APRIL, 1908.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 107 
Oncidium Kramerianum, the well-known Butterfly Orchid, O. 
Cavendishianum, and O. Lanceanum, will do better in a stove temperature 
all the year round. The Butterfly Orchid is a very interesting species to 
grow, and if there are four or six plants in a collection the flowers can be 
had throughout the year, and the spikes need not be left on long enough to 
injure the plants. The spring-flowering varieties that are pushing up spikes 
should be kept as near the glass as possible. O. macranthum and other 
species which make very long spikes, can have their spikes trained along 
the roof, and only tied to long stakes when the flowers are bursting. They 
make a beautiful show of bloom for the conservatory. O. Marshallianum 
and O. sarcodes are two fine varieties for spring flowering. 
L2LIA ANCEPS will also be commencing to grow and root, and if 
repotting or top-dressing is required the matter should be attended to with- 
out delay, so as to give them a long growing season. They make harder 
bulbs when grown cool. Asa rule they will not need fire heat after May 
unti] the autumn. The autumn-flowering hybrids seem to be replacing 
them in many collections, as they are easier to grow; still these do not 
throw spikes like L. anceps, and I do not think the latter are beaten in 
beauty yet. The general complaint against L. anceps is that it will not 
stand fogs, but it does well here, and flowers well without any special 
attention, while the flowers also stand well, though it is a very foggy district 
in winter. We are just about half way between St. Helens and Widnes, 
both chemical manufacturing towns, and it would take a good London fog 
to beat some of ours both in flavour and density. When it clears off, our 
greenhouse roofs look more like slate than glass. If the mixture previously 
advised for Cattleyas, without leaves, is used for L. anceps, the flowers come 
much stronger than when potted in a soft growing mixture. The plants 
should be staged near the glass in an airy position, and very little shade is 
needed for them, only just enough to keep the leaves from scorching on a 
very hot day. 
IMpoRTED OrcHIDS.—There have recently been large importations of 
Orchids, and doubtless some of the plants have gone to nearly every 
collection in the country. When newly imported plants are received they 
should be thoroughly cleaned, and as soon as possible potted, as I find that 
by potting they are easily handled, and when they commence to root they 
do not need disturbing again. If kept shaded for a short time they soon 
make roots, and when they are well established they can receive the same 
treatment as the older plants. In potting imported plants it is better to 
give rather more drainage than is used for established plants, and smaller 
pots, as if a plant gets pot-bound it is easily dropped into a larger size 
without interfering with its growth. Clean pots should always be used, and 
where large quantities of pots are used a pot-washing machine will be found 
