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mass and rolling about when the boxes are moved. A 
few small holes should be bored in the boxes to admit 
a little air. 
Leafy epiphytal Orchids, such as Phalzenopsis, Aérides, 
Vandas, and Saccolabiums, may be forwarded in the same 
way, but with a sprinkling of fine paper cuttings, layers 
of paper, fine but not resinous shavings, or dry moss 
between each row of plants. In respect to species which 
do not possess pseudo-bulbs it is absolutely necessary that 
they be sent at the proper resting season, if forwarded in 
bulk in boxes, 
Phalzenopsis for sending at any time are prepared by 
collectors in Java and the Philippines by establishing the 
plants on blocks. They are almost the only temporarily 
cultivated Orchids which often travel well when so managed, 
and they are usually sent fastened round the sides and 
backs of Wardian cases, a method which is somewhat 
costly. Terrestrial Orchids, such as Phaius, Calanthes, 
and others with above-ground pseudo-bulbs, if collected 
at the proper resting season, travel well packed in cases 
of moderate size and with a little dry packing material 
placed between the rows. The danger with these kinds 
is that the pseudo-bulbs, being soft and containing much. 
moisture, are liable to decay, and a few damaged plants 
may cause the loss of all contained in the box. 
Tuberous-rooted, terrestrial Orchids of the same nature 
as the British Orchis, and including the African Disas, 
and Satyriums, also the Habenarias of different regions, 
should be marked when in flower and lifted in the rest- 
ing season, the tubers .being placed in small boxes with 
a sprinkling of nearly dry sandy peat or sand, run in 
