. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. ivator will find his efforts much aided bypinching off the extremities of the young shoots when they grow too long or tooslender; thereby impelling them to develop a considerable quantity of lateral the stove and orchidaceous house, the grand points requiring attention are,the co))iou administration of water, free syringing, shade where demanded, and thepreservation of a high temperature. If Orchidacea) happen to be so covered withinsects as to require fumigation with tobacco, the flowering specimens should betaken awa
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. ivator will find his efforts much aided bypinching off the extremities of the young shoots when they grow too long or tooslender; thereby impelling them to develop a considerable quantity of lateral the stove and orchidaceous house, the grand points requiring attention are,the co))iou administration of water, free syringing, shade where demanded, and thepreservation of a high temperature. If Orchidacea) happen to be so covered withinsects as to require fumigation with tobacco, the flowering specimens should betaken away during the process, for tobacco-smoke destroys the delicate tissue oftheir blossoms. Continue to sow and plant out hardy and tender annuals ; make similar sowingsin pots for the greenhouse ; multiply forced pinks by cuttings ; plant out Chn/san-t/icmiims ; protect tulips if needful; propagate all sorts of in-doo^ exotics; dressclimbers; and attend promptly to the more ordinary operations which the dailyobservation and experience of all show to be I I yr/?rff> v/y />/ f/frrr >^-A// f/f/// // •/t^ f///// . 97 DENDROBIUM MACROPHYLLUM. (broad-leaved DENDROBIUM.)CLASS. ORDER. GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. natural Oeneric Character.—Sepals membranaceous, erect or spreading, lateral ones larger, oblique, connate witlitlie column at tbe base. Petals higher than the sepals, and often larger, though occasionallysmaller, always membranaceous. Lahellum with a foot articulated or connate with the column,constantly sessile, undivided or three-lobcd, sometimes membranaceous, sometimes semi-cylindrical, very much lengthened at the base. Anthers two-celled. Pollen-massesfour, collateral, equal. Specific Character—Plant epiphytal. Stems strong, pendulous. Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse,distinctly nerved, suhcordate at tiic lower part. Sepals lanceolate, laten-il ones equally oblong, obtuse. Labellum pubescent, folded, wi
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