THE ORCHID REVIEW. a14 
the danger of damping off, &c., will be less troubled with insect pests, and 
also rewarded with a more sturdy and vigorous lot of plants at the end of - 
the season. We are bound to have growing periods, and such should, of 
course, be fully utilized, so that growth may be free and rapid while the 
natural means for promoting it are at hand. The plants should then have 
moisture at the root and overhead in abundance, and, except for the Cool 
House kinds, good heat as well. 
The Dendrobiums are now in full growth. D. chrysanthum has 
completed its new pseudobulbs, and will bloom before resting. It is now 
pushing its flower buds, and after blooming it should be taken to a cooler 
house, where it will enjoy a very long and dry rest. But I may again 
caution growers against the withholding of water too quickly from the roots 
of an Orchid on its removal from a moist atmosphere to a dry one. It is 
quite possible that it may even require more for a time. A plant must be 
hardened off gradually or injury may result. If the grower has no second - 
house for maturing the growths of this genus, the most suitable positions in 
the growing house, must, of course, be selected for the purpose. To parti- 
tion off temporarily a small portion is a very good plan. By this time we 
have generally a few of the earliest D. Wardianums ready for ripening off, 
but they are of course late this seaso:, and it will probably be another 
month before any are removed, which is a very good job. I never like to 
see this species make up its growths too early, in fact, the later the better. 
Early matured growth means early blooms, which, with D. Wardianum, 
generally spells deterioration, for new growth starts quickly after blooming 
while the weather is still wintry. The best way to save such plants from 
going quite wrong is to still retard growth as much as possible after bloom- 
ing, and endeavour to make the new pseudobulbs finish later. 
The beautiful Cattleya Warscewiczii will bloom this month. It is 
rather unfortunate that such a grand thing should have the character of 
being a shy bloomer, but it is undoubtedly truthful. Immediately after 
blooming, or, in cases where it does not intend to bloom, immediately 
the pseudobulbs are completed, it is best to remove this species also to an airy 
and sunny house, so that the growth may be well ripened and rested. 
Without this treatment I believe there are some varieties that may goon 
and on for ever, and never bloom. Some growers repot this species at this 
season, but, on the ground that a hard rest immediately following root 
disturbance can scarcely be given, I prefer to repot in early spring, when 
new growth takes place. C. Gaskelliana will also prove invaluable this 
month. This is a most easily grown and free-blooming species, and may 
be repotted immediately after flowering, when renewed root action takes 
place, or left till early spring, and this will apply also to another beautiful 
summer blooming kind, namely, C. Warneri. 
