86 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
teak to which they are clinging, or a great check to growth and loss of 
foliage will follow. For this reason the system of lowering those that have 
developed long bare stems is a matter for serious consideration, and should 
not be undertaken unless it can be done without great root mutilation. It : 
stems we destroy the chances of the offshoots which might possibly break 
forth. By all means, however, lower a plant if in weakly health, with but 
few, if any, live roots at the base. at 
Cuysis, having enjoyed a long dry rest in intermediate temperature, 
will now be starting again into growth, and at the same time forming the 
flower trusses from the side of the new growths. These should now have 
encouragement by being returned to the East Indian house, and larger 
supplies of water gradually given, also larger receptacles, if necessa’ 
They are best grown in baskets and rarely want shifting, all tha’ a 
necessary being to pick out the old moss from between the bars and fill in 
with new. Thus the roots which cling to the bars very firmly are not 
disturbed. Chysis bractescens is a. noble Orchid when well grown, the 
truss of blooms being of great size. 
much shading this month, a 
ive will be very beneficial 
probably be advisable 
_ much air at this treacherous period. 
Do what watering and syringing is — 
required during the morning, 
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between the hours of 8 and 12 o’clock. q 
et, but there may be occasions, when the — | 
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weather is exceptionally bright, that a little more may be distributed on the ~ : : 
