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to the Cattleya house for the resting season. During the growing season 
abundance of water must be given, and the leaves should be kept well 
syringed, as they are rather subject to red spider. When at rest just 
sufficient water should be given to keep the bulbs plump. A compost of 
Osmunda fibre, leaves, and a little moss will suit them. Give them room 
in the baskets to grow for at least two seasons without disturbing them 
again, and remove any useless back bulbs, which can be propagated if 
needed, provided that they have a dormant eye. Turn the young growth 
inwards, so that it does not go over the edge of the basket the first season. 
PERISTERIA ELATA, or the Dove Orchid as it is commonly called, is very 
remarkable, as the column and lip, with a slight stretch of imagination, can 
be described as resembling a dove. The flowers are thrown up on long 
stems well above the foliage, and make a beautiful show, lasting well in 
flower. The plants should be potted when the young growth is about half 
grown, care being taken not to break the roots more than is absolutely 
necessary. It takes a long time to get the roots apart, but it repays any 
extra labour expended by making a fine plant the first season after potting. 
Where specimens are required five or six plants should be potted together, 
allowing ample room, so that they will not require potting again for several 
seasons. Remove all useless back bulbs, leaving about two behind the 
young growth. They will produce enormous bulbs when well grown, and 
make fine specimens in a short time. The species likes stove treatment 
when growing, and plenty of water; with asunny position in the Cattleya 
or Dendrobium house during the resting season, and very little water 
until the flower spikes begin to show. Just enough should be given to keep 
the bulbs plump. For a potting compost use loam and peat in about equal 
parts, adding a few leaves and plenty of crocks and charcoal, broken small, 
to keep it porous. Liquid manure, given in the growing season about twice 
weekly, will help to make fine plants, and keep the leaves a nice colour. 
MAXILLARIA SANDERIANA, the finest of all the Maxillarias, will be 
flowering or just past flowering, and should be potted or top-dressed as soon 
as it starts to grow. Baskets are better than pots for it, as they allow the 
flowers to push through the sides and bottom of the baskets ; it also shows to 
better advantage when grown and suspended from the roof. The flowers 
are striking, and when staged among Cattleyas it quite outshines them in 
beauty, and also holds itself well. The plant requires an intermediate 
temperature, or the cool end of the Cattleya house will suit it.. Plenty of 
water should be given during the growing season, and just sufficient to 
keep the bulbs plump during the resting period. The leaves should also be 
well syringed during the growing season. Osmunda fibre, leaves, 
and a little moss, with plenty of small crocks mixed in, will make a good 
compost. The plants should be placed in a moist, well shaded position till 
