198 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Juny, 1906. 
each house, he having them not only on the ordinary stagings, but on 
shelves at the back, and hanging all over the roof. Another is the very fine 
growths and spikes he obtains there, and last, but certainly not least, his — 
marked success in raising Odontoglossum seedlings. 
He has them in all sizes, from the tiny ones first germinating up to 
flowering stage. As is well known, Mr. Crawshay has made a special study 
of the distinctive feature of Odontoglossums, and having hundreds of dried 
blooms in a wonderful state of preservation he has exceptional opportunity 
for this work. In many cases he has the flowers of the same plant kept 
year by year, so one can see at a glance the range of alteration in the size 
of the flower and its markings as the plant has been stronger or weaker. A 
look through these flowers is an education in itself, and a talk with Mr 
Crawshay on this mutually interesting subject always means something 
fresh to think about. EmILy THWAITES. 
ORCHID-GROWING IN THE TROPICS. 
(Concluded from page 67). 
The spring of 1882 found me in New York just at the period of the 
glut in the Orchid market, a time when valuable Orchids brought very 
low prices, and at times could not receive even a bid at an auction. It. 
was a favourable opportunity to take to Brazil many East Indian Orchids. 
I saw no reason why they should not succeed, but as in Para there was not. 
to my knowledge a single Orchid not Brazilian, it was an experiment. I 
sent to Para many Dendrobiums, Vandas, Aérides, Cymbidiums, and also 
more common East Indian Orchids; also many Cattleya Mossie, Dowiana, 
and Mendelii, and other American Orchids not indigenous to Brazil. 
These were dry auction-imported plants bought for a trifle, but they have 
generally done well and are becoming established, with the exception of 
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Cattleya Mossiz, of which the losses have been large, the unusual rains of 4 
the last winter having rotted the young growths. 
PHAL#NoPSIDS.—These charming plants have always been favourites 
with me, as with every lover of Orchids. I have never been a believer in 
the Russian bath treatment of Phalenopsis, and, though accustomed to # — 
moist, tropical climate, I never enjoyed the temperature of a Phalaenopsis 
house, but I had always believed, in common with all cultivators, that these 
plants required a greater quantity of moist heat than other Orchids. , 
believed that if the plants survived the ocean voyage, it would only be to — 
die in Para, as I have no conveniences of a greenhouse or any place W 
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would consider suitable for growing them, and the idea of Phalznopsis ge 4 
basket plants on an open piazza would, if indeed it had suggested i 7 
me, have been considered to be almost absurd. A little, clay-barred basket 
