The plants in the stove should be kept as quiet as possible, and
only just sufficient water given to keep them from flagging, to be
accompanied with a moderately low temperature; about 60 deg. by day, and
50 deg. by night, the object being to prevent them from growing before
the spring of the year. Admit air when it can be done safely, but do not
expose the plants to cold, frosty winds at any time. As our collections
of Orchids are from countries with different seasons of growth, and
various kinds of temperature and climate, it is difficult to cultivate
in one house a miscellaneous collection of them so satisfactorily as
where there are two divisions, the one commanding a higher temperature,
with more moisture, than the other. Where there is no such division,
advantage may be taken of a forcing-pit, or other such house, to which
any of them now in a growing state may be removed, and thus their
growth may be promoted without injury to the general collection. For
the general collection a drier atmosphere and lower temperature are
now desirable, as no plants are more benefited by a season of rest than
Orchids.