creeps several 
inches before the pseudobulb is formed. It thrives best in peat and : 
sphagnum moss, which should always be kept moist in the summer months. 
Now is a good time for attending to them. Yellow thrip is a great pest, 
and must be kept away by the presence of tobacco powder. P, Humblotii 
and P. maculatus may also now be seen to, 
pots, in a richer compost, as previously advise 
AGANISIA C@RULEA is another warm growing species that starts about 
this season, and should now be examined. It may be grown in pans or 
baskets, in the usual compost, but I think a teak raft preferable. Suspend 
‘n a light position, and keep well syringed during the growing season. 
Plants growing on blocks, and wanted to be de 
away better when the block and roots are wet. 
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CATTLEYAS.—Some of these, particularly C, Triane, are now pushing 
forth new roots in great profusion, 
but these are best grown in 
d for the terrestrial species. 
tached for any purpose, come 
and should be attended to, beginning. 
with those the most advanced, and exercising the greatest care not to 
disturb or break the roots. Good fibrous peat and spagnum moss in equal 
parts is the best possible compost, and either pots, pans or baskets may be 
used, according to the position they are to occupy. 
EPIDENDRUMS.—The long-stemmed species of Epidendrum, such as E. 3 
Wallisii, Endresii, xanthinum, tadicans, and x O’Brienianum, are now 
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