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OECHIDS. 



which should only be long enough to support the spike in 

 the drooping way in which they ai'e growing, should be 

 fixed firmly in the basket or pot ; a small piece of wadding 

 should be placed on the top of the stick, to which the spike 

 should be firmly tied. This will be sufficient to cause 

 safety. The wadding should not be allowed to touch the 

 top part of the flowers, as it will stick to them, and be 

 verv hard to remove. 



Yandas require more packing, their flowers being larger, 

 and further apart ; on the spike place some wadding be- 

 tween each flower, then fix some sticks firmly in the 

 basket, and tie the spike to them, without letting the stick 

 touch the flowers : wadding should then be put in between 

 the flowers to keep them separate. 



PhalcEuopsis grandiflora and amahills are bad to travel, 

 and require much care. The best way is to get a box and 

 set the plant in the bottom of it, which must be long 

 enough to allow the flower-spike to lie at its full length ; 

 wadding should then be placed underneath the flowers, which 

 should lie flat on the wadding ; another sheet of wadding 

 should then be placed on the top of the flowers, in order to 

 make them lie firm. I have also taken them to shows 

 treated in the same way as recommended for Yandas. 



Dendrohiims. — Some of them only require a stick to 

 each bulb fixed firmly in the pot, to tie the bulb to : such 

 as D. nohile, D. macropliyllum, D. Devonianion, D. monili- 

 forme, and similarly flowermg sorts. Those sorts that 

 flower with pendulous racemes, such as D. densiflorium, 

 D. Farmerii, and others growing in the same way, re- 

 quire three sticks, — one to the bulb, to which the latter 

 should be fiimly tied ; then put the other two to the flower 

 spike, one at each end, in the same way as with the Sacco- 

 labiwns. 



Cattleyas require to be packed veiy carefully ; their 



