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moss should be used, so that the bulb becomes dry soon after watering, 
and in a condition to receive another dose. 
The bright flowers of Lelia autumnalis are now in evidence, and 
other Mexican species, such as L. albida, furfuracea, Eyermaniana, and 
Gouldiana are slowly developing their somewhat succulent flower spikes. 
Basket cultivation suits this section best, for more water is required, by 
the material becoming dry quicker, than is the case when grown in pans, 
also more air gains admittance to the roots. Very little water will be 
needed by them when the flowers have gone over, in fact when the 
bulbs have thoroughly matured they will go a month or six weeks 
without water. The spikes of _ Laelia ‘anceps and its varieties are all 
well advanced, and in due time will display their lovely blooms. - It is 
a good plan to draw a wet sponge up the spikes now and again to keep 
them clean, and to prevent the upper bracts from sticking to the flower- 
buds. Until the flowers are over, the plants must be kept fairly well 
supplied with water, but afterwards a very small quantity will suffice 
until growth commences. 
Arundina bambusefolia, now in bloom, is a bright-flowered and 
graceful foliaged plant, that should be included in all collections having a 
house with a stove temperature. It may be grown easily in a shady part of 
an ordinary plant stove, as it does not resent, but relishes being syringed 
overhead. It should be planted in a mixture of half loam and peat, 
with a sprinkling of sand and moss added, and from the time it has 
become established, should never suffer from a lack of water. A. chinensis 
is a cooler growing species, and is neither so amenable to cultivation, 
nor produces such handsome flowers as the other species. 
Another sparsely-grown Orchid is now in flower here, namely, 
Scuticaria Hadwenii, which has terete foliage similar to that of Oncidium 
Jonesianum, but differs from that refractory subject in producing its 
leaves in the ordinary upright fashion. Plants of this should. be grown 
7" baskets in a small portion of peat and a little moss, and suspended 
in the Cattleya house, where, during its growing season, a very meagre 
supply of water is needed, and when at rest only sufficient to keep the 
leaves firm will be necessary. S. Steelei—the “‘whip-cord Orchid ’’—is 
a better known species, its long pendulous cord-like growths always 
attracting attention, and when it deigns to flower it is doubly attractive, 
for these are both large and handsome. This species is best accommodated 
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