A FEW WORDS MORE ON ORCHIDEOUS EPIPHYTES. 
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little epiphyte was among a collection imported from the Havannah in March last, 
by Captain Sutton of Flushing-, near Falmouth, and by him presented to Sir 
Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., in whose garden at Carclew it flowered in May. The 
leaves are upwards of three inches long, the scape grows about nine inches high, 
and bears about five pretty yellow flowers. Botanical Register, 1789. 
A FEW WORDS MORE ON ORCHIDEOUS EPIPHYTES, 
BY MR. D. BEATON, 
GARDENER TO W. GORDON, ESQ., HAFFIELD, HEREFORDSHIRE. 
There are only two points in my management difl"ering from yours, on which 
I lay any stress, viz. — 1st, I never allow young plants to have a day's rest till they 
attain a flowering size, or are otherwise well established, or, in other words, I keep up 
a constant stimulus ; and, 2nd, I never pot a young plant till it is two or more years 
old, or until it is well supplied with roots in a vigorous state of growth. 
1st. I never did, nor never could purchase any of these plants, consequently I 
only in the first instance received the smallest bit of most of my plants, and I have 
succeeded far beyond my expectations. The last two winters I removed my larger 
plants from my regular Orchidese house for wintering, and kept my smallest plants 
in a regular heat of from 70 to 80 degrees, and had a good crop of cucumbers to the 
bargain. I never water them overhead in the winter, but the house is kept moist. 
2nd. With regard to the young plants, I take damp moss and press it 
into a firm ball, tying it round with copper wire, I then fasten the pseudo bulb 
or creeping stem to the outside of this ball, and never sufl"er a drop of water to fall 
on the bulb, &c., till it begins to emit roots, but the ball of moss is regularly 
kept moist. 
The terrestrial species I treat in the same way as the Epiphytes until they are 
well rooted. 
When the roots have taken thorough possession of the ball, add a little more 
moss, and place the ball in a small forked stick, that is, a fork occasioned by three 
boughs starting from the same point ; hang these forked sticks in any convenient 
place in the house, and the roots will soon monopolise moss and fork too. 
Now is the best time for first planting in a pot, which will very easily be 
eff'ected by placing the forked stick in the centre of the pot ; the length of stick 
below the fork should be long enough to hold up the ball of moss, roots, &c., just 
above the surface of the pot, then build up with your turf or any other material 
which may be supposed to answer the same purpose. 
In a few instances I substituted the following composition, and I think with 
advantage, but my experience does not warrant me to recommend it yet. 
Take equal quantities of peat earth and fresh cow-dung, mix them well together, 
and spread the composition in a dry shady place about one or two inches thick ; 
