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central place for a seat, and many is the hour he has spent with a nice show 
of bloom before him. What could be better for a business man’s hobby ? 
This last house he adapted for a larger cool house, and was able to 
accommodate Cymbidiums, adding Lowianum, eburneum, Tracyanum, &c. 
He had now acquired such confidence that he commenced to buy some 
of the best Odontoglossum hybrids, with the result that the collection 
to-day contains some very choice subjects, O. crispum Rosy Dawn, a fine 
blotched form, O. ardentissimum Burtoniz, of fine shape and almost self- 
coloured violet shade, O. ardentissimum Mrs. R. Le Doux, O. amabile 
Glympton variety, of fine shape and with rich violet markings, some fine O. 
percultum, many first-rate plain crispums, some fine Odontiodas, and most 
of the up-to-date hybrids. From unflowered seedling Odontoglossums 
purchased he has flowered several very superior varieties. Some choice 
Cymbidiums have also been added, as Holfordianum, Wiganianum, &c. 
_._A few months ago Mr. Burton removed to Blackpool, where he has 
built a smart compact range of houses, consisting of an Odontoglossum 
house, 32ft. by 16ft., a small house of seedling Odontos, 16ft. by Oft., 
and a warm house for Cattleyas and Cypripediums, 2oft. by 16ft., with a 
nice potting shed and roomy stokehold. It is a very smart range of houses, 
built after his own ideas. In all he has now some 500 plants, a fair 
responsibility for a busy man, or so one might imagine, but Mr. Burton 
does not in the least find his task irksome, in spite of the fact that he is 
_mostly at business from g a.m. until 7 p.m. In fact, after a busy day he 
finds an hour or so in the greenhouse a tonic. 
And now for a few words about cultural routine. Before leaving home 
in the morning Mr. Burton damps down and gives a syringing overhead, 
varying it in intensity according to the weather. If home at noon, 
particularly in hot weather, he gives another spraying overhead. Watering 
is done chiefly at the week end, with a look over for dry plants in the 
middle of the week. In dull weather the Odontoglossums stand ten to 
fourteen days without water. 
His sectional boiler is very economical, and lasts well after attention. 
This, under ordinary circumstances, is given in the morning, and the fire 
lasts until Mr. Burton’s return in the evening; but in very severe weather 
the maid gives attention about noon. During the summer the fire is 
allowed to go out; in fact, from early May to September fire heat has not 
been used. 
For shading Mr. Burton uses lath roller blinds, and in summer he puts 
these down before leaving home, and they are left down for safety. Mr. 
Burton is a great believer in air, and in the warmer months the ventilators 
are continually open, while in the Cool house the bottom ventilators are 
never closed, even in severe weather. As to results, it may be said that the 
