24 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
yellow and failing to come to perfection. It also happens amongst mi 
own, and I believe similar cases occur in every collection. To say why this | 
should occur is no €asy matter, though I believe it must not always be por 
down to wrong or neglectful treatment. I have oftimes noticed this | 
bulbs have completed their growth, and therefore before the latter have ‘ 
become in the least matured or ripened. The spikes so thrown seem to 
STOW very quickly, but to be sappy and tender, rendering them susceptible 
to injury from the slightest check. Therefore 
also noticed among the crispums that those 
their flower spikes in this manner are invariably the poorest of the poor 
varieties. Should the buds on a spike whic 
ising from water coming in contact with the hot water ~ 
Failing any of these causes, he shoul 
S of red spider or thrip, both of which 
species, and js just now 
abundance. This is probab 
under glass. I have known other Cool Species to perish from cold, but 
It is certainly best grown suspended, 
because it greatly appreciates an airy position. 
much less water at the roots at all seasons than 
most other species, And, thirdly, 
plants which so quickly produce — 
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