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358 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (DECEMBER, 1910. 
should be given the warmest position in the house, for if given a cocl 
position the buds turn yellow and drop off. C. Trianz is also pushing up 
its flower buds, but will stand very well at the cool end of the house. Be 
careful, however, not to water them until they really require it, or perhaps 
you may find one morning that there is a black streak on the bulb that was 
not there the night before, and if you get that, unless the variety is an extra 
good one, the best thing to dois to burn it. C. Warneri, which will not 
flower until late Spring, is now starting to grow. Do not attempt to retard 
it, for by doing so you will only have failure and a poor growth. On the 
other hand, it should not be hurried, either by giving it more heat or more 
water than it requires. Give it just sufficient to keep it moving gently and 
looking happy until the days lengthen, then you may hope for success and 
flowers. C.Gaskelliana will soon be showing signs of activity, but should 
not be hurried. Let the plants move gently until the days get brighter ; 
they will be all the better for it and produce better flowers. C.Lawrenceana, 
having now fully completed the growth for the season, should be kept on 
the dry side, but not quite dry, until the flower spikes are seen to be pushing, 
when they should have a fair amount of water given them. 
CALANTHES of the vestita section will now be in full flower, and should 
only have sufficient water to help them tocarry their spikes. Weakly plants 
should not be allowed to flower at all. As soon as the spikes are off, the 
plants should be placed on a shelf at the warm end of the Cattleya or some 
similar house, where they can get all the sunlight possible during the winter 
months. They will require no more water until they commence to grow 
again. 
CG@LOGYNE CRISTATA, having made up the young bulbs, should be kept 
on the dry side, but not allowed to shrivel. They will flower without 
shrivelling, if they are going to flower at all, and it only causes the flower 
spikes to come weak, and also weakens the plant. 
CYPRIPEDIUMS will be the leading class in flower this and next month. 
They should be potted soon after the flowers are off, so that they have the. 
full season’s growth before them, and bé in a satisfactory state next autumn 
to carry a crop of fine blooms. Any seedlings that require moving on 
should be attended to without disturbing the roots of the old compost, if it 
is in good condition. 
~L&LIA ANCEPS.—The coloured forms of L. anceps are now in flower, 
making the house look quite gay. The white varieties will follow ina week 
or two, and what a show they will make until the end of January! This 
beautiful and useful Orchid deserves to be more largely grown than it is at 
the present time, as it is very showy, and useful for any purpose where 
decorations are required during this time of the year. 
SOPHRONITIS GRANDIFLORA.—Some of the earliest of these are now in: 
