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plants it is best to select those with dark bases to the shoots, as 

 from these good varieties are sure to result. 



That most lovely hybrid Disa kewensis which was exhibited 

 in Sir F. Wigan's beautiful group of Orchids at the last Temple 

 Show came in for a good share of admiration from all interested 

 in cool Orchids. 



Dealing with Imported Plants. 

 Like most Orchids, Disas can be purchased at the auction- 

 room for a trifling sum ; but it is far better to buy established 

 plants at some reliable nursery, as they are not so easily managed 

 when just imported as some other Orchids coming from warmer 

 regions are. When they are imported from their native home, 

 they require putting into pans with peat, broken crocks, and a 

 little sphagnum and coarse sand. They should be placed in a 

 house with a night temperature of about 45 deg. ; syringing them 

 now and again until growth is well advanced, when they will 

 require more water at the roots. 



Propagation. 



In nearly all the family of Orchidaceous plants there is a 

 method of increasing them, either by aerial growths or cutting 

 the pseudo-bulbs in pieces. The latter is the best way to 

 increase the Disa. At the potting time take a small piece off 

 with a little bit of rhizome to it ; place it in a 3-inch pot, using the 

 same potting material as before ; and in a year's time it will be 

 ready for a size larger pot. Offsets made thus increase very fast, 

 especially if the soil and climatic conditions are suitable to 

 them. 



SUBURBAN FRUIT-GROWING. 



By Mr. Roupell, F.R.H.S., Hon. Sec. of the Brixton, Streatham, 

 and Clapham Horticultural Society. 



[Read September 20, 1898.] 



The following remarks are intended to apply to the environs of 

 all large cities and towns in Great Britain and Ireland, and the 

 area of Greater London, with its population of six millions, 

 is taken as a type and example. 



