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tain this, and it is to be hoped that the keen eye of Mr. Pilch er 

 will som e day clear up the difficulty. 

 Tab, 1. Fig. a. Mycelium on leaf, nat. size. 



b. Threads of mycelium, magnified, with conidia, 



c. Inarticulate filaments described above, do. 



d. One of the balls, do. 



6. Structure of balls, highly magnified. 



XXXVIII. On Branch Orchid-Pots. 

 By J. Bateman, Esq., M.A., P.H.S., F.E.S. 

 There are many Orchids (such as the more tender Oncidid) that 

 can scarcely be induced to grow at all in baskets or pots, but 

 which have been found to thrive if placed on a small block or 



branch of hard wood, and suspended from the roof near the glass. 

 But to this arrangement there are one or two drawbacks. In the 

 first place, the block of wood is apt to decay ; and when this takes 



