310 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
must not be allowed to get very dry until after blooming. The beautiful 
L. majalis must, however, now be well rested in this house, getting it well 
up to the light. The lovely little Lzlias pumila and Dayana will soon be a 
mass of bloom, and must still be pretty freely watered for some few weeks, 
until fully recovered from the effects of flowering, when less will suffice. 
Though growing fairly well in a Cool house, the Intermediate one is really 
the best place for them. Being such very free bloomers, they are apt to 
grow weaker as years pass by unless a little care is exercised. They should 
be grown in pans or baskets suspended, and good peat and sphagnum 
should be used so that re-basketing is not again necessary for some time, as 
it checks them considerably. They start growth rather late in the summer, 
but grow rapidly, and should then be freely watered. The very weakly 
pseudobulbs must not be allowed to bloom. 
Such Orchids as Anguloas, Lycastes, Coelogynes, and similar kinds 
which have completed their pseudobulbs, should henceforth have less and 
less water, thus gradually hardening them off and enabling them to with- 
stand long droughts. The first-named should remain in the coolest house 
to rest, as also Ccoelogyne cristata, which will probably not quite be finished 
up yet. All others, as also the Lycastes, are better in the long run if rested 
Intermediate, although one need not hesitate to rest the whole Cool so long 
as the roots are dry. Any that have still to finish growth should be afforded 
liberal treatment regarding water. 
Pleiones lagenaria, maculata, and Wallichiana are now one mass of 
bloom, especially the first-named, which for beauty and also for freedom of 
growth I think takes the premier place. These Orchids should never be 
rested, as they start to grow immediately after flowering, and therefore 
should receive all necessary attention regarding re-panning or top-dressing, 
afterwards keeping them just moist so that they move slowly along 
suspended near the glass in the Cool house. During summer they delight 
in a sunny position, but must also have much air and moisture. Grow in 
fibrous peat mixed with a little good yellow loam and sand. P. humilis is 
also a cold-growing species, but not yet nearly completed growing, and it 
does not bloom till a much later date. 
Barkerias will also now be in bloom, or nearly so. Some few of the 
best varieties are worth growing. They can only be grown well when 
placed on rafts, or in small baskets, and suspended in a fully exposed and 
any position, such as near a ventilator in the Mexican house, and deluged 
with water during the summer, but during winter kept very dry. 
The beautiful little Sophronitis grandiflora, now in full growth, must 
Ses. pleuty of water, and wiil probably be improved if removed to te | 
late house, as also would’ many of the more delicate of Loge 
Masdevallias. M. Shuttleworthii, M. Davisii, M. Houtteana, M. Reiche’ : 
