Stove plants cannot be too cautiously watered late in the autumn.
Nothing is now wanted but to keep the soil from getting quite dry.
Slight fires to be made in the forenoons of dull and rainy days, not so
much for the purpose of raising the temperature as for drying the house.
Air to be given at all favourable opportunities, to maintain a healthy
atmosphere. Several of the Orchids--viz., Aerides, Dendrobiums,
Saccolabiums, Vandas, &c., may be encouraged by the application of a
high temperature, with much moisture and less shading, to make further
and sometimes considerable growth.
Cattleyas.--Young plants may also be encouraged to grow for some time
longer; but older specimens should be reduced to a comparatively dormant
state by a gradual diminution in the supply of water, and a decrease in
temperature, with less shading.
Stanhopeas.--To be treated as advised for Cattleyas.