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house. Why I mention this is because I think permanent shading should 
not altogether be condemned for the amateur who finds it necessary to 
leave his house to the mercy of others for the greater part of the day. The 
chances are that his house would be better so shaded, than someone to 
forget to roll down the blinds on a particularly hot day. 
It will now be even a greater pleasure for the interested grower to look 
over his plants and note the progress made day by day or week by week, 
with what rapid strides the new growths advance, and with what relish the 
new roots seem to take to the new moss placed for them. In addition to 
the over-head syringing with tepid water, it will be necessary also to water 
at the roots, but when doing this let the condition of the plant, whether 
actively growing or otherwise, be the guide. For instance, Cattleya 
_ Gaskelliana and Warscewiczii (gigas) will be in full swing, and will demand _ 
more than Lelia purpurata and Cattleya Mossiz, many plants of which have 
yet scarcely made a move, but this difference of treatment should extend 
only so far as root watering is concerned. Do not further distress 
debilitated plants by allowing them to carry a bloom or spike of bloom, 
and do not unduly tax fairly strong plants by allowing the bloom to 
remain on too long, much better to cut off the spike and place it in water. 
It has been rather cold for the cool kinds removed to the frame last month, 
but providing little water was given, and they were covered with mats 
during the coldest nights, no harm whatever could possibly happen. The 
same rule when watering must be also here observed. Odontoglossum | 
crispum in active growth will require a liberal supply, whilst O. Rossii or 
Cervantesii, scarcely yet starting to grow, should be spared. The latter 
are from Mexico, and asI stated last month, it is possible to injure by 
kindness in this respect. 
ORCHIDS IN. SEASON. 
SEVERAL beautiful Dendrobium flowers are sent from the collection of 
W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., of Hessle, near Hull, by Mr. Barker, including 
some brightly coloured forms of D. nobile, D. x Ainsworthii flavescens, a 
large and handsome form, having the circumference of the lip outside the 
maroon disc very distinctly tinged with yellow, and the sepals and petals 
tinged with the same colour, D. X melanodiscus var. hesslense (D. Xx 
Ainsworthii splendidissimum X Findlayanum), a pretty form of this 
hybrid, and D. x Rolfe roseum, a charmingly coloured variety. 
Two beautiful hybrid Odontoglossums have flowered among recently 
imported Odontoglossums in the collection of R. le Doux, Esq., of West 
Derby, Liverpool, flowers of which are sent by Mr. Archer. One is O. X 
