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moderately moist, and fresh air should be admitted on all favourable 
occasions, especially at night. On bright days a slight spraying will also 
be beneficial, and help to check attacks of thrip and other pests. The 
plants should at all times be shaded from strong sunshine. 
PLEIONES.—These charming plants need plenty of light, air, and water 
until the foliage changes colour, when the compost should only be kept 
moist. Soon after the leaves have fallen the flowers of the early-flowering 
varieties will appear, and if kept in a rather cool and dry position, the 
flowers will last for some considerable time. 
VANDA CGRULEA will now be in its beauty, and where a house can be 
devoted to its culture, and the proper conditions made for it, it is a most 
delightful subject. As the’ plants pass out of flower they should be rested 
by the gradual withholding of water, and giving air on all favourable 
opportunities. They require plenty of light at all times. 
GENERAL REMARKS.—The season has so far advanced that we must 
now consider the safe keeping of the plants through the winter months, 
and under our artificial conditions some little forethought is necessary, in 
order that this may be carried out effectually. The roofs of the houses- 
should be made watertight, the heating apparatus efficient, and everything: 
done possible to prevent accidents during the cold winter months. At the 
present time there are some who look upon the cultivation of Orchids as 
extravagant waste, but is there not as much beauty in these flowers as in 
any picture made by human hands? Many years of patient care and toil. 
have been bestowed upon their improvement, and if lost some of them can 
never be replaced. Such views will pass with the return of happier times, 
and every effort should be made to preserve the plants until the present 
horror has passed away. 
AERIDES HYBRIDUM.—This is one of Mr. Dominy’s original hybrids, 
which it has been remarked ‘‘ does not appear to have ever been described, 
and now seems to have been quite lost sight of” (Orch. Rev., i. p. 34). We 
have since found a record of it under the name of Aérides Fieldingii var. 
hybridum (E. Morr. in Belg. Hortic., 1876, p. 287), with the remark that it 
is a hybrid, or more correctly a metis, raised by Mr. Dominyin the estab- 
lishment of Messrs. Veitch, between A. affine and A. Fieldingii, and that 
the flowers have the form of the first-named and the colour of the second. 
A hybridum was enumerated ina list of Mr. Dominy’s hybrids drawn up 
by Mr. Burbidge (Gard. Chron., 1871, p. 44), but we have never discovered 
the date or what became of the plant. There is, however, a short account 
under the name of A. Dominyanum in the sixth edition (1885) of Williams’ 
Orchid-grower's Manual (p. 100), and it may have appeared in some earlier 
edition, which we are unable to consult. 
