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the compost is in a sound state do not repot, but give fresh surface material, 
-Grow them in the stove, giving them copious supplies of water when grow. 
ing; as this variety never likes to become dry at the root. After the growths 4 
are completed a rest in the Intermediate house will be desirable; in fact q 
they can remain there till the growths start again next season. 4 
D. chrysanthum will by now have completed its growths in the stove, — 
-and will be benefited by being removed to the Intermediate house till the — 
‘flower buds are pushing. The change of temperature will be enough to 
-bring about the desired rest. Water should still be freely given. 4 
The exquisite little D. Loddigesii is now growing, and being practically _ 
.a surface-rooting variety, shallow receptacles are best. It is not advisabl 
‘the same compost as given above, otherwise surfacing will suffice. An aid 
to potting this little gem is to have some short copper wire pegs, and bring 
‘the growths down to the compost. When they are allowed to grow 7 
upwards they do not make such progress as when the base of each growt 
is close to the material. When in active growth they should be kept well 
supplied with water; frequent overhead sprayings will also be very helpful 
Give a position in the stove where the morning and evening sun can reac 
-them. 
DENDROBES FROM CUTTINGS.—Many of these will by now be quite for 
‘ward enough for potting up. Use small pots and a mixture of equal part 
of peat and moss that has been passed through an inch sieve, mixed with 
-some coarse sand. Grow them on as quickly as possible in the hottest part 
-of the stove, and towards the end of August they will be benefited } 
removing them to rather lighter quarters and where the humidity is not 
quite so great, this bringing about a partial ripening before the advent of the 
-dull days. I do not advocate giving’ them much check to harden them, : 
preferring to get as large a plant as possible the first year; yet when they 
-are grown in a very shady hot house it is desirable to solidify them a little 
Vigorous young plants of Dendrobium, either seedlings or cuttings, that 
-after having well filled their pots with roots, and made one growth, show 
signs of again growing away, may be greatly assisted in making larget 
bulbs by being potted on. This most often applies to plants in 4 and 
_4¢ inch pots that were potted in the spring from 2 and 2} inch pots. It 1 
not often that plants that have flowered this season are ever forwat 
-enough in growth for this to be done, neither do I think it advisable : 
plants in larger pots, but young stock is invariably earlier and quicker 1? — 
_growth, and I have many times found much good accrue from potting-00 
strong young plants during the early part of July. Z 
OpoNTOGLOssuM HousE.—Many plants will now be ready for repotting 
-or surfacing, using compost as given in the April Calendar. Among them 
