216 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
through an ordinary British winter. To this end, as much air as is reason- 
able should be admitted to where these are growing, and then, with heat 
and moisture, the plants will have a better chance of acquiring a good and 
lasting constitution. Those grown in the Cattleya house never fail to give 
us a good return, such as A. crassifolium, crispum, and Fieldingii, though 
for the better appearance of the foliage a heavier shading might be prefer- 
able. The peculiar A. Vandarum is decidedly a Cool subject, and may be 
grown along with the ordinary Cool house stuff during the summer months, 
removing it at the approach of winter to a slightly warmer position. It 
should be fixed to teakwood rods, and these placed upright in pots filled 
with crocks and surfaced with moss, which all through the growing season 
should be saturated with water daily. A. maculosum is one that does 
not relish such a plentiful supply of water as most of them do, its roots 
being few and short, and of a less succulent nature than others. The 
Saccolabiums are nearly allied to the above family, and in many respects 
require the same treatment, one difference being that much less water at 
the root is needed, though, if anything, atmospheric moisture is relished 
more by these than the former. S. cceleste is a delightful Orchid when in 
bloom, but how many are there that keep it in health for many years? As 
before stated, it is in the winter when they go wrong, owing as much to 
improper treatment during the growing season as to our uncongenial climate 
during the former period. This Orchid should succeed grown with the 
Dendrobes, and rested in the same way. All Saccolabiums require a short, 
quick-growing season, and a long period in which to ripen the newly-made 
growth, so as to be able to tide over the vicissitudes of winter. The range 
of colour in this genus is as great as in the Cattleya family, ranging from 
rosy-purple in S. ampullaceum to blue in S. ceeleste, and from yellow in S. 
falcatum to white and rose in S. premorsum. The genus Vanda is another 
neighbour of Aérides, though of a more aristocratic position, and therefore 
obtains a larger share of patronage than the two previous genera. What 
is more wonderful than Vanda teres (which now holds a higher position 
still by reason of the lovely hybrid, called Miss Joaquim, produced from it) 
and V. Hookeriana? Few obtain much success with this species without 
they have a suitable place to grow it in. Years ago we used to grow and 
flower it well in a corner of a stove, but when, for certain reasons, we had 
to give the house up, and the plants were put in a corresponding position 
in the next house, success has been wanting. It is easy to say they require 
heat and moisture when growing, and to be kept dry during the rest of the 
year, but, as I said above, that is not all—one must have the proper 
position. V. Sanderiana is rooting freely in a corner of the stove, where 
it obtains as much light and heat as the Dendrobiums, the plants now 
_ being well supplied with water. V. tricolor and suavis are flowering and 
