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out for rot immediately the flower spikes are cut, for it then not 
infrequently attacks them by the moisture lodging about the stem of the 
flower spike. The only safe plan to adopt is to pull away all the remaining 
portion of the sheath, and cut off the stem of the spike as close to the 
bulb as possible. 
SHADING.—The blinds, unless required for a winter protection against 
cold, should during this month be dried and stowed away in a dry place for 
the winter. Most of the plants will now enjoy the full rays of the sun, 
though it may still be advisable to be careful regarding any cool Odonto- 
glossum that may chance to occupy a department with a southern aspect. 
Also the beautiful genus, Phalznopsis, is very susceptible in this respect, 
and may easily be injured by too much bright sunshine even at this late 
period, for its fine, broad, fleshy leaves present a large surface on which 
the hot rays speedily act. 
Pottinc.—This work should now cease. Winter potting, I am 
confident, is not a safe thing to adopt, excepting in the case of plants 
that are newly imported, which, of course, must be done up. Even for 
these it is scarcely politic to use good and valuable materials at this late 
season, and they will grow just as well, and perhaps establish themselves 
more quickly, if simply propped up in their pots, with a few crocks about 
their roots to keep them steady. Certainly, if so treated, larger supplies of 
water could be administered, because it could the more readily pass away. 
The compost could easily be supplied later on, after the pseudobulbs have 
regained their plumpness, and are about to tend forth new roots more 
abundantly. 
SUITABLE PosiTions.—No pains should be spared in selecting for each 
plant the best and most favoured position for the Winter, which may or 
may not vary from that occupied during the Summer months. Select the 
roof principally for those to be rested and dried the most, the driest end 
for those quite dormant, and the moistest for those still growing, or the 
sunniest or shadiest parts as the case may demand. Even the removal of 
various species from one house to another is often done with satisfactory 
results. For instance, owing to the want of space, or some other cause, 
many growers place some species in the coolest house during Summer, but 
are careful to remove them back to intermediate temperature for the 
Winter, and such treatment invariably answers well, especially if the latter 
department is required to be kept rather warmer for certain things, like 
Cattleyas or Dendrobiums, during the Summer. I may here enumerate a few 
species which are the better for such change of houses :—Ada aurantiaca, 
all those Oncidiums that are known as cool-growing kinds, Cymbidiums, 
Odontoglossum grande, O. hastilabium, O. cirrhosum, O. citrosmum, O- 
cordatum, O. Harryanum, O. Insleayi, O. maxillare (madrense), O- 
