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of established plants. It should be unnecessary to add that the greatest 
care should be taken not to injure the young growths or roots. 
As to potting and compost, the instructions previously given will suffice, 
but whether pot or basket culture be adopted—aad this will depend on the 
nature of the plant—it is important to start with a receptacle as small as 
possible, beczuse an excess of compost beyond that which the roots can 
avail themselves of tends to become sour. The size of the plant, and the 
vigour with which it is pushing out, will afford the best guide as to this. 
In other respects, one may pot the same as for established plants, and in 
both cases it is important that the plant should be made firm, being tied 
up if necessary, because if it rocks about the roots must suffer. Avoid 
watering directly as much as possible, but keep the surroundings moist. A 
light spraying of the surface of the compost will suffice for a time, the 
amount being gradually increased as root action progresses. 
The subsequent treatment will be the same as for imported plants. 
Should any of the plants fail to break within a reasonable time, though 
appearing otherwise healthy, the only thing is to continue the treatment 
and have patience, for it is no use attempting to force matters. Unless 
they have suffered too much during the journey growths and roots will 
ultimately appear, and some Orchids recover from the check of importing 
much more quickly than others. It is a severe check to many Orchids to. 
be torn from their native surroundings, dried, perhaps unnaturally, stowed 
for weeks in semi-darkness, and transported for thousands of miles, through 
unsuitable climates, before getting comfortably settled in our Orchid houses, 
and the only way is to coax them back into health and vigour gradually. 
But this is fortunately possible in a large number of cases, and the pleasure 
of watching their gradual progress, and the ultimate unfolding cf their 
blossoms, is one of the delights of Orchid growing. A. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA ALEXANDERI. —aAn interesting and beautiful hybrid raised 
in the collection of Major G. L. Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, from 
Cattleya citrina 9 and Brassavola Digbyana 3, which received an Award of 
Merit from the R.H.S. on March 5th last. The plant bears erect, some- 
what compressed pseudobulbs, and dark green fleshy leaves, and is thus like 
the Brassavola in habit, but the flower is more like the Cattleya parent, 
being somewhat pendulous and on a rather long pedicel, while the segments 
are somewhat connivent, fleshy, and light yellow in colour. The lip is 
entire, but somewhat fringed at the margin, and primrcse yellow in front, 
passing into greenish towards the base. It isa very distinct and remarkable 
hybrid, and Mr. Alexander must be congratulated on his success in uniting 
two such diverse species. 
