1886 . 
prized by Orohkl-funoiors, bojrhmoi s should 
lot thorn alono; for their purpose Kood.oo.n- 
inou sorts are much to bo preferred. 
COOI, OUCIUDS. 
Dims, jYasdcvuUiaa, many Odontoyloaaums 
aud some others ai-e eommoiily oallcd “cool” 
Orchids boeauso they are natives of hitrli 
mountain altitudes, «„a cannot bo arown 
satisfactorily except in a cool (hut above the 
freezing point) temperature and moist at¬ 
mosphere. From this wo ivdght inCei- that 
these “cool” Orchids would bo the best for 
amateurs to begin with, but as a rule they 
are not. Such excellent gardeners as Hob- 
299 
Tu , 1 . onciiiDs 
.« nothing but clean, fresh sphagnum 
( wamp) moss, broken pots washed clean, 
and charcoal. For tci'rcstrial Orchids many 
growers use turfy lo.am and peat, also foi- 
•nany epiphytal Orchids tlioy use fibjous 
peat ndxed with the moss, but as every exotic 
Orchid—teri'cstrial or epiphytal—that I know 
01 can be grown In iiertccLion without either 
loam or peat, I shoiddadvise beginners to con- 
fine tliGinaelvea to the moss alone. Poor 
pseudo-bulbs I am very careful that these 
“bulbs” sit clear above the compost, for if 
they do not, they together with the eyes or 
new growths that emanate from their base 
are apt to rot oil'. For Dendrobium 1 use less 
compost and more drainage. In ail cases 
, the compost should rise above the pot. 
WAl'KllING OUCHinS. 
1 keep my Cyxyripediumg well watered all 
the year round. But all the genera having 
tliick, fleshy, pseudo-bulbs or stems, I keej) 
that have worked the" ” *^*^*'* ’ keeping them so 
that have woiked their way into it die. dry as to cause them to shrivel. Avoidpour- 
Irav Allan, and Harris grow them 
the “cool” Orchids are the mos 
id of alt. ,„vr,.r ,<5 
SEST ORCHIDS FOR BEGINNER 
rorUi.-.n”0»»*Si 
ar a deal of °eU in the 
Id flower, and » of these 
foom window. Half j.. 
drobium nobile, Lycaste S 
eitromum and /minimum 
ewill thrive in a wntei 
lycaste skinneri. 
Terrestrial Orchids should be grown m 
nets S epiphytal ones maybe grown on 
lo hni- -IS all can be grown in pots I slia 
pots, but. . ijc 
coniine inyse f o pots^ For 
well cleaned ® ^ ^ ...hu broken 
Gypt-ipedium I ^i-amage, then mix 
pots and charcoa foi “ 
finely *■ tL,„. use this compost to 
live moss, and in 1 ° finish 
fill up to the brim 0 ^® per Lycaste, 
oft'withalaym odontoglossum, I 
Maxillana, Coeloyy) ^ave 
use about the same, but as ail o 
ino- water on their “bulbs” or crowns and 
bblerve that water never lodges inside the 
young growths, else they may rot off. Of 
course, dewing them gently overhead m the 
afternoon is beneficial to them, but see that 
no water lodges on the leaves or in the 
o-rowths. Without a moist atmosphere Or¬ 
chids cannot thrive. While we winter Or¬ 
chids in our windows, in summer they should 
be put out^of-doors, where they can have an 
abimdance of water, where direct sunshine 
cannot reach them, and they ai^ pwtected 
from drip and drenching rains. Don t plant 
ffiZoM. WM.P.LOOK«. 
