. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. , the roots of nearly allEpiphytal Orchids seem quite willing to enjoy the sliade andmoisture aflordcd by rough lumps of fibrous peat and frc^-hSphagnum ; but only supply them with a genial temperature,saturated pretty regularly with the soft vivifying humidityin which thej luxuriate so vigorously in their native habitats,and the roots will soon rreep out into the ligh!> .and air,wrap themselves round pots, blocks, or anything that comes intheir way, or even bind themselves together in bundles. IfPhala^nopsis ,ar
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. , the roots of nearly allEpiphytal Orchids seem quite willing to enjoy the sliade andmoisture aflordcd by rough lumps of fibrous peat and frc^-hSphagnum ; but only supply them with a genial temperature,saturated pretty regularly with the soft vivifying humidityin which thej luxuriate so vigorously in their native habitats,and the roots will soon rreep out into the ligh!> .and air,wrap themselves round pots, blocks, or anything that comes intheir way, or even bind themselves together in bundles. IfPhala^nopsis ,are grown in pots—and we know tliat noblespecimens are so grown—the compost used should consist ofthe best fibrous peat obtainable, carefully broken into lumpsthe size of pigeons eggs, or larger, and mixed with an equalquantity ot crocks and fresh living Sphagnum. The potsthemselves should be thoroughly clean, and maybe filled four-fifths ot their heights with fresh crocks well washed, placing Supplement to -The Garden, Office 37, Southampton Street, Covent Garden London,. THE BEAKED PHAL^NOPSIS. (P. LOWl: Apun, 1, 1876.] THE GARDEN. 813 n layer of small ones on (lip lop, iiiid a layer of good tongliMoss above that, to prevent the smaller particles of the com-]iost from Trashing down and choking the drainage the collar of the plant well above the rim of the pot,and gently embed the lower roots into the above compost,placing a layer of freshly-pioked Moss over the whole, so asto form a rounded cone with the plant at its apex. Plantspotted in this manner rarely fail to grow well, as the air hasfree access to the roots ; and, unless this is the case, they soongo wrong, while it is almost impossible for them to be injuredby any undue excess of water, as there is every facility forany supcrSuity of moisture to escape. The secret of Orchid-growing is genial humidity in the atmosphere, small pots welldrained, fresh living Sphagnum on the surface of thecompost, and an
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