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THE ORCHIDACEiE, AND THEIR CULTURE. 
[We Rave great pleasure in announcing to the readers of the 
** Florist’s Journal,” that through the kindness of Messrs. 
Rolisson of Tooting, the excellence of whose collection, and the 
skill of whose management are so well known, we have insured 
the assistance of Mr. Don, brother to the Professor of Botany in 
King’s College, in furnishing our readers from time to time with 
authentic accounts of the management of the Orchidacese, and 
other choice plants of tropical climates ; and we trust that with 
such a cooperator, having so splendid a collection under his im¬ 
mediate care, we shall be enabled to make our Journal without a 
rival in this department.] Editor. 
Sir — I do not intend to give, in this paper, any particulars 
respecting the cultivation of Orchidece , as I purpose to furnish in 
succession a paper on each of the leading genera. My present 
object, therefore, is merely to draw the attention of your readers to 
this highly interesting tribe of plants, by a few remarks on their 
general habits and management. 
Generally speaking, all the Epiphytal Orchidese are natives of 
tropical climates ; and they are found inhabiting trees on the out¬ 
skirts of the woods, but more rarely in the depths of the forests. 
Some indeed inhabit rocks exposed to the sun ; as for instance, 
some species of Brasavola and Dendrobiiim, and even some species 
of Cattleya , are to be met with inhabiting the rocks on the coasts 
of Brazil. But, in whatever situations they are found native, all 
the tropical ones inhabit places which have the seasons strongly 
marked, by humidity at one time and drought at another, with a 
high temperature during both. 
Therefore, those who wish to cultivate this tribe of plants to 
the greatest perfection, must be in possession of two stoves, the 
one hot and moist, to answer to that native season in which the 
plants have the greater part of their growth ; and the other hot 
and dry, to answer to the season of their repose. Unless the 
grower has thus much of accommodation he cannot, with the ex¬ 
ception perhaps of a few of the less important species, grow these 
plants in such perfection as they deserve to be grown; because 
