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plenty of water till such time as they have formed their pseudo¬ 
bulbs ; and as soon as they have perfectly finished their pseudo- 
bulbs, and the leaves begin to turn yellow, the plants then should 
be removed out of the growing-house into the dry and resting- 
house, till about six weeks or a month before their season of 
growing commences. They then should be shaken out of their 
pots, and should be placed on some dry shelf in the resting-house 
till they are potted, or rather, till they show some signs of grow¬ 
ing, which they will be sure to do as soon as their season of 
growth commences. They then should be potted, as 1 before 
recommended, and then placed in the growing-house ; and by 
this mode of treatment they will flower splendidly, much firmer 
than if they were kept in the pots all the season through. Before 
potting, all the old decayed roots should be cut off, as the old 
roots are of no use to the plant; and great care should be taken 
that none of the young roots are destroyed, as every young root 
destroyed tends to weaken the plant. When the plants are potted 
they should be made firm by tying them to sticks, so that the 
plants cannot be moved out of the position in which they are 
placed till they get firm hold with their new roots, which they 
will soon do. 
Although I have mentioned three genera besides Catasetum, 
I shall describe them separately as I go along. Having said all 
that I think necessary, I shall proceed to give descriptions of a 
few species. 
Catasetum cristatum (crested). —This is a beautiful species ; 
it is the Myanthus cristatus of Lindley ; it is the parent of all the 
varieties of Catasetum tridentatum , and also of Monacanthus. No 
children could be more dissimilar to the parent than several of this 
family, and not only unlike the parent but unlike one another in 
the form of their flowers. The lip of this species is beautifully 
crested ; the little tubercles that form the crest are about the 
thickness of a small needle, and about a quarter of an inch long, 
and white. The lip and the sepals are green, beautifully spotted 
with black ; the petals are light coloured, spotted with brown ; 
and the column has the appearance of a bird standing with the 
head erect. A native of Demerara—introduced in 1834. 
{To be continued.) 
