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but little attention ; baskets or pans are the best receptacles, in which the 
plants should be fixed firmly, in the usual compost of peat and sphagnum 
moss. Such treatment is also to be preferred for the short-bulbed Cattleyas, 
such as C. nobilior, C. Schilleriana, C. Walkeriana, and C. citrina. 
Pleiones are now fast swelling up their new pseudobulbs, and must be 
given the lightest and airiest place in the house. Still give them a liberal 
supply of water, as the pseudobulbs will still continue to enlarge until the 
foliage turns yellow, and drops off; even after that it is a mistake to let 
Pleiones get too dry. 
The Cattleya house will alse require a little assistance from the hot 
water pipes when the weather is cold, maintaining a night temp from 
60° to 65°, with a circulation ofair. Let the plants now receive a larger 
amount of light by reducing permanent shading, and by using the roller 
blinds only occasionally when the sun is very bright. Twice daily will now 
be sufficient for damping down the paths between the pots, &c., doing it 
the first thing in the morning, and again about three or four o’clock in the 
afternoon. Many of the inmates of this department will by this time have 
almost completed their new growth; such as the earliest of the labiata 
section of Cattleyas, like C. Triane and C. Schrcederz, whilst other later 
kinds, such as C. Mossiz and C. Mendelii, together with Llia purpurata 
and some few others, have still a good deal to do. If it be’ possible it is 
best to place the former at the coolest and airiest part of the house, and the 
latter at the warmest part. Of course, those kinds having finished their 
growth will need less water at the root than others, but they should not at 
present be kept too dry. 
Lelias and Cattleyas newly imported at the end of summer do not 
establish so readily as those arriving in spring. The latter start away 
freely, and become firmly established during the summer, but those coming 
at this date are slow to break, and when they do so result in weak and 
spindly pseudobulbs. They therefore require careful handling. If it is 
impossible to import some species at any other time, we must make the 
best of them at this. They should be nicely potted up without delay, and 
taken to their respective houses, and the compost should be kept just moist, 
and also the i di so that shrivelling and an undue loss 
of vitality is prevented before they start to grow. Those which show signs 
of making new growth should at once be encouraged to do so, by being 
given a little extra warmth and moisture, and by placing them at oe Same 
time near the roof-glass, where they get the maximum amount of light. ; 
Dendrobiums are also now rapidly finishing up new pseudobulbs. It is 
Most essential that these Orchids have a complete rest during autumn = 
winter, in a much cooler temperature than that in which they make .. 
Stowth, Upon this much will depend in the successful cultivation of this 
