60 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
blooming, but still, if discretion is exercised, many may then be done. 
C. Gaskelliana is just now pushing forth new growths, and the necessary 
repotting should be delayed no longer. Do not repot unless there be 
sufficient cause, otherwise the plant receives unnecessary injury. 
The present is the very best time for the repotting of Masdevallias, as 
they commence now to make the most healthy roots of the whole year, and 
will quickly become re-established, and flower the better in their respective 
seasons. 
Disas having been wintered comparatively dry in the temperature of a 
greenhouse, may now be given water a little more frequently. If kept free 
from thrip and aphis they will make rapid headway, commencing to push 
up their flower spikes to bloom about August. 
Cypripediums are perhaps the easiest of all Orchids to cultivate, as they 
manage to grow and do well in almost any temperature. The Intermediate 
house, however, best suits the great majority. These having been kept 
moderately dry during the winter, may now have water applied more freely. 
Repotting should take place after blooming only. They do best in two parts 
good lumpy peat to one of chopped sphagnum moss, intermixed with a few 
small broken crocks and sharp silver sand. 
This is a very good time for repotting Miltonia vexillaria, or the plants 
may be left over until after blooming. If they are in good condition I 
should prefer the latter, but if in doubtful health they may be done now 
with good results, as the roots are now so active that they soon re-establish 
themselves, and in a few weeks will show signs of improvement. 
But few of the Cool house Orchids will require repotting this month. 
A few, however, may be done at all seasons of the year. Each plant should 
be taken in hand when it requires it, which is when flowering is past and 
the new break appears from the base. There are, however, some exceptions, 
and the genus Anguloa affords an example. These plants should be re- 
potted now—which is, of course, before blooming—as the new growths and 
flowers appear simultaneously. 
It is now time to put up the summer blinds, so that they may be ready 
for use. The early Spring sun is sometimes very powerful, and the plants 
being somewhat tender, through having passed through a period of dull 
weather, are rendered liable to injury. The blinds are also a great pro- 
tection against the cold, piercing winds, which, coming as they frequently do 
accompanied by bright sunshine, have the effect of drying the atmosphere 
too much for the welfare of the plants. A good many leaves are often lost 
through neglecting the blinds, especially after fumigating, and although 
ichardson’s ‘“ Vaporiser” and McDougall’s “‘Fumers” are much less 
_ injurious than was formerly the old tobacco paper, &c., yet I have seen 
much damage done to the foliage, caused by the sun popping out brightly 
