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not repotted, such work may be accomplished at this season with good 

 results. But if not done during the month I would advise that they be given 

 a thorough good rest and left over until they start to grow early the following 

 spring. 



The Mexican Laslias are now growing apace, and flower spikes on L. 

 anceps are fast showing. It is now, above all other times, that water should 

 be very liberally supplied, especially after a hot day sun. It is best to get a 

 bucket of tepid water about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when the 

 ventilation may be reduced, and with the aid of a syringe give them a 

 thorough drenching overhead. L. anceps, as before stated, always grows 

 and flowers more satisfactorily when no shading is employed, and the leaves 

 are simply kept from burning by the admission of large quantities of air. 

 There are but few species that will flourish and withstand the same treat- 

 ment. L. majalis is another which delights in all the sunshine possible, 

 and should be suspended close to the ventilator so as to assure plenty of air. 

 The other Mexican species, such as L. autumnalis and L. albida, do not 

 like so much strong sunshine, although both greatly appreciate the atmo- 

 spheric conditions of the same department, therefore I always find it best to 

 slightly shade them with a little summer cloud over the glass immediately 

 above them. The same applies to L. furfuracea and L. Gouldiana. 



The present season is a good one for doing up the various species of the 

 Cool Orchid house which have not yet been done. Odontoglossum Rossii 

 and O. Cervantesii are two pretty species which- pay to grow well, so that 

 they bloom profusely ; otherwise, with individual flowers here and there 

 only, they are too small to make a show. If the stages are near the glass 

 roof, they will grow well there in pots, otherwise they are better in pans 

 suspended. What little compost is required about their roots should be 

 one of equal parts peat and sphagnum moss. They delight in a cool, airy 

 atmosphere, and require but little water at the roots at any time of the year. 

 Cattleya citrina is just now commencing to grow. It does well either on a 

 raft or in small pans. When the latter are used they should be very small, 

 just large enough to hold the base or the roots of the plants. The new 

 growths will then turn over the rim, taking a downward course, and will 

 continue to grow well. Use perforated pans, so that the roots may go in 

 and out. It is a species that requires little water to keep it in good health. 

 Odontoglossum Londesboroughianum is not one of the easiest to cultivate. 

 It grows pretty freely when newly imported, but in the course of a few years 

 dwindles, and often, without so much as producing one single flower spike 

 to compensate for the trouble taken, will grow less by degrees until it finally 

 disappears. In the first place it may be described as being a cool Orchid, but 

 a sun-loving one, therefore it should have an abundance of air and never be 

 shaded. The plant may be fixed to blocks of wood, and so grown suspended, 



