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the autumn and have been more or less at rest for atime. These will 
include many Masdevallias, Trichosma suavis, &c., which should receive 
attention as they show signs of quickening. Use clean receptacles and 
drain thoroughly, using for the larger pots chopped up fern rhizomes. Peat, 
moss, leaves, and sand will be found a very reliable mixture for most 
sa Orchids which require repotting at present. 
—Dendrobi will make the next big show. The D. 
aureum and D, nobile crosses are showing well for flower, and we have 
already a few plants open, including D. X Wiganiz xanthochilum. D. X 
chessingtonense (D. x Wiganie Xx D. aureum) is well advanced in bud. 
This is the largest and deepest yellow of the D. signatum crosses. If the 
Dendrobiums have been subjected to care and dry treatment, they should 
be gradually brought back into heat, and should now be developing their 
buds in a night temperature of 60°. They should be tied out and put into 
shape before the buds are too far advanced. If Dendrobiums are kept cold 
and dry during the resting period and brought suddenly into a much warmer 
and moister house, the flower buds are inclined to become growths; but if 
they are kept in a temperature of 55°-65° all the winter, little of this 
happens. When the variety is choice these adventitious growths are most 
useful for increasing the stock, and they will in a few years entirely beat 
the plant on which they appear. For treatment as regards watering see my 
remarks on that subject in this Calendar last month. 
L&LIA ANCEPS.—Where this species is grown in quantity it makes a 
brave show, and following Cattleya labiata in flower, it comes at a most 
opportune time, when nothing very showy is in flower to compete with it. — 
. There are a great many lovely varieties of this species, which may be 
regarded as the best of the Mexican Lelias, and when a suitable place can 
‘be given it, where it can receive abundance of light and air, it is of com- 
paratively ‘easy culture. This plant is not so extensively grown now, I 
think, as formerly, but, on the other hand, there are some collections where 
all the best varieties have been collected, and where it is probably better 
grown than ever it was. L. anceps is a plant which particularly shows its 
treatment in its flowers. Some noteworthy varieties are L. a. Schroedere 
L. a. Hilliana, L. a. alba (the true albino), L. a. Williamsii, L. a. Chamber- 
lainiana, &c. They have now mostly passed out’ of flower, and will rest 
_ until roots appear from the new bulb, when they can be repotted if it is 
required. 
SHADING.—There is no doubt but that the wooden lath roller blinds 
are the best, and though the initial cost is more they are in the end the 
cheapest, because of their greater durability. But they must be well 
painted or oiled when new. It is the galvanized clips that give way first, 
and if a clip of a non-rustable nature, strong enough and cheap enough, 
