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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN". 



many Orchids succeed with. But by this it must not he understood that it is requisite to 

 subject them to the darkened, hot, stifling atmosphere that provokes apparent luxuriant 

 growth for a short time, but which almost invariably ends in disease, after which their end 

 is not far off:. Composed as they are principally of leaves and roots, with little of the bulb- 

 like stem which so many Orchids possess, they do not require, neither are they able to bear, 

 the severe drying process that many species with large fleshy stems want during their season 

 of rest. Pot culture will most likely be best adapted to meet the needs of these plants, for 

 although, in common with most other Epiphytal species, they will no doubt grow on a block 

 with sphagnum, still pots, well drained and filled with good porous material, composed of 

 fibrous peat, sphagnum, and broken crocks or charcoal, will doubtless be the best medium 

 for the roots to lay hold of. 



