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damaging the buds. Pots should be washed, and the compost re-topped if 
necessary with fresh moss, as it ali adds to the appearance of the flowers, 
and gives a better appearance generally, and with such attention slugs are 
naturally kept in check. 
Now that the busiest season is past, a little time can more easily be 
spared for pot washing and restaging plants, so as to get as much light and 
air round each plant as possible, and give them a better chance to go through 
the winter. Just now, too, a fortnight’s holiday will help to ripen the 
grower after all the sweating and bustle during the hot weather, as Orchid 
growing differs so much from the ordinary routine of gardening. It is a 
constant all the year round worry, and seven days a week, and not eight- 
hour days either, so that the grower deserves a little rest at least once a 
year. 
DamPING should be done a little earlier, so that the moisture does not 
settle too heavily on the foliage when the weather is at all chilly outside, as 
it soon causes spot, especially if the temperatures drop at all. We use our 
blinds if there is any likelihood of a chilly night, as it keeps the houses even, 
without using.so much heat. If the blinds are left up till dark, and rolled 
up early in the morning, they will not make any difference to the light which 
is so necessary to the plants. 
LESSER KNOWN ORCHIDS. 
THE last issue of the fournal of the Royal Horticultural Society contains a very 
interesting paper on ‘‘ Lesser known Orchids,” by Mr. F. W. Moore, V.M.H.., 
Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, illustrated by figures, 
reproduced from photographs, of the following eleven species: Gongora 
similis, the remarkable Bulbophyllum tremulum and B. dichromum, 
Eulophiella Peetersiana, Arachnanthe annamensis, Epidendrum vesicatum, 
Cymbidium grandiflorum, Dendrobium triflorum, D. cymbidioides and D. 
linguiforme, and Masdevallia velifera. The author’s intention was to men- 
tion a few uncommon Orchids having some special feature to recommend 
them, and under the definition “special feature” he includes “ Orchid 
giants, Orchid pigmies, Orchids with peculiar habit of growth, such as 
a pendulous habit, Orchids of remarkable appearance, Orchids requiring 
special treatment, Orchids with peculiar structure of flower, and Orchids 
which have masqueraded in the names of other Orchids and have been 
generally known under the wrong name,’’ all of which peculiarities are well 
represented in the rich collection at Glasnevin. 
Among the features of structural interest mentioned are the remarkable 
fleshy labellum of Stanhopea, the heavily-fringed labellum of Chondro- 
rhyncha Chestertoni and Brassavola Digbyana, and of those which have the 
additional feature of being mobile, Bulbophyllum barbigerum, tremulum 
