April 5,1894, 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
263 
vasea may be grown by inserting medium-sized bulbs in 48-pot8, 
or they can be put singly in large SO’s ; but much better results 
are attained by placing four large or five medium-sized bulbs in 
an 8-inch pot, this allowing the compost to be used in a much 
rougher condition, besides affording additional root room. 
Calanthes grow well in a compost consisting of three parts 
good fresh fibry loam and one part well dried cow manure, to 
When new roots are beginning to push only a little water should 
be given, not enough to saturate the soil ; but when they are 
rooting freely an abundant supply is necessary, also occasional 
doses of weak soot water. 
Oncidium Maeshallianum. 
There is no more effective Oncidium in cultivation than this 
Fig. 43.—CHYSIS BEACTESCENS. 
which has been added a little chopped sphagnum, and crock dust 
or charcoal. This mixture should be used in a fairly moist 
condition. The drainage must be good, but not excessive, a 
couple of inches being ample in the largest pots, and less in 
proportion for the smaller sizes. A few half-inch bones over the 
crocks are very beneficial. The bulbs ought to be fixed as firmly 
as possible, with the base a little below the soil, and if the old 
roots are left a couple of inches in length it will facilitate this. 
fine species, land the amount of flower produced by even small 
plants is remarkable. The spikes are often 2 feet high, branching, 
and many-flowered. The individual flowers are about 2^ inches 
across, bright golaen yellow, with chocolate markings. O. Marshall- 
ianum should be grown with the Odontoglossums, and will do 
well if given a rather rough compost and good drainage. It 
requires plenty of water at the roots and a moist atmosphere with 
plenty of air while growing.—H. R. R. 
