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to dry, after which the syringe well plied at intervals will do the rest. 
Cattleya Gaskelliana is a grand species for midsummer work, and is 
now at its best. It is one of those kinds which may be re-potted either 
very early in spring, when it commences to grow, or immediately after 
blooming. Whether re-potted now or not, it will continue, after blooming, 
to make an enormous amount of roots, the new pseudobulbs swelling and 
plumping up. until finally matured. Water should therefore not be 
discontinued for some time to come. But at the same time it is only 
reasonable that this, and other species having, nearly finished up growth, 
should naturally demand conditions differing somewhat from others still in 
the middle of their growing season. I refer to such kinds as C. 
Warscewiczii, C. Warneri, and the earliest C. Trianz, and by getting such 
kinds and grouping them together in one part of the house, their wants may 
be better attended to. For instance, more air may be admitted on their side 
and less shading used, but the water must never be reduced too soon, or - 
the ripening process will be too quick, causing an undue check, with its 
attendant evils. — 
THE East InpIiAN House.—Watch now closely the Dendrobiums,.as 
several are finishing up their new pseudobulbs, and require removing to a 
cooler house, in which to ripen; but here again supply sufficient water. for a 
time, or the change will be too great all at once. Sometimes the new 
pseudobulb will push again from its base before it has itself ceased to grow, 
but this secondary growth must be entirely ignored, the plant being removed 
to cooler quarters immediately the terminal leaf appears on the main 
growth. To continue the plant in heat, to endeavour to form two new 
pseudobulbs in succession, is but to court failure. Let the second growths, 
if any, shift for themselves ; remove the plants as soon as ready to an airy, 
sunny house, where they will plump up and ripen. Many of them are now 
fast approaching the final stage when their removal is imperative, but it 
may be as well to repeat that all the species must not be so treated, but | 
only those requiring a winter’s rest before blooming in spring. The other 
day I saw a batch of D. Wardianum put out in the early vinery to harden. 
off, which was indeed a splendid place for them, but with them was a plant 
of D. chrysanthum, which requires quite different treatment. This latter 
species pushes its flowers immediately the pseudobulbs are completed, and 
often while the foliage is still green, so that it should be allowed to remain 
in the Warm house until it has finished blooming, afterwards it should be 
removed to a cooler house, when it will soon commence to push new growth, 
moving along steadily but surely in the Cool house throughout the winter : 
months. Thunias and Pleiones should also now be removed to the cooler 
house, where they will gain strength and complete their growth. 
THE AMATEUR’S House.—The earlier part of the growing season being — 
