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I believe the same may be said regarding D. Phalzenopsis, D. bigibbum 
and D. superbiens, although it has been rumoured that some find the first- 
named grows well enough if subjected toa tolerably cool treatment. There 
is no doubt in my mind that during the season of active growth a great heat 
is most desirable for this species. I think as years pass by it will be proved 
that D. Phaleenopsis is not the same vigorous and easy-growing species that 
the newly-imported plants of the same would have us to believe, so I would 
advise that they be carefully looked after and kept in good health. No 
doubt that these hot-growing and warm resting species do, in time, become 
very late and out of season in localities where the absence of sun is greatest. 
And when we come to think it over it is no more than we might reasonably 
expect. Unfortunately, however, the cause of the plant becoming so late 
and out of season is simply owing to its greatly reduced vitality. The one 
is the inevitable result of the other. These are disturbances and troubles 
which a month or two of occasional tropical weather do not always redeem. 
And these are facts that should always be remembered and allowed for in 
cultivation. At the same time they must never prevent us from doing our 
utmost and giving our untiring attention to counteract in every conceivable 
form all climatic conditions that are unfavourable, and to make the most of 
those which are favourable. 
Syringing or otherwise wetting the plants over-head must now be pretty 
strictly forbidden in all departments. Of course there may be exceptions 
when it could be practised with advantage on some plants—such, for 
instance, that are late in completing their growth, which it is desired to 
hasten. But it should only then be done first thing in the morning, when 
the day is likely to be fine. Damping down the floors and stages, too, 
should likewise now be done much more sparingly, once or twice a day 
being sufficient, according to the nature of the weather and the amount of 
warmth required from the hot-water pipes. Do not damp down later than 
mid-day. 
All repotting is now done for the 
forth be in a position to devote much 
ever-recurring work, cleaning. It is w 
nor done with clumsy, uncareful hands. 
own there is often so much other pressin; 
rae impossible to go through the plants and clean them so frequently . 
could be desired. It is a long and tedious job, and to amake a tig 
good hand one must have considerable interest in his work, and ee 
Possessed of a good amount of patience to enable him to stick aap e am 
warm damp houses day after day. But, nevertheless, it must ri , ~ 
the oftener the better. Every grower should have at his eoeae Sore 
assistance to enable him to keep every plant under his. charge abe ue? 
present season, and we shall hence- 
more time to that important and 
ork that’ should never be neglected, 
Where Orchids are extensively 
g work that I fear it is sometimes 
