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quently, goes far to mitigate the evil arising from want of 
space. In preparing for a thorough inspection of the plants 
in a house, it is desirable to remove a number of the 
plants to another house to make room to examine the 
rest without risk of breakage, the plants removed at the 
commencement being returned to fill the space remaining 
after the work has been completed. 
The Orchid grower is always supposed to have the 
plants under his direct inspection and to treat them with 
individual care, but these occasional reviews often reveal 
defects in some of the specimens which would other- 
wise have escaped for some considerable time. 
CHAPTER XIV 
ORCHIDS FOR THE CONSERVATORY 
THERE are many dwelling-houses of moderate pretensions, 
especially in towns and suburban districts, in which the 
sole accommodation for plant-growing consists of the con- 
servatory adjoining the house, and this is, in most cases, 
heated by one or other of the simple means at command 
for the purpose. The contents of such structures are 
usually unsatisfactory, the Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, and 
other soft-wooded plants which are arranged with some 
of the hardier Palms and Ferns being drawn into spindly 
growth, which results in a miserable supply of flowers for 
a short season, and afterwards in decaying foliage, which is 
not ornamental. Quite a new interest would open up to 
