THE ORCHID REVIEW. 167 
C. Parker, W. Bolton, D. B. Rappart, W. Duckworth, J. Cypher, 
J. Robson, W. Holmes, R. pelea W. Stevens, A. Upjohn, R. Ashworth, 
T. Baxter, and H. Worthi 
Mr. P. Weathers was Saontsik Hon. Secretary for the year; and it 
was decided that the Chairman for the time being of the Committee should 
in future act as Hon. Treasurer. 
At a subsequent meeting of the Committee, after the appointment of 
G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Chairman, and John Leeman, Esq., Vice-Chairman, 
- the following dates were fixed for the meetings for the ensuing year :— 
June 7 and 21, July 19, September 6 and 27, October 12 and 25, 
November 8 and 22, December 13, January, 1901, 10 and 24, February 7 
_and 21, March 7 and 21, and April 4 and 18. 
Pee We WRI es. Sloe 
CONSTRUCTION OF ORCHID HOUSES. 
IT is notorious that private growers of Orchids are, with some notable 
exceptions, a good way behind the nurseryman in cultural attainments, yet 
the former are not lacking in enthusiasm, intelligence, or perseverence. 
The cause of non-success, or only partial success, in the culture of Orchids 
is in numerous instances more attributable to the unsuitability of the houses 
than to mismanagement on the part of the grower. 
In the bigger nurseries the houses run parallel, opening at both ends 
into corridors, hence in-rushes of cold air are avoided when the doors are 
opened. Asa rule, the houses are slightly sunk, and the roofs rest directly 
on brick work; thus, cold glass side-lights are dispensed with. The 
passages between the houses are just wide enough for working purposes— 
airing and shading—so that the one house acts as a shelter for the other. 
The internal structure has been built with forethought and experience, and 
the piping is fully adequate for all emergencies. 
How differently equipped are the majority of private gardeners! 
Houses isolated ; deep side-lights and exposed glass ends; faulty internal 
structure, and inadequate piping. 
-A house built as above can never be made to do Orchids justice in 
winter, no matter whether in cool or warm-house. Fire-heat is the ruin of 
Odontoglossoms and—I will go a step further—fire-heat out of reason will 
ruin any Orchid under the Sun. 
The ideal Orchid house is the one in which the ee} temperature 
can be maintained without having undue resource to fire-heat, and anything 
that tends to further this object is of inestimable value. Further, as fire- 
heat must in all cases be sometimes resorted to, our aim should be to 
provide it in as mellow a form as possible. The nearest approach to the 
