I''<'l)ru;iry, 11)15. j 



nice little mixed stock can be ubtained for 

 i, 10. This applies to either a warm or cool 

 house, and although the fittings mentioned 

 above will be much the same in either case, 

 the position of the houses may differ slightly, 

 the cool one probably having a northerly 

 aspect, as its occupants require more shade 

 and moisture with less heat. The small boiler 

 required will cost about ^,^3 per annum for fuel. 

 Attention to plants, etc., will occupy on an 

 average one hour per day, if calculated for 

 the year — on many days the total time 

 expended will not exceed half-an-hour — thus 

 during the winter stoking fire night and 

 morning may take fifteen minutes, damping 

 down once five minutes, and looking over 

 the plants ten minutes. 



The watering of the plants will depend 

 to some extent on the moisture holding 

 properties of the house, also the amount of 

 fire heat used ; m my case, at this time of 

 the year, once a week appears sufficient in 

 either house, some of the plants not requiring 

 it so often — the soft water used is stored 

 m a tank or tub inside the house — fifteen 

 minutes for this operation is ample. During 

 the summer months more water will, of course, 

 be required. Further cultural details will be 

 found in the ORCHID WORLD. 



The balance of time not required in the 

 winter may be passed to the credit of the 

 summer, when here and there a plant may 

 want re-potting, and others cleaned, etc. Now 

 it will be seen that having once made a 

 beginning the yearly expense is small, and 

 surely for the pleasure gained, to say nothing 

 of the physical benefits derived, it makes this 

 fascinating hobby one of the cheapest forms 

 of recreation a busy man can have. Finally, 

 I think the Trade will help the beginner ; at 

 least, I call to mind a firm who helped me 

 with invaluable information and were most 

 reasonable in their charges for plants. 



Edward Clement, Maidstone. 



Editorial Note.— Having visited Mr. 

 Clement's garden we can confirm the great 

 success he has obtained in cultivating a varied 

 collection of both warm and cool house 

 Orchids. 



Odontoglossum cilrosmum. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM. 



IN Odontoglossum citrosmum we have a 

 departure from the usual type of 

 Odontoglossums in the scapes being 

 produced simultaneously with the pseudo- 

 bulbs, 111 its perfectly pendulous racemes, 

 in the form of the hp, in the absence of the 

 teeth-like processes of the crest, in its three- 

 winged column, and m some other details. 



This species has long been known as one 

 of the most beautiful of the Mexican 

 Odontoglossums. It was first introduced 

 into England by Mr. George Barker, of 

 Birmingham, through his collector, Ross, 

 about the year 1838, and flowered for the 

 first time in this country in the collection 

 of Mr. T. Brocklehurst, at Macclesfield, the 

 plant being one of those imported by Mr. 

 Barker. In its native country it has an 

 extensive range, but always at a lower 

 elevation than other Mexican species of the 

 genus. 



M. Roezl, who found it in the park-like 

 plains that occur between the ranges of the 

 Sierra Madre, thus describes his experience : 

 " Great was my surprise to see the trees 

 clothed with a profusion of Orchids, which 

 proved to be Odontoglossum citrosmum, 

 whose pendulous spikes, a yard long, were 

 adorned with innumerable white and lilac 



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