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this treatment. Some imagine, that if they are put in a 

 cool place they wiU be injured; but this, in my experi- 

 ence, has not occurred. During the time they are in a 

 room, the temperature should not be below 50°. At night 

 the room should be kept quite dry, and before they are 

 removed from the stove they should be put at the coolest 

 end of it ; or, if there be two houses, those that are in the 

 hottest should be moved to the coolest for a few days 

 before being taken into the room, and they should be 

 allowed to get nearly dry, and should receive but very little 

 water— only enough to keep the roots moist. The flowers 

 should not receive any moisture. 



I name a few that I have tried in a room during the 

 months of May, June, July, and August. I have kept 

 Saccolahium guttatum in this way five weeks, Aerides 

 afflne the same time ; A. odoratiim or A. roseum, and some 

 of the Dendrobiums, viz. nohile and ccBrulescens, I have 

 kept in a room four and five weeks. D. moniliforme, D. 

 macTophyllum, D. pidchellitm, D. Buckerii, and D. se- 

 cundum, last a much longer time in bloom if they are 

 kept cool. Brassias and Oncidimns, Epidendrums, Odonto- 

 glossums, Cyrtochilums, Tricliopelia tortilis, Lycaste Skin- 

 nerii, L. aromatica, L. criienta, Maxillaria tenuifoUa, As- 

 pasia lunata, and all the Cattleyas, succeed well in a cool 

 room or house, and last for a much longer time in flower. 

 I have kept Lcelia majalis in a cool room four and five 

 weeks, and L. Jiava will keep a much longer time in blos- 

 som than in the warm house. When the bloom begins to 

 fade they should be removed to the stove, where they 

 may be placed in the coolest end, with plenty of 

 shade : they ought to be kept there for about ten days, for 

 if they are exposed to the sun they are very apt to become 

 scorched. 



