312 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
these shrivelled-up bulbs make new growths equal to any made by a newly | 
imported plant. 
The work of importing Orchids goes on apace at all times of the 
year. Those that are purchased now should not be neglected for a single 
hour, but straightway be cleaned and washed, taken to their respective 
quarters, and induced to sprout out new roots by standing them up on a 
layer of moss, which should be kept continually moist. When the new 
roots are seen to appear, they may be potted or basketed up, and further 
encouraged to grow. To let them lay about here and there on the stages 
at this time of the year means that they will quickly go from bad to worse, 
until they are practically useless. From the time an Orchid is gathered 
from its native bower until it is again growing and making new roots with 
us at home, it is continually losing its vitality, therefore the sooner we get 
it well on the road to recovery the better, and that cannot quickly take 
place if it is suspended by its heels and allowed to remain dust dry, or put 
away under the dark stages, as is too often the case. 
The short-bulbed Mexican Lelias are now producing their flower spikes 
plentifully, the last spell of brilliantly fine weather having helped them on 
wonderfully. Continue to give them a fair amount of water until they 
have finished blooming, to prevent the pseudobulbs suffering too much. 1 
would advise that very small pseudobulbs be not allowed to bloom, but 
have their spikes pinched off, so that they may be stronger another year. 
There is really no difficulty in growing this class of Orchids provided they 
have similar treatment to that given to Cattleya house plants generally, 
both winter and summer. From May onwards through the summer it is 
well nigh impossible to over-water them, but from autumn until spring 
again very little is required. All of them delight in a considerable amount 
of sunlight, but only L. anceps can endure full exposure to the sun in the 
hottest weather, so that a light shading should be provided. 
Earlier in the year, I advocated the syringing of Orchids with lukewarm 
water once or twice daily to assist them while making new growth. This 
practice should now be discontinued, or some evil effects may probably 
result. 
Black and yellow thrips which formerly gave the Orchid grower so 
much trouble, should not in these days he reckoned among his most trouble- 
some pests, because with the aid of that now most popular insecticide 
known as the “XL. ALL fumigating vapourizer” they can be so easily 
destroyed. The yellow thrip, however, is frequently seen—or rather his 
handiwork may be—while casually going through a collection of Orchids. 
It may be in the flower buds of an Odontoglossum crispum or O. Rossii 
becoming deformed and curling up, in the tender flower buds of Dendrobium 
Phalzenopsis turning yellow and falling off, or in the leaves of Cypripediums 
