282 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, 19¢8. 
they ought now to be put in pots consistent with the size of each plant. 
Instead of half filling the pots with crocks, as a good many growers do, two- 
or three placed at the bottom will be enough; then half fill the pots with 
rhizomes out of the peat. Proceed with the potting, which consists of a 
mixture of equal parts peat, with the fine shaken out, and sphagnum moss, 
chopped s-nall. Add to this some nodules of charcoal and a sprinkling of 
coarse silver sand ; use a blunt piece of stick to make moderately firm. 
Keep the growths on the top of the pot, which should have a surface of 
living sphagnum moss. Remove the plants to a house with a temperature 
of 6odeg., rising 1odeg. to 2odeg. in the daytime. If the plants are watered, + 
this will ke enough for several weeks. Give more water when the days get 
longer and warmer. When in full growth they require water three or four 
times a week, and on very bright days it is beneficial to spray the plants 
overhead, but not so much as to make the water run into the young growths. 
and cause decay. Regulate the ventilation according to outside conditions ;. 
in July and August giving plenty at top and bottom, leaving a crack on the 
bottom all night. Guard against thrips by sponging with quassia periodi- 
cally. After flowering they only need enough water to keep them from. 
shrivelling. They will not need potting another year, but give a little top- 
dressing, at the same time cut off any old bulbs which look unsightly. 
It is a good plan to partly cut the rhizomes, as this encourages the 
latent growths to break. Propagation is necessary to keep a collection 
vigorous. Some people favour buying plants raised from seed; and it is 
quite natural they should, as the plants are acclimatised, seeing that they 
are bred and grown at home. In propagating Orchids, the seed 
ought to be sewn directly it is ripe. Fold up some sphagnum moss in 
ordinary linen ; place it in a 4in. pot with the smooth side up ; keep it below 
the level of the rim, that a piece of glass may cover it. Distribute the seed 
very thinly with the end ofa knife blade: replace the glass, and keep the: 
pan in a very moist temperature of no less than 7odeg. Spray the seed. 
whenever its looks in the least dry, and shade from bright sun. Watch 
, that the ants do not carry away the seeds. Sometimes the seed germinates. 
within a month, and at other times not for several, and then unaccountably 
diés. Seedlings ought to be grown until they flower without a resting 
period, to save time and to avoid suspense. 
esi New Jersey, U.S.A. It is said to be unique and constant in 
‘i aracter. The species is grown in large quantities for cut blooms, and the 
right clear weather of the locality suits it to perfection. 
