JULY — THIED WEEK* 



day. When a few days of gloom occur, the Iriimidity 

 that sometimes becomes stagnant and injurious should 

 be dissipated by a free circulation of air when bright 

 weather "re burns. lieep a free circulation of air amongst 

 the Orchids by day ; endeavour to supply an abundance 

 of atmospheric moisture during the latter part of the day ; 

 and dispense with shading as much as possible by using 

 it only" during a few hours of the hottest part of the 

 day. 



Pay every attention to specimen plants in the stove. 

 Keep them neatly tied to sticks, or trellises, as the case 

 may require. Give them a plentiful supply of water, 

 and, if not in flower, syringe them frequently over- 

 head. 



Stanhopeas. — About the end of this or the beginning 

 of next month is the most proper time to remove and re- 

 pot them. Persons who wish to grow fine specimens 

 ought to put them in large baskets, or pots, so that they 

 may not require to be shifted for several years, as then 

 the plants grow much finer and flower better than when 

 annually shifted. Wow, as soon as they have done 

 flowering they commence growing, when they should 

 have plenty of heat and moisture until they have com- 

 pleted their pseudo-bulbs, when they should be reduced 

 to a comparative state of rest by gradually withholding 

 water until they show flower ; then to be supplied with 

 atmospheric moisture, but should have no water at the 

 root, or at least but a small portion, until they begin to 

 grow. As all the plants belonging to this genus push 

 their flowers downwards, it is advisable to have them 

 elevated, or put in baskets, where the flowers can get 

 through and show themselves to advantage. 



FOECING-HOUSES. 



Pigs. — Supply with plenty of water the roots of the 

 trees that are swelling their second crop ; ply the syringe 

 frequently amongst the foliage, and sprinkle the paths, 

 &c, to keep the atmosphere moist. Shut up early in the 

 afternoon. As the fruit of the first crop ripens, curtail 

 the supply of atmospheric moisture — otherwise before 

 they reach maturity they are apt to turn mouldy. The 

 roots to be regularly supplied with water, and some 



