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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY < i K VTLK.UAN, August 21, 18G0. 
induce a state of inaction, placing them near a south wall on 
hoards or slates. By this plan I have caused the Dendrobium 
speciosum to flower, but this must be done with caution and care 
before the heavy rains set in. . 
Winter Treatment. — This season commences about the 
middle of October, and continues till the end of March. During 
all this time the plants must be carefully watched. Should any 
appear to shrivel very much, they must have a small quantity of 
tepid water to just keep them, both roots and stems, in a fresh 
state. Terrestrial Orchids should have their decayed leaves 
removed, and be placed where no water can reach the soil in the 
pots. The earth though apparently dry will be moist enough to 
keep the bulbs alive and fresh. As soon as the spring arrives, 
then get ready all the necessary soils, and, when required, fresh 
blocks and baskets, and proceed to repot, rebloek, and rebasket 
the whole collection as soon as the symptoms of fresh growth are 
perceptible. Give the interior a good cleansing, and also sponge 
the leaves and stems quite clean. This will end the winter treat¬ 
ment, and then commence the summer season. 
As I intimated in the commencement of these papers, I shall 
now give a list of such Orchids as will grow in a greenhouse 
temperature. My space will not allow descriptions of the species, 
I can only give their names. If the amateur desires to see that, 
he must consult larger works on that point. I may hero observe, 
that most of the Orchids that are found in Guatemala, New 
Holland, China, and other temperate climes, are proper denizens 
of our greenhouses. 
EPIPHYTAE ORCHIDS POR POTS IN THE GREENHOUSE. 
Aspasia epidendroides,Guatemala Dendrobium moniliforme,China 
Batemania Colleyi do. 
Bifrenaria aurantiaca do. 
Brassia brachiata do. 
macrostachya do. 
Cattleya Skinneri do. 
Cynoches chloroehilum do. 
ventricosum do. 
Cymbidium Finlaysonianum, 
China 
Cypripedium insigne, Nepaul 
Cyrtochilum maculatuniRussel- 
lianum, Guatemala 
Dendrobium ehrysanthum, Ne¬ 
paul 
densiflorum,* Nepaul 
elongatum, N. Ilol. 
linguieforme do. 
secundum, var. do. 
speciosum, N. Holland 
tetragonum, More. Bay 
Epidenarum aurantiacum, Gua¬ 
temala 
macrochilum roseum do. 
Stamfordianum do. 
Ltclia acuminata do. 
majalis, Oaxaca 
Lycaste cruenta, Guatemala 
Skinneri do. 
Maxillaria Maclaii do. 
Odontoglossum grande do. 
Oncidium leucochilum do. 
microchilum do. 
sphacelatum do. 
Renanthera coccinea, Cliina 
I have no doubt this Chinese Orchid will grow well, and flower 
better and more freely in a warm greenhouse than in a higher 
temperature. 
TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS 
To be grown in pots in loam, 
dung. 
Acianthus caudatus, N.Holland 
Bletia acutipetala, S. Carolina 
hyacinthina, China 
Calocliilus campestris, N. Hoi. 
paludosus do. 
Cymbidium sinensis, China 
xiphiifolium do. 
Calophogon pulcliellus,N. Amer. 
Caladenia alba. New Holland 
alata 
do. 
ccerulea 
do. 
testacea 
do. 
CoryBanthes bicalcarata, do. 
fimbriatus do. 
Dipodium punctatum, N. Hoi. 
Diseris aurea do. 
caudata do. 
elongata do. 
maculata do. 
Disa grandiflora, C. of G. Hope 
cornuta do. 
graminifolia do. 
Disperis cucullata do. 
Capensis do. 
secunda, C. of G. Hope 
* I have seen this species growing well in a greenhouse at Stratford 
POR GREENHOUSES, 
sandy peat, and lumps of cow- 
Eriochilus autumnalis, N. Hoi. 
Eulophia barbata.C. of G. Hope 
streptopetala, S. Amer. 
longicornis, Cape of G. 
ensata [Hope 
Glossodia major and minor, 
New Holland. 
Lyperanthu8 suaveolens do. 
Neottia plantaginea, Nepaul 
Pogonia opliioglossoides, North 
America 
Prasophyllum elatum, N. Hoi. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
flavum 
striatum 
Pterostylis concinna 
grandiflora 
gibbosa 
longifolia 
ophioglossa 
reflexa 
Thelymitra angustifolia 
Forsterii, N. Zealand 
media, New Holland 
venosa do. 
(i R b'E N HOUSE OECHIDS.- 
Barkeria spetf abihs, Guatemala 
Catesetum deltoideum do. 
lougifolium do. 
Russellianum do. 
Cynoches ventricosum do. 
Epideudrmn rhizophorum do. 
Gongora maculata, Demerara 
t run cat a, Guatemala 
-To be grown in baskets. 
Marmodes lineata do. 
Oncidium stramineum, Mexico 
Suttonii, Guatemala 
Peristeria penclula maculata, 
Demerara 
Sarcanthus paniculatus, China 
rostratus do. 
Stanhopea aurea, Guatemala 
GREENHOUSE ORCHIDS THAT GROW BEST ON BLOCKS. 
Cirrhopetalum l 'hinensis,China 
Cyrtochilum fllipes, Guatemala 
maeulatum, var. Rus- 
• sellianum, Guatemala 
Dendrobium cucumeriuum. 
New Holland 
terctifolium do. 
Dinema paleaceum, Guatemala 
Dosha peduncularis do. 
Oncidium nebulosum do. 
Pleurothallis marginata do. 
Rodriguezia maculata do. 
Sarcochilus falcatus, N.TIolland 
T. Appleby. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
PRUIT COMMITTEE. 
A I.! i.xTIN'; of the Fruit Committee was held on Thursday 
last, at N, >r. Martin's Place, W.C. Mr. Edmoudsin the chair. 
Priz - were offered for the best and second best collections of 
not less than six sorts of Peaches; and also for the best and 
second best collections of Apricots. The only exhibition in the 
former ela-.- was by Mr. Ferguson, of Stowe. The fruit was well 
grown, but in the opinion of the Committee it was not exhibited 
in accordance with the terms of the conditions, the leaves which 
accompanied file fruit not corresponding with the varieties they 
professed 10 represent, and a belief of the Committee that three 
of the varieties were identical. 
Mr. Rivers sent specimens of the July Green Gage Plum, a 
valuable variety of the Green Gage, which ripened last year on 
the 21st -I uly : but in consequence of the late season was not ripe 
this year till the second week iii August. It received a First-class 
Certificate. 
Rev. Bernard Smith, Marlow, sent large specimens of the true 
Peach Apricot, which, however, were not thoroughly ripe. 
Mr. ('nthill, of Camberwell, exhibited dishes of his Strawberries 
Black Briuce, Prince of Wales, Richard the Second, Princess 
Royal, iiitd Highland Mary. These were sent to show the great 
l productive power of these varieties, whicli Mr. Cuthift states 
have been bearing fruit successively for the last sixty days. The 
best in flavour was Princess Royal. 
Messrs. Charlwood and Cummins, of Covent Garden, sent a 
basket of Hrobdignag Sugar Pea, which bears considerable 
resemblance to the Geant of the French, but is more constant 
and not so apt to sport as that variety. The pods are of an im¬ 
mense size, live, to six inches long, and an inch and a quarter 
broad, ami crooked like a ram’s horn. 
TC CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mowing Mm hines [Rusticus) .—Every one of those you mention does 
its work well; and if we were about to purchase one we should be solely 
I guided by cheapness and neatness. 
Nighi -ri.ooming Cerecs not Producing Flowers (An Old Subscriber). 
I —We think this was most likely owing to your shifting the plant and 
treating it afterwards too well, as respects moisture at the roots, and 
moisture in the atmosphere. It will form roots along the stem anywhere, 
hut seldom does so to any extent, if the roots have a free, open medium to 
root in, and the atmosphere is warm and dry. Thus treat it now. Keep 
the plant in the most exposed part of the house to the sun. Give scarcely' 
any water to the roots. After September give none at all, if the plant • is 
in a temperature of from 45° to 50°. If the stems show the least signs of 
shrivelling, damp or syringe them slightly; hut the drier in every way the 
plant is kept over the winter, and the more light it has, so that the stems 
do not shrivel the better. Next spring syringe the stems, and ere long water 
the roots, and if tire stems were well dried, and the pots are full of roots 
you may expect some flowers again. It rarely blooms so freely as some 
of the others of the same tribe. Your Tydffia is past redemption for this 
year, if many of the leaves are as bad as the one sent. It has been affected 
bythrip,-. and the sun has shone upon it when the leaves were damp. Al¬ 
together it has had too much water. Remove all the affected leaves, and 
let the plant slowly ripen its buds, and try again next year. You may 
syringe with tobacco water for the thrips. We do not go against authority 
for oil for such insects on such plants; but we piefer using strong glue 
water when we have such things, which is very seldom. We would only 
try oil on plants we cared nothing about. 
Cedres Dkoi.ara for the West Coast of Ireland [E. A. A .).—The 
Deodara will grow rapidly in all parts of Connemara from the level of the 
tide to the top of the highest hill; but you ought to begin with three or 
four-year-old plants, and if you mean a plantation of it on moory or upland 
ground, plant it twenty feet apart every way, and fill in between them 
with Larch, Scotch Fir, Spruce, and Birch. There is a good deal of bother 
