THE ORCHID REVIEW. 17 
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PHALAENOPSIS CULTURE AT NEW YORK. 
WE have much pleasure in presenting our readers with an illustration of a 
fine group of Phalznopsis Schilleriana in the collection of Mr. W. B. 
Dinsmore, Staatsburgh-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A., reproduced from a 
photograph which has been kindly sent by Mr. James Goodier, Mr. 
Dinsmore’s Orchid grower, together with the following account of their 
treatment :— 
The house in which these plants are grown is a span roof, running 
north to south, The centre bed is used for ordinary stove plants, and over 
Fig. 9.—GROUP OF PHALZNOPSIS SCHILLERIANA 
these are hung the Phalzenopses in baskets. Every year, about the month 
of May, or as soon as the plants commence to make a leaf, I take all the 
old moss away from them, and wash the crocks and roots of every bit of 
dirt with a good force of water from the hose-pipe, then work in a few pieces 
of crocks and charcoal, finishing up with a layer of good sphagnum moss. 
On all bright days I sprinkle the moss and baskets, but never give too much 
water, Should any of the moss show signs of decay in the fall I renew it, 
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