February 21,1896. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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wounds to heal, and so prevent bleeding. They may be kept in a 
cool house or pit, and allowed to start into growth naturally, then, 
when the shoots are an inch or two in length, they should be 
turned out of the pots, have the soil entirely removed or washed 
away, spreading the roots out carefully after disentangling them, 
pressing the soil firmly about the roots, not cover them more than 
2 or 3 inches deep, and keeping the neck or collar somewhat high, 
as however firm the soil may be it will settle somewhat, and the 
keeping high affords facilities for top-dressing. This will encourage 
roots from the collar, and by judicious mulching and top-dressing 
they may be induced to spread on the surface of the border 
and appropriate any food that may be supplied in an available 
form. A moderate watering with tepid water will settle the soil 
about the roots, and with judicious treatment they will start 
rooting afresh, and push growths correspondingly. — G. Abbey. 
Cy.mbidium eburneo-Lowianum superbum. 
One of the most interesting Orchids shown at the Drill Hall, 
Westminster, on the 12th inst., was this Cymbidium, which is 
admirably pourtrayed in the woodcut 
(fig. 29). It was staged by Messrs. J. Yeitch 
and Sons, Chelsea, and is a hybrid between 
eburneo and Lowianum, and the presence of 
both parents is readily perceptible. The 
plant exhibited had one spike carrying four 
handsome flowers, the colour of which was 
creamy white, the lip being heavily marked 
velvety crimson. This Orchid is very rare, 
and, as has been said, interesting. A first- 
class certificate was adjudged. 
Calanthe Veitchi. 
Mr. Friend, Rooksnest, Godstone, writes : 
—“ I am forwarding you a specimen of 
Calanthe Veitchi as grown here, and shall 
be glad to furnish particulars of the culture 
followed as soon as my health—which has 
been bad of late—will permit me to do so.” 
[We greatly regret to hear of Mr. Friend’s 
indisposition, and trust that he will soon 
recover his health. The specimen of C. 
Veitchi was a magnificent one, the flower 
spike measuring 5 feet 5 inches in length, 
and the pseudo-bulb 1 foot in length with 
a circumference, 1 inch from the base, of 
7 inches. We shall be glad to publish Mr. 
Friend’s notes, which will be read with 
much interest by many of our readers.] 
Trichosma suavis. 
Although not a showy Orchid this is 
well worth growing on account of its distinct 
appearance. The plant grows from 5 to 
8 inches in height, and consists of a cluster of stems, each bearing 
a couple of broad leaves. The short spikes issue from between 
these, and each carries five or six fiowers about 11 inch in diameter. 
The sepals and petals are creamy white ; the lip is also white, 
crested, the centre lobe yellow, with short diverging lines of 
crimson. These, as the specific name implies, are sweetly scented. 
T. suavis thrives well with the warmest section of Odontoglossums, 
and if well grown seldom fails to flower. The pots must be clean 
and well drained, and the compost rough and open, good turfy 
peat with a little chopped sphagnum and potsherds suiting it well. 
Abundance of water must be given at all times, as the plants 
have no pseudo-bulbs to sustain them through a period of drought. 
It is the only species in the genu*, and was introduced from the 
Khasia Mountain* in 1840. It flowers at various times, but usually 
during the winter and early spring. 
Odontoglossum pardinum. 
The habit of this species is different from the majority of the 
genus, the pseudo-bulbs being large, ovate, light green, and bearing 
several leaves of a similar colour. From the appearance of the 
flower spikes on newly imported plants this would be a truly grand 
kind if happy under cultivation, as these are sometimes nearly half 
an inch in diameter. The best plants I have seen were growing in 
wood baskets suspended from the roof with the coolest section of 
the genus, and this appears to be the moat suitable treatment for 
it. The compost must be very open, as the roots are larger and 
not so persistent as those of some other kind*. The spikes on 
the plants referred to were from 2 to 2^ feet in length, and bore 
many of the pretty spotted flowers ; individually these were 
4 inches across, light yellow or straw-coloured profusely spotted 
with crimson. 0. pardinum is a native of Peru, and first flowered 
at Rendlesham Hall, Woodbridge, in 1878. 
Watering Orchids. 
At this season when many plants are beginning to grow, and 
others are still in a dormant condition, a good deal more care and 
judgment is necessary in this operation than when all are growing 
freely. Although mischief may occasionally be caused by a too 
limited supply of water, yet the greater danger lies in the opposite 
direction, especially among the pseudo-bulbous kinds. 
If growers would only keep these well watered in the autumn 
when they need it to supply the nutriment for the swelling pseudo¬ 
bulbs, and wait until the new growths begin to root before 
increasing the supply very much, it would be a material advantage,, 
causing less shrivelling during the winter, and saving many young- 
growths from an untimely death in the spring. I am referring- 
more especially to such as Cattleyas and Dendrobiums, and not to 
those that, like Cymbidiums and others, require a good deal ofr 
moisture all through the winter and have foliage of a harder 
texture, less likely to damp. These latter and Cypripediums 
require probably more water than any others at this season, healthy 
plants with the pots full of roots needing attention daily. Disa 
grandiflora, too, if growing freely, must never be allowed to become 
dry at the roots, and is better for frequent sprinklings. Cattleya 
Mendelli, C. intermedia, Laelia grandis, L. purpurata, L. superbiens, 
and others advancing into flower, must have an increased «upply, 
the appearance of the roots being a safe guide to the cultivator. 
When these are seen by the fresh growing points to be actively 
searching for moisture, it must be provided in adequate quantities 
to meet their demands, but when they are, on the contrary, quite 
dormant, the less water they have the better as long as the bulbs 
keep plump. Many of the distichous-leaved section, as Vandas, 
Phalsenopsis, and Saccolabiums, are still quiescent, and must be 
kept as dry as possible without killing the sphagnum mos* about 
them. Others of this section, as for instance Angrsecum sesqui- 
pedale and Vanda coerulea, seem never entirely at rest, and the 
treatment must be varied accordingly. 
Many other instances of different species in the same genus 
requiring varying treatment may be mentioned, but they can be 
seen by intelligent cultivators for themselves if they study their 
