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attended to, as previously advised, whenever they get into the desired 
condition, and are in need of it. Each species, and its hybrids for the 
most part, has a proper season for this operation, and at the present time 
Cattleya Warscewiczii (gigas) is, perhaps, the best example of the routine 
adopted by myself. Having recently gone out of flower, it will be observed 
that new roots are pushing in quantity from the base of the newly-made 
pseudobulbs, and any that are in need of new material should have atten- 
tion before these roots attain any great length. These remarks also apply 
to any plants which have completed their season’s growth without 
producing flowers. The whole of the plants will be better for being placed 
in a cooler and drier position, exposed to more air and sunlight, and they 
should only receive water when they become dry. The newly-potted 
plants should be treated in precisely the same manner as those that are not 
jn need of it. These plants enjoy a long season of rest, but, under the 
treatment advised, will be rooting in the new compost right through the 
winter months, hence the necessity of keeping the pseudobulbs plump and 
the roots healthy. The idea that extreme drought is a means of making 
shy bloomers produce flowers is a fallacy. 
SOPHRONITIS GRANDIFLORA may now be potted and treated as 4 
miniature Cattleya, except that it is best grown in the Cool house. 
Sophrocattleyas and other hybrids in which the Sophronitis is one parent, 
may be treated in precisely the same manner as advised for Cattleyas, but 
being, as a rule, small growers, should be grown in small receptacles, 
suspended from the roof of the Intermediate house. Each species and 
hybrid has its own individuality, and, in order to make the best of them, 
their little requirements must be closely studied. 
EpIPHRONITIS VEITCHII.—The plants at the present time are producing 
a number of aérial shoots from the flowering growths. Such growths 
should be taken from the parent plant and potted several together, when 
they will form nice little specimens. This, like its Sophronitis parent, 
is best grown in shallow pans, and delights in a fairly moist position neat 
the glass in the Cool house. It succeeds in the same compost as 
Sophronitis. 
EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM, with other species of this large genus, 
succeeds under the same conditions as Cattleya, and the present is a good 
time to examine and repot any plants that are in need of new rooting 
material. They should be potted in the same manner as a Cattleya, and 4 
similar compost answers their requirements. They delight in a light 
position in the Intermediate house, and the usual caution as regards the 
application of water to the newly-potted plants must be observed. 
MAXILLaRIAs.—The present season is a good one to undertake the 
repotting of any species of this interesting genus that requires it. Those 
