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should never be plunged beyond the base of the plant, and the tender young 
breaks should not be allowed to touch the water. 
The Dendrobium house should also be provided with trough pipes, and 
these should be kept filled during the growing season, and should occa- 
sionally have a little manure-water and soot placed in them, taking care, 
however, that they never become dry, or the foliage may be injured. The floor 
of the house should also be sprinkled with manure-water twice a week during 
the summer months, the best time being when the house is closed for the night. 
Another important matter is to secure plenty of light, as Dendrobiums 
enjoy all the light possible and a little sunshine, morning and evening, 
though they should be shaded from hot sun during the day. Many people 
say that Dendrobiums grow so well at Cheltenham because we have so 
much sunshine, but not many weeks ago I saw a few Dendrobes at Stand 
Hall, near Manchester, and I can truly say I never saw better grown plants, 
and Manchester is not blessed with any great amount of sunshine. There 
are also some splendidly grown plants in the collection of Mr. Lee, at 
Manchester, and at Highbury and The Uplands, in Birmingham. No 
doubt they must receive less shade near any large town, and cultivators 
must use their own discretion, always striving to give the plants all the 
light possible, and a little sunshine. Never use a permanent shade, or allow 
the blinds to remain down during dull periods. 
After repotting, the plants require more shade for a week or two; also 
great care in watering until the roots take hold of the new soil, after which a 
liberal supply should be given until the growths are matured, when it should 
be gradually reduced, so as to mature the growths, and in autumn sufficient 
moisture only should be given to prevent shrivelling. I strongly advise 
giving plants water immediately they show signs of shrivelling, as I have 
no doubt they are sometimes weakened and almost killed by too much. 
drought in winter. 
I also advise wintering the choice hybrids in a fairly warm house, never 
falling below 55°. Such varieties as D. Bensoniz, aureum, lituiflorum, and 
all the Australian and New Guinea Dendrobes, should never be placed in a 
cool house, but must be kept warm and dry during the resting period. The 
Australian ones when retaining their foliage always make better and stronger 
growths than if allowed to lose their leaves. 
D. Dearei should never be kept dry nor placed in a cool house, as it 
appears to grow and flower all the year round, and should therefore be kept 
moist. D. formosum requires plenty of heat and moisture during the 
growing season, and well repays the grower by producing its splendid blooms 
during autumn, when white Orchids are scarce. D. infundibulum and 
Jamesianum should be grown cool and moist during summer, and in autumn 
placed at the cool end of the Cattleya house, and kept moist, in order to 
mature their growths, when they produce flower buds in the spring. 
