86 pe THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ FEBRUARY, 1908. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR FEBRUARY. 
By W. J. Morcan, Rann Lea, Rainhill, Lancs. 
‘In concluding last year’s Calendar of Operations, Mr. Bound suggested 
that the experience of some northern grower would be useful, and we have 
pleasure in announcing that the Calendar for the coming year will be 
contributed by Mr. W. J. Morgan, gardener to H. J. Bromilow, Esq., Rann 
Lea, Rainhill, near Liverpool. Mr. Morgan was for two years with Messrs. 
T. Rochford, Turnford Hall Nurseries, Broxbourne; two years with J. 
Auchinvole, Esq., Park Hall, Dalmuir, N.B.; two years with Messrs- 
Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford ; three years with Sir J. T. Brunner, 
Bart., M.P., Druid’s Cross, Liverpool, as Orchid grower ; and five years 
with H. J. Bromilow, Esq., as head gardener and Orchid grower. He has 
now charge of about four thousand Orchids, comprising Cypripediums, 
Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, Lelias, Odontoglossums, &c.—in fact a general 
collection. There are eight Orchid houses, devoted to the various subjects, 
including one Show House, where everything is put as it comes into flower. 
The fine exhibits staged at the meetings of the Manchester and North of 
England Orchid Society show that Mr. Morgan is a thoroughly capable 
grower, and we have no doubt that his experience will prove useful.—ED.] 
CYPRIPEDIUMS.—At this time of the year, when practically everything 
else is resting, we turn our attention to the slipper class ; and what a beautiful 
class it is! especially when one is situated, as we are, in the manufacturing 
and colliery districts, where for weeks together during the winter months 
we rarely see the sun. One can then appreciate the ‘Slipper Orchid.” 
Through all the fogs the Cypripediums are our certain friends. 
C. insigne and the insigne hybrids will now have finished flowering. As 
soon as the flowering season is past we commence potting and making 
specimens of the most desirable varieties. Examine the roots of each plant 
separately. It does the plant no harm to turn it out of the pot in any case. 
If it will not come out easily, unless the pot is broken it will require a 
larger size; but if, on the other hand, it comes out readily it would 
generally be better in a smaller pot. A good many growers still cling to the 
old idea that it is wrong to turn an Orchid out of its pot. Orchids would 
be tuch better grown if they were treated more as ordinary plants than 
something so valuable that they must not be disturbed under any 
circumstances. All the old sour material should be cle 
aned away from the 
roots before repotting 
: , as then we find that the roots are not so liable to die 
off in the new material as when the plant is simply potted on without 
disturbing it. In the latter case, unless one is very careful; the old material 
gets sodden and sours the whole pot, and Cypripediums (in fact, any 
Orchid) will not root in a sour mixture. 
Most growers have a mixture of 
