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roots, I shift them into No. 6, and occasionally 

 water them with dung water, when they have filled 

 their pots with roots. When the flower stems 

 are about to shew for bloom, I never syringe the 

 foliage, for at such times the water often lodges in 

 the axillas of the stems, and causes them to 

 decay. 



By pursuing the above treatment I have had a 

 succession of flowers for a great length of time. 

 Daring the last season, plants blossomed early in 

 the summer ; these stems I cut away, and others 

 which were pushing out produced a good autumn 

 blossom. 



During the winter months they should be kept 

 in a dormant state, either in the greenhouse or 

 some similar situation. 



The Hed. Gardnerianum, which is the finest of 

 this genus, is deserving of a place in every col- 

 lection. I bloomed this plant under the following 

 treatment to great perfection : — In February, I 

 shook off the old soil from the roots, and potted it 

 in No. 12, in a compost of dung, loam, and bog soil, 

 with a little rough sand. I placed it in a heat of about 

 65°, gave it plenty of water at the roots when in 

 a quick growing state, shifted into No. 8 in June, 

 and in August it blossomed. The scent of the 

 flowers is powerfully fragrant and very agreeable. 

 As soon as the flowers were all decayed, I placed 

 it in a common greenhouse, where it remained 



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