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to a cooler part of the house, or even putting them in a 

 greenhouse, keeping them slightly shaded during the brightest 

 part of the day. Dendrobiunu are very easily thus retarded, 

 if they are wanted to bloom later in the season. Dendrohium 

 nohile, D. pulchellum, D. macrophyllum, D. densiflorum, T>. 

 Farmeri, and D. Pierardi latifolium, generally bloom during 

 winter, but I have kept them back until June ; and by having 

 a succession of plants, the Orchid house may be gay with 

 Dendrobiums from January to June. Nearly all the Dendro- 

 biums will bear cool treatment while at rest, and all can be 

 kept for late flowering. To insure this, place them in a warm 

 greenhouse and give but little water, in fact, only just enough 

 to keep them from shrivelling ; under this treatment the 

 temperature should not fall lower than 40", and the stems 

 must be kept dry, or the flower buds are apt to rot. They 

 should be shaded from the sun, so that the flower buds may 

 not be excited. When the plants are wanted to flower they 

 should be removed to the Orchid house, and still kept shaded 

 from the sun. Phajus Wallichii and P. yrandifolius may be 

 kept back in the same way as the Dendrobiums. 



PACKING ORCHIDS FOR CONVEYANCE TO 

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N transporting Orchidaceous plants to exhibitions they 

 require great care in packing and tying, for many 

 are very tender. Their flowers in many instances 

 are large and waxy, and some of them require more packing 

 than others. It is extremely annoying to have a fine specimen 

 plant spoiled, during its journey to the place of exhibition, in 

 consequence of its not being carefully packed, when with a 



