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so placed that they may have as much light and sun during their season of 

 rest as possible. This is the only way to ripen their pseudobulbs, which 

 causes them to grow stronger, and to flower more freely. When at rest 

 the previously named kinds require but very little water, but when those 

 without pseudobulbs like Vanda, Angraeonm, Aerides, Saccolahium, and 

 Phalaenopsw are at rest, they should never be allowed to get too dry 

 at the root ; the moss about them should always be kept a little damp, 

 for the stems and leaves are very apt to shrivel if kept too dry, and 

 this often causes them to lose their bottom leaves. Moreover, they 

 require but a short season of rest. Those which are growing on blocks 

 will require more water than those which are in pots or baskets, and if 

 the weather be fine, should be watered about twice or three times 

 a week, just so as to keep them moist, but in dull weather they will 

 not require watering so often. Water should be poured over the paths 

 and walks every fine morning, with a view to create a moist atmosphere, 

 but the moisture in the house must be regulated according to the 

 weather outside — a very important factor in the details of management. 

 Thus, if the weather be dull outside, the house must be kept rather 

 drier inside. The glass and roof should always, especially in winter, 

 be perfectly clean, so that the plants at that season may have full light 

 and sun. It is our practice, as soon as the season of rest commences, 

 to wash every pane of glass in the house, both inside and outside, and 

 also the wood and brickwork, for cleanliness is one of the main points 

 to be kept in view to ensure good results. 



ADAPTATION OF TEEATMBNT TO SURROUNDING 

 CONDITIONS. 



THERE is more variation in the localities in which we are placed 

 than most of us imagine. In some parts of the country a nice 

 pure mild atmosphere prevails during the greater part of the year, 

 while in others there is a large proportion of cold and wet. There are 

 other localities in which our plant houses are placed where they are 

 exposed to high and cutting winds, and others in which they are 

 sheltered on the side of a hill, or in some valley surrounded by hills 

 and trees, on the south side of which they get the full benefit of the 



