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O. grande will now have completed its long season of rest, and must be 
repotted as soon as the new lead is from one to two inches in length. Use 
pots of suitable size, crocked two-thirds of their depth, and for compost use 
a mixture of two parts osmunda fibre to one part each of oak leaves and 
sphagnum moss. Be careful to use only pure oak leaves, not oak leaf 
sol. Until a good start has been made in the new compost, afford little 
water to these, or to any newly-potted Orchid. 
CATTLEYA House. 
In this house identical methods of culture are needed as advised for last 
month, and therefore they need not be repeated. Providing that a nice 
growing atmosphere be maintained, the temperature, by day, however, may 
be allowed to run up higher than stated for last month, but the thermometer 
should not rise above 70° Fahr. at night. 
Any plants of Cattleya Mossiz, or any hybrids which have finished 
flowering and require fresh soil, can now be repotted. I am not an advocate 
of keeping the plants in over large receptacles, by reason of retaining the 
old bulbs. It will be found best, when repotting a plant, to cut away the 
older pseudobulbs, retaining only three to support the lead. 
When so treated the plants can usually be accommodated in the same 
sized pots as those they previously occupied. On no account use the same 
pot. Forcompost use a mixture of osmunda fibre and a few heads of moss. 
These Orchids must only be watered sparingly until they have made a good 
start. Providing that the atmosphere is moist they will take no harm. 
Stanhopeas are interesting plants, and although the flowers are fugacious, 
yet are handsome. These are now sending their flower scapes from the 
base of the baskets, and should receive copious supplies of water daily. 
Be careful not to allow the flowers to become damp, or they will easily rot. 
SUGGESTED ADDITIONS. 
CATTLEYA Moss1#.—For an Amateur’s Intermediate house there is. no 
more suitable Orchid than this, and, being a free-growing species of great 
beauty and floriferousness, should be grown in every collection. The 
blooms are produced in May and June, and last several weeks in perfection. 
There are many varieties, ranging in colour from the pure white Wageneri 
to the richly-coloured form Sylvia Altman, the latter a garden-raised 
variety. The flowers of the type are large, the sepals and petals being lilac, 
the lip deep violet, with an orange throat and golden veins, and beautifully 
frilled at the edges. 
ODONTOGLossUM TIGRINUM.—This is a handsome hybrid, of 
comparatively early raising, and can consequently be procured at a 
moderate price. Owing to one of its parents being O. Harryanum, it has 
a good constitution, and being, moreover, free-flowering, renders it very 
Suitable for inclusion in an Amateur’s Coal house. The blossoms are of 
