404 Method of Cultivating hardy Orchideous Plants. 



planted, and some care was taken to keep the surface a little 

 higher for those kinds which require less moisture, such as 

 Cypripedium arietinum, and others. A regular supply of 

 water was constantly given to the plants as required. In hot 

 weather, a partial shading was laid over the glass during the 

 forenoon, sufficiently thin, however, to admit of the tempera- 

 ture under the glass being raised to something like that of a 

 North American summer, by the influence of the sun. Atten- 

 tion was also paid to the admission of air, so as to prevent the 

 plants being drawn. 



The above was all the care bestowed. The plants flowered 

 very beautifully in the early part of the summer. In autumn 

 the old stems were cut away, and a slight top-dressing of the 

 same mixture as was used for the original planting, was given. 

 During the winter (the last three weeks of which have been 

 severe frost, the thermometer frequently at 9° of Fahrenheit,) 

 the frame has been covered with mats. 



From the appearance of the buds now coming up, they offer 

 to be much stronger this year than they were in the last ; and 

 I have no hesitation in stating, that all terrestrial Orchideous 

 plants will do better under similar treatment than in pots or 

 boxes. 



I am, Sir, 

 Your most obedient servant, 



Stewart Murray- 



Glasgow Botanic Garden, 

 January 19, 1826. 



