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other short-bulbed Mexican Lzlias. have leaves and bulbs of wonderful 
solidity, and are a real pleasure to grow, while there are many other little 
oddities which, from some cause or another fail to grow well anywhere 
else, do much better when so treated. I will mention a few of them 
which I have found from experience liable to deteriorate under ordinary 
cultivation, but show signs of improvement when taken there—what then 
would strong, newly-imported plants be likely to do if subjected to such 
treatment from the first Vanda teres and V. Hookeriana, Lelia Digbyana 
and L. glauca, Burlingtonias, Mormodes and Catasetums, Cattleyas of 
the dolosa section, Comparettias, Cyrtopodiums, Schomburgkias, Dendro- 
bium Cambridgeanum and D. albosanguineum, also Oncidium Londes- 
boroughianum and O. splendidum. There is still plenty of room for 
further experiments in this direction with unsatisfactory growing or 
flowering kinds, and I believe that, in most instances, a good lesson 
would result—that is, of course, supposing it was done with a’ due amount 
of caution. 
Dendrobiums which have been treated properly during the resting 
Season should now be making a grand show of bloom. After having 
bloomed, of course, the new growth will commence to grow away rather 
rapidly. This, however, should not be unduly hurried, but allowed to come 
away gradually in a moderately warm temperature. What re-potting or 
top-dressing is necessary should be performed immediately after blooming. 
Pans and baskets are preferable, and a position suspended from the roof- 
glass of the stove is one which it is hard to beat. There are now a very 
large number of beautiful hybrid Dendrobiums in cultivation, which are 
found to be exceedingly easy to cultivate if treated in a rational manner, as 
_ Previously advised. All the while these plants are small, it is a simple 
matter to re-pan or re-basket every year, giving them fresh, sweet materials, 
which are highly appreciated by this class of Orchids. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
MEETING at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, 9th February, 1899. 
Present :— Messrs. Shorland Ball (in the chair), Thomas Statter, J. Leemann, 
H. Greenwood, J. Cypher, R. Johnson, and T. Mills (hon. sec.). 
Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson), showed 
Cypripedium insigne Luciani, a wonderfully coloured flower, having the 
Petals and pouch a clear dark yellow (much darker than we have hitherto 
Seen it) and without any spots on the dorsal sepal. The flower was, how- 
‘ver, rather small for an insigne (First-class Certificate) ; C. Wiertzianum 
Schildianum x Lawrenceanum), a very fine flower, partaking pretty 
