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badly attacked by thrips. On being treated for this and put in the frame 
they certainly showed some improvement. It is evidently the place also for 
Disa grandiflora. : 
As to intermediate plants, I did not care to try many of them even in 
hot weather in the frame, especially as it got so little sun, but I frequently 
availed myself of a small shower of rain to put various Cattleyas, Leelias, 
and even Cypripediums, not excepting C. niveum and C. bellatulum, out in 
it, but I usually took care to wipe the leaves of such delicate plants when I 
brought them in after heavy rain. This, as a rule, seemed to do good, and 
I feel disposed sometime to start a frame facing south or east for the 
summer accommodation of plants requiring more sun than ordinary cool 
Orchids and yet plenty of fresh air. Cattleya Mossiz unquestionably 
benefited by this occasional putting out, also C. Triane, but C. labiata 
seems more delicate. 
Alterations in my heating arrangements made it advisable for me, towards 
the end of the autumn, to put all my intermediate Orchids temporarily into 
my conservatory. Fortunately the weather was kind, and the change, far 
from doing harm, did, I believe, much good. The Cattleyas and Lelias 
were arranged near the glass side facing south, and I believe this tended to 
thoroughly ripen their bulbs, those made by Cattleya Triane, a small 
C. Mossiz, and C. Mendelii being rather round and stout, and like native- 
made bulbs rather than the spindly ones often made here. 
This has been an exceptionally mild winter, with scarcely any frost. In 
fact, on February rgth I have Salvia Heerii blooming profusely in the open 
garden, also a Chinese primula that has been blooming on my rockery all 
‘the winter, and Plumbago capensis and other tender things are quite 
uninjured. It will be interesting to see the effect on the growth of Orchids. 
I have Dendrobium nobile growths already about half as long as the old 
bulbs. It will be interesting also to continue experiments in treating 
Orchids more in accordance with natural conditions during the coming 
summer. 
I may add that I have during the past autumn made further experiments 
in hybridization. I have pods that appear to be well formed and likely to 
ripen properly in their season of— 
Cattleya labiata X Epidendrum osmanthum (Capartianum.) 
Cattleya Dormaniana x C. labiata and X Lelia Dayana. 
Epidendrum ciliare X Lzlia anceps and X Sophronitis grandiflora. 
Lelia anceps X L. albida and X L. autumnalis. 
Cattleya Bowringiana X Cattleya Dormaniana. 
— The attempt to cross a flower of Lelia anceps with Epidendrum ciliare, 
and E. osmanthum with C. Dormaniana and L. Dayana failed. 
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