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effete matter, washed and tied them to smooth, very hard wood pieces, and. 
hung them out in an ardent sunshine, and there they have remained for 
the past three years, increasing in size and flowering freely. Would I had 
known the trick sooner, for they are lovely things; and I miss my other ten 
plants exceedingly—but experience teaches as nothing else does. 
The following Dendrobes are grown in precisely the same manner 
described for D. taurinum, to wit: D. formosum, D. Bensoni, D. crystal- 
linum, D. aureum philippinense, D. Johannis, D. Phalenopsis, D.. 
superbiens, D. bigibbum, D. albosanguineum, D. Draconis, and D. 
Goldiei. This latter plant seems like a glorified form of D. superbiens, 
with wider sepals and petals and a richer and purer colour, otherwise there~ 
is little to distinguish it. Its vegetative aspect appears to me to be 
identical. In a batch of some dozen plants of D. superbiens I find con- 
siderable variations, a few having rather narrow segments, somewhat twisted, 
and comparatively poor in colour, a rather mottled pallid tone, while others. 
are nearly equal in richness of tone to D. Goldiei, but not quite, for it is 
facile princeps of the three, and no collection should lack this fine plant 
where heat and sunshine can be provided. I have said ‘‘ of the three,” 
meaning D. Goldiei, D. bigibbum, and D. superbiens, as I think D. 
Phalznopsis is entitled to a class by itself, with its many varietal forms. 
The nobile section, including the many hybrids, is treated with some- 
slight difference, being carried under light shade during the dry early spring 
months, where the young leads would burn if left in company with those~ 
above mentioned, but as soon as the rains are well in they are removed to 
full sun, as the high degree of saturation modifies the effect of the sun’s- 
rays. This also applies to D. Wardianum. The Philippine D. superbum 
is grown in slightly more than moderate shade, in company with D.. 
thyrsiflorum and others of the evergreen section, but is removed to the 
cooler sunlight of December when the leaves commence to yellow off. In 
this way the stems ripen and never fail to bloom abundantly if strong. 
Similar treatment is given to D. Pierardii ; more light, however, is provided 
for D. primulinum and D. Parishii. D. Maccarthiz is a puzzle, remaining 
about at a standstill for three years, after having tried it every way but in 
full sun, which it is evident it will not bear. D.luteolum and D. lituiflorum 
seem to do best all the year through in very light shade, also D. amcenum. . 
D. Brymerianum, I fear, I must dub a beast, and conclude it has a hard 
time of it in its native habitat. Possibly that it why it is scarce. 
Perhaps of all the Dendrobes the hybrids are the most completely 
satisfying, providing abundance of beautiful flowers from the early spring 
months until the end of April or May, January being spring here. D. 
pallens is an exquisite thing ; indeed these hybrid Dendrobes should not be 
allowed to fade away in Britain—as seems to be the tendency—their light, . 
