FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 163 
Those mentioned aljove are the most showy and at the same time most 
useful for cut flowers, l)ut there are also other things highly interesting to an 
amateur, things that are odd both in shapes and colors. Stanhopeas are very 
interesting, with their large pendant clusters of flowers, and the several kinds 
of Platychlinis; Peristeria elata (Holy Ghost Orchid); Oncidium Papilio and 
Krameriana, or "Butterfly Orchid"; Aerides and Saccolabiums; Coelogynes, such 
as Dayana and Massangeana, with their large pendant infloresens; also Renan- 
thera Imshootiana, which grows and flowers almost under any treatment and 
I'c wards the cultivator with its very large, many flowered racemes of red; and 
many more. 
If for some reason it is more desirable to have the greenhouse at a tem[)cra- 
ture of say 55 to 58 degrees at night, and 60 to 65 degrees by day, the foHowing 
may be grown: Cattleya Citrina (Tulip Orchid); Lycaste Skinnerii; Coel- 
logyne Cristata; the handsome "Baby Orchid," Odontaglossum Grande; Odon- 
taglossum Citrosmum and pulchellum; the sweetscented Maxillaria lutea-alba; 
several Miltonias, such as Candida, Clowesii, Morelliana, and the handsome 
large Pansy-shaped M. Vexillaria, with pink flowers. Cypripedium Insigne and 
its many handsome varieties may be grown in this house. 
Other things that will do well here are Laelia Anceps and its varieties 
including the albino forms of same ; Dendrobium Nobile and its varieties, and 
the handsome Dendrobium Thyrsiflorum, with its large bunches of primrose- 
colored flowers. 
The potting of all the above is very much the same. They should be potted 
in Osmunda fibre (peat) with a very slight addition of live sphagnum moss, with 
a few lumps of charcoal and crocks worked in here and there, excepting Vandas, 
Aerides and Saccolabiums, which should be potted in one part moss and one 
part peat. The same holds good with the Cypripediums, except that for all 
greenleafed kinds a small part of fibrous loam may be added. 
The kinds of receptacles to be used is immaterial. If pots or pans are used, 
plenty of drainage should be placed in the bottom. If baskets are used, a few 
pieces of crocks in the bottom is sufficient. It is very important that these 
plants should be potted firmly; they wall not thrive if loose in the pots 
or baskets. 
As a parting word, I would say, "grow orchids." They are the most fas- 
cinating plants in creation apart from their beauty, and if you begin to grow 
these plants and watch them as they develop, you will find you have a hobby 
that is equalled by few other things. I would advise all beginners to commence 
with species, and as these are mastered hybrids may be added to the collection, 
the treatment of which in no wise differs from the species, but it opens up the 
entire treasure house of the orchid Kingdom, which in this way is well nigh 
limitless. 
