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Many other species will now also demand attention. On every hand 
siens of renewed activity are apparent, and no time must be lost in getting 
them each done in their turn, so that the very best season does not pass by 
fruitlessly. Most of the Cattleyas and Lelias, many Oncidiums and Odonto- 
glossums, Dendrobiums, and many others, are done at this season with 
' greatest chances of success, because the new roots push freely after resting, 
and the plants soon become re-established if the atmosphere is kept moist 
and genial. 
This a good time to purchase newly imported Orchids, because they 
need not now lie about on the stages long, but may be almost immediately 
potted up, and will quickly root tnd become established. Keep them nicely 
shaded for a while, and they will soon be so far recovered as to take their 
proper places in the collection. I should add, perhaps, that too much liberty 
must not be taken with such sorts as Odontoglossums, Oncidiums, and 
Cypripediums, in the way of water or they may rot—it is safer not to let 
water touch them overhead for a short period, but to lay them on wet moss: 
until they plump up and produce new roots, after which the danger of 
damping is over. ; 
Odontoglossum citrosmum need not be kept dry any longer, with a view 
to blo:ming, for all that will bloom this season will now show their spikes. 
They may therefore be watered like other things. Some plants are particu- 
larly shy to bloom, and will not do so unless absolutely shrivelled during 
the winter. It is a pity to let a strong bulb miss flowering through not 
knowing this, for it is to my mind one of the most lovely Orchids we have, 
the long spiked varieties of course being the most graceful. 
The question of manurial aid to Orchids seems to have dropped of late- 
I believe we were promised by someone the results of his experiences. I 
continue to strongly advise that for all practical purposes it be left alone. 
Use rain-water, pond-water, or river-water. If you are obliged to use 
hard tap-water, then so much the worse for you, and in this case only am 
I in favour of adding foreign matter thereto ; just something that will tend 
to turn it to the nature of soft water. {But what ?—ED.| 
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ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
DENDROBIUMS are now making a brave show in our collections, and, owing 
to the rapid progress made in hybridisation, seem likely to become still more 
important as winter-blooming plants. Several very beautiful forms are sent 
from the collection of N: C. Cookson, Esq.-, of Wylam-on-Tyne, by Mr. 
Murray, among which we must mention the very charming D. x Bryan, D. 
x Murrayi, a beautiful example of D. x Cybele, D. x Astrea superbum, 
having a large, very richly-coloured blotch at the apex of each segment, the 
