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Schreederi, Farmeri, and Griffithianum will be in the middle of their 
growing season, and must be generously treated. When these plants 
commence to send out fresh roots from the base of the young growths they 
may be repotted if necessary, and if potted firmly in well-drained osmunda 
fibre it will suit their requirements exactly. These plants thrive best when 
grown in the Cattleya or Intermediate house. Other species of the 
racemose section, as D. Dalhousieanum, moschatum, fimbriatum, suavis- 
simum, chrysotoxum, &c., delight in a warmer atmosphere all through 
their growing season. Those of the nigro-hirsute section, as D. 
infundibulum, Jamesianum, Jerdonianum, Draconis, sculptum, cariniferum, 
and bellatulum never require so much exposure to light and air as the 
deciduous kinds. When not growing they certainly will require less water 
than at other times, but thorough dryness at the root is not suitable for 
them. A shady part of the Intermediate house, or the warmest end of the 
Cool house will suit them. 
TERETE-LEAVED VANDAS.—Such plants as Vanda teres and V. Miss- 
Joaquim have now passed their flowering season, and will require attention. 
Cut off the stems about two or three feet from the top and insert five or six 
of them in well-drained pots, with a surface of growing sphagnum moss, 
tying each stem firmly to neat strong stakes. For a few weeks after 
disturbance the plants should be carefully shaded, and by that time many 
young roots will have started, when the plants may be gradually exposed 
to direct sunlight. The remaining parts of the old stems, if kept well 
syringed, will soon send out fresh growths, and these new shoots, if they 
grow well, may be removed next season. During active growth these 
Vandas should have plenty of sunshine, and copious syringings overhead 
Several times daily. A warm sunny corner of the Mexican house is the 
best place for these plants, and for the distinct hybrid V. Marguerite Maron, 
which latter will require similar attention soon after the flowers fade. ‘It 
stows best at the hottest end of the plant stove, where the stems receive 
full sunlight. A pine stove should also prove a suitable place for them. 
V. Hookeriana is also a hot-growing species. It generally flowers at this 
season, and after the spikes are cut should be attended to as advised for 
the others. V.Kimballiana and its variety alba, also V. Amesiana, should 
be grown in a sunny position in the Cattleya house, where fresh air can 
circulate freely around them. 
CaTrLeyas.—Plants of Catttleya Warscewiczii (gigas) that have recently 
§0ne out of flower, also those that have completed their season’s growth 
- Without flowering, should now be exposed to more sunlight and air, and at 
the same time the supply of water at the root should be gradually decreased. 
The repotting of this Cattleya and its varieties should be done, if needful, 
about a fortnight after the plants have gone out of flower, as immediately 
