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sometimes carried away long distances from the parent plant, that 
colonisation of fresh areas can take place. These latter remarks will apply 
to all those Cape Peninsula plants on the protected list, and lovers of 
flowers may confidently expect to find a great increase in these plants in 
the next flowering season or two. 
In forwarding this article to Mr. R. Dimmer, to whom we are indebted 
for a copy, Mr. E. D. Phillips remarks :—‘‘ Some few Sundays ago I went 
up Window Gorge myself and saw the Disa fruiting; considerably over 
50 per cent. of the plants examined having fruits.” 
ODONTONIAS. 
THE members of this exceedingly pretty race of bigeneric hybrids are 
well adapted for an amateur’s Cool house, for they are free-flowering, and 
some of those of earlier raising are comparatively low in price. A position 
at the warmer end of the house is best, standing the plants on inverted 
pots, and in respect to ventilation, heating, and shading, those methods 
usually adopted in regard to the culture of Odontoglossums and Odontiodas 
will be found to answer admirably. In the matter of watering the following 
hints may be of use: In spring and autumn, a dose every third day; in 
summer, usually daily, and in winter once every four or five days. As in 
common with the majority of hybrids, these Odontonias take little or no 
rest, therefore any attempt at drying them off after flowering, would be 
attended with disastrous results. 
After the flowering size is reached, repotting is needed every other year, 
the operation being best performed when the new growth is from two to 
three inches in length. A compost of green sphagnum moss, polypodium 
fibre, and a slight addition of oak leaves; these well mixed together and 
used in a damp state forms a very suitable combination. Great care should 
be taken in the repotting not to place the base of the bulbs below the rim 
of the pot. Cotton wool must be wrapped round the base of the flower 
spikes, or they are liable to be eaten by slugs, and a whole year’s growing 
thereby wasted. 
The following comprise a good selection of the best, those having M. 
Warscewiczii for one parent being the most vigorous growers :— 
). decora, M. Warscewiczii x O. Adrianz. 
Edna, M. Warscewiczii X O. Wilckeanum. 
Lelia Sander, M. Warscewiczii X O. amabile. 
Lairessee, M. Warscewiczii X O. crispum. 
Lambeauiana, M. Warscewiczii X O. Lambeauianum. 
Roger Sander, M. Warscewiczii X O. percultum. 
St. Alban, M. Warscewiczii X O. Pescatorei. 
C. ALWYN HARRISON. 
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