ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. SELECT ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. ROBERT WARNER, F.R.ILS. Dedicated By Special Permission HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, ву HER MAJESIYS LOYAL AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, ROBE WARNER INTRODUCTION. Winx Orchids were less numerous in our Hot-hou and less known than they are at the present day, the magnificent works of Bateman and Lindley were the means of diffusing information concerning them among those who could command such с lyluxuies Then, and long since the direction of making extended collections of these plants, irrespective of objects; but now, that the store of materials is so much more richly furnished, it has become almost a necessity to limit the number to be accommodated, and thence it follows as atural consequence that which are the most highly prized for their beauty. Every year, to, is a only new and beautiful varieties of the more ornamental of species already known, but also new ones which оше the most lovely of those of the olden timo. Among the novel varieties thus obtai d many which, though real gems for the Orchid-house, are rather ignored by those who look at of view, and which, as they get passed over in books, aro in ome danger of remaining unknown to growers general ‘The present publication is designed to present the lovers of Orchids with portraits of such of the m beautiful and recent acquisiti among the euliivated forms of this remarkable race of plants as those just alluded do. Та carry important whether the plant we ability to the botanical standard of nomenclature, we shall look upon a fine variety of any popular genus of the Orchidaecous race as being at least equally interesting to cultivators as the varieie т Fuchsias, which find ready illustration in garden literature, 'orthy of representation, on a scale and in a style befitti d its rank among exotic flowers, ‘The family of the Orchidacez, it mi be remembered, has long enjoyed a large share of the favour in the culture of tropical plants, which m en won and held by them im consequence of the gorgeous character of their remarkably formed and or the most part exquisitely coloured flowers. We say they have n Dut that they hold also a high place in the estimation of the many. If proof be demanded, d Moral exhibitions. There they still command, as ever, the highest admiration Notwithstanding all this, no recent publication has appeared in this country, st egards the introduction and successful cultivation of the plants themselves, ill cale novelties new varieties have been imported to a large extent, though con- urs and cultivators have increased in numbers, and thot ave been brought to bear оп their cultivation, yet no attempt has been made to illustrate зе rich accumulations, except in the limited pages of the monthly magazines. Those only who have any Малсе w noble aspect of the na fully appeéciate the sacrifice in Which is made to bring many of the subjects within the compass even of a quarto, Tt is to supply this deficiency in erature that the present seres of Figures and Descriptions Select Orchidaceons Plants has been commenced. ‘The publication has been projected as a labour of not of profit; but being costly in its production, the extent to which it may be carried beyond th We look to those ris to di nage extended towards present volume will depend in owth of these choice and noble exotics to second oi supporting, but узар still wider a taste for their cultivation, which they may do, not only ors spring пр to take the ing the work. Tt is even now a source of gratulation to know that new cultiv а we lo and with hope tha place of those who pass from amongst us, or who relinquish the pu ‘our present labours may have some influence in still further inerensing the number Although we believe that Orchids have never yet been grown so well as they will be nd when suitable (ав. tho ¢ in common we have been erected specially for their cultu i rarer species at such prices as to enable amateurs to nt arrived that will bring us extensive importation ement to persons of limited means to know try experiments upon them, yet it may be some encour п of Zycaste те have ourselves grown and flowered stronger and finer plant ines; notwithstanding that, of the hi "Thus, for example, we have ind Odontoglossum grande, under the shade of thinly-trained grape ішегі the value of the grapes in every two years has been fully equal to the whole of the finest Orchids are also tho cheapest, and least expensive to cultivate now blooms of about to hundred plants of Cattleya Шәміс, each flower measuring from seven to nino and altogether producing a far finer effect than the same number of any other flowers. Many all at from би. to 106. cach; and, along of the plants producing these flowers have been obtained when s1 уп in a house 30 feet long by 21 feet wide, the whole cost ‘with many other Orchids, they havo bo of which has not exceed Te is intended that our illustrations shall present not only accurate but highly-finished portraits of the most interesting of the species and varieties of the Orchid family, especially those of recent introduction, amd these portraits will be accompanied by ample information as to the details of culi being derived entirely from practical sources may he implicitly relied on. announcement and such were the promises, accompanied by which the First Part of our hid be trast we may with confidence refer to the work itself as evidence of tho close of лот Oncntpacnovs Puaxrs was, in Juno, 180 our subscribers; and now, ‘our First Series of Mustrat their fulfilment. Our F portraits of interesting Orchids, and the information conveyed in the text has been both rei practical, 8 res (thanks to our artists) have been both accurate and highly-finished le and d against tho practico of using a binominal nomenela пе objections hase been for varieties, but in cases where we have done so, it has been for the convenience of Orchid-lovers, and. {ed to indicate at the same time to the best of our power the afinities of the plants, we have not he botanist to deal with them as he might think fit. We fail to see any reason why fine leaving the pur ould not bear such distinctive names as will permit of their recognition as garden т ‘The success of the present series and many have intimated their desire that the Work varieties of Orchid or any other pet flowers, planis, equally with R lips, shown by the number of subscribers, has far exceeded our expec- ould be continued. We have therefore о announce that we are prepared to Енио a Spcoxp Вимиз of Forty Plates in the same style as those of s. All the sketches are made, and fally maintain this Finer Se credit of the artist. А prospectus will be issued. ROBE WARNER | | | | | CONTENTS. AËRIDES NOD 1 | EPIDENDRUM SKINNER SUPERBUM з AËRIDES WILLIAMSI 1 | GALEANDRA DEVONIANA ANGRACUM SESQUIPEDAL 1 | MÆLA GIGANTEA Г ANGULOA CLONESIL з | LÆLA PURPURATA м ARPOPHYLLUM GIGANTEUM › | шша SUPERDIENS a CALANTHE VESTITA LUTEA за | паша TURNER 2 CALANTHE VESTITA RUBRA 29 | LYCASTE SKINNERI DELICATISSIMA 0 CNTTLEYA. AMETUYSTOGLOSSA LYCASTE SKINNERI PICTURATA o CATTLEYA DAWSONIL 5 | IXCASTE EKINNERI PURPURATA ” CNTTLEYA SUPERBA NILTONIA MORBLIANA : CATILEYA WARNER! з | ODONIOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM ROSKUM CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZI DELICATA ‚ | ODONTOGLOSSUA клупоа мазо 7 CHYSIS 1їмэпхбнп ‚ | ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATORE Р овгосухв CRISTATA ODONTOGLOSSUM PHALAENOPSIS u CYMBIDIUM EBURNEUM 27 | ONCIDIUM SARCODES 7 CYPRIPEDIUM. HIRSUTISSIMUM PHALZENORSIS SCHILLERIANA 1 DENDROBIUM DALHOUSIEANUM за | PLEIONE LAGENARIA 7 DENDROBIUM MACROPHYLLUM. GIGANTEUM SACCOLABIUM VIOLACE 4 u DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM 19 | TRICHOPILIA CRISPA MARGINATA DISA GRANDIFLORA SUPERBA в | VANDA савола HPIDENDRUM NEMORALE MAJUS 13 | VANDA INSIGNIS EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM ] PHAL/ENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA An epiphyte, with radical tworranked tufts of clongat s, purplish beneath, and blotched » the w with silvery grey. ‘The flowers a wl branching spikes which issue from the leaf axils; they measure about thn г а delicate Місто or pal pinkish maw lobes over with deep red. Th o 1 сн т 1 oblong ascende which is oval dilated and bilobed Ч = crest towards the base та Reichenbach f па Orch ji. 1, 61015 еа, ‘This magnificent addition to our collections of Orchidaccous Plants has been introduced to this country by ourselves during the past year from Manilla, and has proved to be one of the finest of the whole race. Several plants have blossomed during the spring of the present year, and divers of them have hown considerable difference in the colour as well as in the size and shape of their lowers, though all have been fine and ornamental in character. "The plant has indeed already sufficiently shown its free-erowing and oming habit, three vigon land, Esq, of Have overs: all these having been imported since April, 1801. It has, in fact, every good quality imens having been flowered by J. Day, Esp, of Tottenham, and Hill, by J. A. Turner others by E. M9 „ of Manchester, by ourselves, and. which ean be des ha plant, and we have no hesitation in asserting that it will prove to be one of the most charming Orchids in cultivation it only are the leaves handsomely variegated, but the flowers are lar lo to Belgium, ant, as well as di net from all others, and they continue іп beauty for a period. Its, moreover, a capital exhibition plant, as їз proved by its having travelled without injury ell as to one of the spring meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kensing- ton, at which latter place we exhibited in bloom the first example which flowered oms on the seape at one time, and they all continued in good condition more than eig des, a peculiarity which will make it a more useful plant for exhibiting than even the older species This Phalenopsis is of compact growth, and s itself by means of flat roots, which have a white frosted appearance. It bears remarkably handsome variegated foliage, which, as shown by the imported reaches from twelve to fifteen inches in length, and three to four inches in breadth These leaves are similar in form size to those of Phalaenopsis grandiflora, of а dark-green со kahl marked with irregular transverse ban з are produced from the axils of Ше leaves, the other Mr. Williams has а dried sp я s borne more than a hundred blossoms, In the plant now before us, the flowers are three across, and arranged in two rows along the spike, өші of a beautiful light pinkisl t to white at the edge, and the lip with darker purple spots, yellow t there spotted with reddish-brown. llustration was taken fro oomed with Mr, Williams, at the Paradise Nursery, Hollow The plants require the heat of the “ Bast-India Н g season, In Manilla they are found grow naturally ought to be imitated as nearly as seldom get ont of health. Unlike п the Orchids, the plants of this g to perfection. ‘This must be afforded by supplying them freely with moisture at the root during growing season; in fach, they should never be all and then often become disfigured by losing their lower leaves. ‘The beauty of the plant consists as much ducing good flowers. in having perfect healthy foliage, as in pr | The growing season extends from March to th to 80° or more, by sun-heat, provided the during March й range from 65° to 75, or it may be allowed to тім by day sl range from 657 to | and April; afterwards it may be allowed to v. During the re from the | end of October to February, the е should range from 60° to 057 by night, and about 05° or a litil | | more by day. When these data a sd, it is desirable t do fresh air, and this should b | ie house, А Tittle water shoul dit lat it may be w to the hot-water pip fine days, but this should always be doa in the morning, so that the house may be dry be thrown about iis are grown in different ways, some persons placing them on blocks, some in pots, an These p | some in baskets. We find them to succeed well under each of these modes of treatment; but they require Мой, and if they are grown in pots, they must sinage than when put in baskets. "The best plan of d have mor ning is to tum а smaller pot upside down in the bottom of that intended for the plant, and then to fll in around this to within about two inches are, Above this t cum moss, mixed with a few small potsherds, the plant b | Шей up with spl abor the moss. T When three inches abore the rim; it must also be as well as of all other Or epi hide, depends upo: | be placed on a good-sized one, so that there may be sur them, first put a little live sphagnum moss against the block, and then tie the plant to it with copper wire ‘The bloc of the house, but should not be placed too near should be hung up to the ro that they may not be affected by the cold; this should be guarded against, especially during the winter, at which season Orchids frequently sustain injury in this way If die plants should get into an unhealthy condition, the best course is to turn them out of the ров о baskets in which they ar {o shake the material off the roots to wash them with clean water, cut ting away all the deca а al parts, and then to place them on blocks of wood, with a е sphagnum к They must have a good supply of moisture at the roots, and should be placed at house, and where they will not receive too much light. With this treatment they will soon begin to and improve in appearance. ‘They must be kept perfectly elean from in лађу the thrips, which soon disfigures the foliage if it is allowed to ка ease, This troublesome pe ay washing the leaves with a sponge and clean tepid water, or by fumigating the howe with tobacco-smoke, which should be applied with great care "The species of Phalenopsia аге dificult to propagate. Sometimes they will pr І | | | | | | | | | | | the old flowerstems; such plants should be left on till they are well rooted, and should then be placed ‘ach on а small block. АШ the kinds occasionally produce plants in that way. Sometimes they throw ou wee young plants on ide-growths, which can be taken off when well rooted; and when the pl to each portion. ‘They are best out when just b divided plant should not e allowed to flower until it is well establish —n Exe ан ——-— late П. р W.West пир —Ó— te : Xi | £ پچ М 2 Ме АУ Ф жс W.H. Fitch del et lith. Piare H CATTLEYA AMETHYSTOGLOSSA. An à й fron А 1 urple. Th П he ми à с base of the lip D 1 agnificent Orchid, one of the finest a of the late F. Coventry, Esq. nest a of C in aly the kind in the count юма by us in March ıe more natural character of th is particular plant, but it is probably of Brazilian ori now so rare, further importations may soon be m nily of Cattleya, which с is to t Та habit of growth it resemble Heya guttata 188, producing sl ys, өшін bearing А the top a pair of dark-green leaves, which mea: Hit ог nine inches in length, and about two and a half inches in breadth. ‘The flower ome specimens we have seen, have measured more than inches across, are produced male its growth, six being borne in one The sepals and petals are of a light rosy tint, b potted ove lı rose-purples and 6 the lip is of a deep rose-purple. T looming kind, and from the D lass longer in beaut plant now in loom fo The usual blooming season is М but from ли pecimen blossom This € is of free to be cultivated in a pot, wit сан, and drain т | i i laces, thon, om th naturally a d ich г = № Prare Ш VANDA INSIGNIS. An epiphyte, with an erect st rigid channeled strup- shaped lenses, which are unequally cut away at the tips in length; they are two and а half inches in diameter, The sepals and petals are oblong blotched with brown. ‘The lip is white and marked with rich crimson streaks nt the base, but of violet in front, its lateral Vanna sonis Blame; Lindley, in Parton's Flower бат. t. 4, with woodent ‘This beautiful plant, which is a native of Java, and was о this country, some years by Messrs. Rollison, of Tooting, and Messrs, Veitch and Son, of Exeter, was first flowered, about ten year since, by J. Knowles, Esq., of Manchester, from whom the plant was purchased by W. Turner, Esq, of the same place, It is from this plant, the name of which has been certified by Dr. Lindley, the highest authority on the subject, tha our figure has been derived. There are several varieties of the species which have been flowered by different cultivators since that which we now f ure first produced its flowers with Mr. Knowles, but none are so fine as this, the origi anda al form. Moreover, many plants grown insignis have turned out to be Vanda tric se, as the true kind is not very familiar to culti vators, the figure has been prepared, in order that so fine and beautiful a plant may not remain longer un- known amongst us for want of an accessible illustration Vanda insignis is а free-flowering plant, frequently producing two or three spikes of flowers at a time, several b ir, and often blooming three ti ope mes in a year; in fact, when the plants are strong, they are seldom out of bloom. ‘The flowers will continue in perfection for six weeks or more, if are put in а cool house, and kept dry. "The plant is of handsome th, and p every good raceful habit, rich evergreen regularly-curved foliage, and quality that such a plant can have, name showy sweet-seented flowers; besides which, it is of remarkably free growth, and not expensive. Tt attains from two to five feet in height, and is clothed with leaves which grow out on opposite sides all up the stem, ind measure about eighteen inches in lor lı. ‘The fine drooping iles are produced from the axils of the leaves, and each bear from eight to a dozen flowers, "Тіс sepals and petals are yale yellow, spotted with reddish brown, and the lip is pale rosy purple. As already stated, it Мо oms at diferent periods of the year On handsome style of its long duration, it makes a fine exhibition plant, and it is, moreover, a capital plant to travel when the flowers are properly packed. This за be it and the flowers, but so placed as not to a one by placing a stick to each ike, the stick being covered with wadding interposed between the blossoms. ‘The st wadding, moreover, is to and the blossoms should always be mado to hang down: bo placed next the flow wards instead of standing upwards, as they travel much better in this position; indeed, if they are tied in an it position, е broken, һе labellum ог lip of the lower is very apt to bo Іште ect to treatment, Vanda insignis requires the heat of the “ Bast-Indin House,” the plant being а native of Java where the temperature is very high. It is found growing on the branches of trees in dy places, and, in order to g thing like perfection, the natural climate ought to be imitated as nearly as posible. Те plant is of easy enlture if it gets p Бегей that it has no large pseudobulbs to support й, and therefore re but litt a healthy condition than do those plants which have such organs. It further requi will continue to grow nearly all the year round. The only vay to give it rest is to keep the moss in which it is planted comparaticely d ; without letting the plants shrivel. They must never, indeed, be permitte з they will do so when flowering, and if this should happen the to shrivel if it can be avoided, but somet Dest remedy is to pour a little water into the axils of the leaves ever кеңі which hem fim. If the shrivelling is allowed to take place, the plants often lose their lower leaves, dy dis igures them is from March to the end of October. During this time the temperature by 1 the The growing seas higher by sun-heat as the days len day should range from 65° to 75°, or may even г А strong бте Мелі, which is bad for any plant, is to be carefully avoided. During the gs water mast be poured over the paths and tables every carly in the afternoon. Th rest is from October to March. At that timo the d tho day temperature may average 65°, or may rise a little night temperature may range from 60" to 07, higher with sun-heat, During this resting time very litle moisture is required; but on fine days water er the paths, and the moss may be just kept mois, to allow the plants to go on grow- Tittle all through the winter. A little fresh air should be given may be poured gently for they will contin that it may get warmed as soon as it enters the on fine days, admitting it over the hot-water pi ld however be carefully avoided, for they are injuri cold draugi basket, in sphagnum m and broken potsherds mixed nd th his plant will grow either in a pot o of drainage, and be filled up with mi together. If potted, the pot must be filed halt full must be placed about two inches above the level of the rim. Tt sl k put to it to keep it й first be placed md По inside firm. If grown in а basket, some mos then some potsherds, nd tho remainder should be filled up with moss, and the plant placed firmly on the top, and tied to а sick to give it support. The basket is then Lo be suspended from the roof, but should not be placed too near the glas, or the plant may become affected by the е "These Vandas will alo do on Blocks of wood, but when planted in this way they require more attention as regards watering or moistening the roots, They will ultimately become too largo for block-culty ‘small plants are the better for being grown on blocks for a time. Реди IV, CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZIL DELICATA Ан epiphyte, with cluldiapel stems, b ach а sin та Weary’ каб, and terminating in а spathaceous bract, from which emerges th or three large handsome flowers, те able for their finely n wine Th nearly white, The petals are al White, very broad so as to become roundish al the edge. The lip is lange, of a rosa colour, and marked on its disk w coloured blotch. Carnava Wanscnwicat, nor. киста, Mo ‘This plant is without doubt one of the finest Orchi found г the Cattleyas which lower at that dull which have been introduced for the winter deco ration of our stoves, Te will b IL the more valuable on account of the distineine Г its chamingly- tinted flowers from any otl m of the year. Tt was exhibited in very fino co 1 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead Road, by whom it had heen received and grown ition, іп February last, at one of the meetings of the Е Committee of the E, M’Morland, Es Cattleya Trianei, under yal Horticultural Society, at South Kensington, by Mr. Milo „ог which nane it is Cattleya Wa wn in many other gardens, Cattleya Trienei, however, though like this a variety of је lip ally to t the lip of the latter being a rich deep rose-colour. Бой, though ur illustration, are very distinct from it in several respects, in а horticultural point of view, the chi mces being that in the species itself the smaller than in the variety now referred to; the sepals and petals are flsh-colour, instead of being nearly white, and the entire apex of the lip is of a rich deep rose, instead of being throughout of a soft ro without any deeper colour at the tip. The species is evidently a variable one, several forms differing in the size of the flowers, and in the intensity of the violet-rose colour in th apical lobe of the lip, being known amongst cultivators; all of them, however, fine plants, worthy of a place in our Orehid-houses Cattleya Warscewicsii delicata was imports from Brazil, under the name of Cattleya Trianei, һу Me to be a near but yet distinct and charming de s of the plant ha ко York Nursery; and that shown by Mr. M'Morla жав a beautifully-grown specimen, with a fine head of lowe Backhouse and Son, 4 ited by them. for that plant, of w York, and was it now proves ate-coloured ally. Some very fine п he genus Cattleya takes a very high rank amongst omamental Orchids, most of tlu cies having large, magnificent lowe fln. deliciously scented, accompanied, moreover, by handsome healiby- and бип evergreen foliage, Our present subject grows in the way of Calfleya labiala Mossie, but in hal iot resembles the former. ‘The vers aro produced after tlie plant has made its growth, from а sheath at the top of the stems, and grow three or four togethers they measure six inches across, and have the sepals and petals almost white and the large lip of a delicate lilac-rose, marked with a ing the months of January and February, and the flo if they тъ continue in perfection from three to four weeks, ght-eoloured, they are i ted, and will о kept dry; but bein f they got wet to becom The plants we have seen of this Cattleya delicata have been all grown in y th peat earth. "Th treatment recommended for Cattleya алеу ea (риле ТІ) will be found equally suited for this plant ion, that it will do well on а block of wood. АП the short-growing kinds do well on wood, but when grown in this way they require the houses жлдей from the roof т. Indeed, in to moisture, for the roots become dry much ж require watering twice а day with a syringe, от, what is better, they may be taken down and dipped in water, ТІ aking the material about the roots. Tn the winter they m A water to keep them a little damp, because, if they are allowed to become shrivelled, it takes a which is the m al plan of. ave just слог Jong time to bring them back again toa healthy condition. the the rhizome at the base of the stem, so as to sep "These plants ‘older parts, either after they have done flowering, or just as they begin to grow, or even when they are 1 to leave them for & rest. The best way is to cut them at first partly through with a sharp knife, The duce young shoots before they are separated, as they will make their а times then afterwards to cut them quite throng ull be allowed to ‘break’ or pro rowth stronger if left till after this is perfected, the rhizome or а тау then be more saf y separated the following year. In cuttin horizontal portion, it is very important not to break or injure the roots posible, two or three of the old bulbs should be tronger, from having the atthe back of the young ones, the new growth then bein ld bulbs, as it were, to feod on, There is one point to be attended to in particular, and that is, never to allow the plants to shrivel after being separated, for if this happens it is more than likely they will not flourish, or if they do succeed, it will be a long time before they make healthy plante. We have often seen plants cut through with litle succes, because neglected afterwards, ‘They must have oper treatment, and like all other plants require care at ии на critical juncture, when the souree of their nourishme е eut o sential у have this caro, they will seldom be lost. The most point ie to keep them moist о that they do not shrivel; and they must be watered at the roots, and over their leaves, to keep them in a healthy growing state. Of course each ог the divided parts must have roots attached, ‘The best time for performing the operation is ji plants be s the in to grow, which is also th time they begin to root. When they are separated, they are not to be put in too lange pots, for that is very dangerous; they require but itle room for their rot must have a soil of sweet bry peat and good drainage, in order that the water applic In well-drained open material such as this the plants will root more freely, and soil is too close, IF tho divided pieces are small, they will be better placed on з kept moist till whieh they often do when the blocks, with sph they um moss, and hung up in а warm shady part of the lı ct well established. "The Сану Watched. The white sale is one of the most troubl being alwa ould bo kept free from insects, to whose attacks they are very subject unless constantly pests, It should be kept under by washing the plants with a sp and dean water, ich 1айе should bo of the same tempe ho plants must never be suffered to get foul before they are cleaned, for if so they will not remain in а healthy condition, but the leaves will become yellow, and the be i e spoiled. А healthy condition of 0 ature as that iy f the plant will foliage is one of the great elements of their beauty, whilst a sickly eet once brought on Бу neglect, is not to be got rid of for a long timo. Another mischievous pest is te ок, which cals the young roots of ths and other Orchids. It must be got rid of at any 1 one of the best 7 the insets gents to effect this object is Chase's Beetle Poison, which is to be k out to feed on 2 || || | H1 | ||| | | | | ||| H | le | - Гав У | || || | | || | | | | yt | yi || | | | i | | | „№ | | тй ТЕ ||| Ше | | | ||| ||| | ^ | | ui | | | уы Yon aA ІЙ aR ا‎ | um Wy Il nm 13 ~ | Zw | | „м | аһ Жо: | | к | | Ї Со» | is | im | | чу, || ч | Үс». | қ ~ | » | | | || | у Tess еј | " клорша Silpa Marginata bs | AS ғ. 7% Prare V TRICHOPILIA СЕЈБРА MARGINATA 3 The li bont six inches 1 y aro five inches in expan dered with white. The sepals are lincar luncel " ы 1 colour, which i p if stained w an argin, which is white, and slight al 7 wi у twisted, and with inet white bardar, ‘Tho lip, which оса а threo ichte and нес quarters in length from b pex, i white externally, funne base from t lapping i h the top of the funnel by the rounded lateral lobes, whi ü T lat t the а moderately frilled on n; the fun like k vim Р full, but dul пет т The hood of th lobed, with ы Ducnornta s я Culti Esq, of Stratford Green, for the introduction of this charm ng Orchid; a x beautiful drow \ our figure h ven prepared. T 1 ом collection, have had the pl 1 m Te was purch g with two 11 which h T nt var resent, ing n the p pecimen, o but few f known i bit б е Г owers singly, wil Г [ тее flowers from the side of cach Our present subject will prove a very useful exhibition plant, as it lowers in Jun distinct in character, though its growth is like that of Zric coccinea, excepting he san being like it comp foliage is of a droopin diis rather а desirabl quality, as many of the Orchids ar hat s fifteen inches high, th Г from the side of the bul ot about six inches; they have therefore a remarkably pretty effect. an re of a light crimson-red, with a pale margin; and the lip is two inches across, of on, and Trichopilia crispa їз a fre g Orchid when the treatment that it requires is give native country it is found growing on the branches of trees, overhanging streams of water. ‘This in that the plant requi ly of moisture in the growing season. We have found it to s in the Catileyachouse, in which situation this variety is also kept by Mr. C. Whitbread, Mr. War ho grows it in a pot, with peat and nt elevated three in ho pot-rim, which is а capital plan, for the flowers droop over the rim, and by elevating the plant they hown off to better advantage. "This position is moreover much better for the p t is a small rootin ind. We have found that all this clas of Orehids are best grown i The plant ly to grow after the flowers hav. and it will sometimes make t ¿rows in ono season, and often two from each Ъ if the plant is vigorous; but one growth is better than two if it be strong and healthy, a it will flower finer. After the growth is completed, а good season of rest must be afforded, by giving less v в Tho roots must, however, never bo Kept in too dry lcive of an unhealthy condition of nt will then shrivel, owth. 1 о just water enough to keep the leaves and bulbs plump. ‘The plant forms it bulbs in summer and autumn, and during this time it must have a liberal supply of moisture. Tt should b watered about two or three times a week, so as to keep the вой moist; but, on the other hand, it is never t be kept wet, fr, as already mentioned, iti in its native habitat found growing on the branches of trees, and rally grow on trees like too much water at the roots: they get of quickly, and besi but being so thoroughly elevated, the water passe of air. When, there with great caro. After a hot the weather be dull outside less of it is required. Тіс condition water on the tables and pathway i ile to all Orchid cultivators, for tho changes in the weather outside the of the weather shou house should make a material difference in their treatment inside nd from During the season of active growth the temperature O5 to 75° by night. During winter from 55° to GO? is sufficient; and in the spring this temperature should from (0*to 65° hy nig these should bo filled up with potsherds to within two inches of the & 1 increased, so asto ran Tn potting, pots of moderato size ought to be used, and 4 fibrous peat, mixed with a little charcoal to keep it open. ‘The roots delight Above the rim fil in peat to the hei 4 on the top of this place the plant, and secure it йад} by placing poat ото tho roota. Tho beat time (o pot н just aller bomin the best opagating the plant, if required. This latter is very cas growth, and will divide well. Tho best way is to cut between the bulbs, leaving id must not be allowed to flower until Ше potted into small po 4; for it is such a free-looming plant, that it will often flo they have become well estab elf before it as hi ‘These Thi become inf time to become өшісістіу rooted netimes they v not, like many other Orchids, subject to insect attacks, but s both of If however the plants are watched, they may be generally kept free from such p А with white senle or the easily cleaned off with a sponge and pure water the best means of Keeping lown the thrip, the house being fumigated two or three times in a week till it is destroyed. Tt is desirable not to have too much heat in the щі not to apply the fumes too strong. бара о НЯ Ni E NN Pe Piare VI ЛАЛА GIGANTEA Xe = fiom « tie proceeding йош between the 1 xis fi he ient i sad А, ы төй ы e redes usi oblong, віл pelle a т з кере еве каш und nli rode light зл л ile Ше th in wbite, am u he lateral lobes у Bee Lex обеты, Warmer AS Proc. Bog, Hort. Sec З "isis ono of tho finest Ла we have hd the pleasure of introducing, and йз flowers are quit distinct twelve inches, The flowers posed from a дка leaves havo finished thcir growth ого delicato Hac beautifully spotted with то he lip being of a rich rose-parple. The plant blooms during March an confines in presion from four fo io woeks, if kot at о el end Û the house, and free from damp. The Lelia, like the Cattle dcn are found on trees require shading; w which are found in more exposed situations, where they are subjected to sun-heat, do not require so much protection of this kind. Tt must be remembered, however, that when confined in our hothouses they require more shelter of this kind than when exposed in а state of nature on the branches of for y get the free current of air, as well as ide from the branches. То grow them to burning sun, but they should not have too much shade: the blinds, for example low when the sun is not shining A little sun morning and evening will not do any harm, provided there is moisture in the house Lelia gigantea is а froo-growing as well as frve-lowering plant, and req be grown with Caftleyas nd other Orchids that come from Brazil. Tt is best grown in a pot with peat and good drainage, as it i more readily managed when grown in this way, though it will succeed well оп a block with sphagnum moss, The plant requi on of rest as well owth. Tt commence charcoal, with a layer of m from which the finer particle to be tied firmly on the pot are young there is dangt given. AN y to be careful not lants should be те the coolest end of th ting, perfect drainage must b өзі two inches al yg state. Tf the Orchids, and will to serve as traps, "The plant is prop the time they be nuch stronger, and a shady placo till the ipon these thorough between these materials and the soil, which m have been carefully pot, Ше stem being ab t, and its then The best timo for potting is just when the plants begin to night by cane-tigh reach, in the parts of the house which the but is easily caught by laying about some seoope-out hall:potatoes s, like Cattleyas, а white scale, which should be vell looked get well stai is risk of the рі ould be eut half Vincent Brooks, imp M Jus с С 48» а“ es aevium m ) L ро 5 E 25, Y) un 2. оті xi E Piare ҮП ODONTOGLOSSUM NÆVIUM MAJUS. An epiphyte, with orate two-eged peeudobulbs and having the lin acute leaves narrowed to the bus, of a дм green, and growing up with the scapes from the baso of the bulbs, which are surmounted by а pair о the leaves and partly sheathed by the remainder, "The flowers are borne in arching, pike-like often branched D mg with the young bulbs, from the base of the old bulbs; they are star-shaped in their general of arg 4 very handsomely spotted, "The sepals are narrow, lanceolate, cuspidato, and, as well nearly conformable petals, white, speckled and barred with deep rosserimson, ‘The lip is rounded at not hastae as in 0, nein, very slightly serrated, and having a large yellow blotch near the base Opostoanossun калом, ear мале, Lindley, Folia Orchideen, ап. Odontoglossum, p Oposrooreestor oromoses, Li iehenbach fil, Pewatoren, t. 13, in observation ince of Pamplona, at an indeed allied to me slight peculiarities of the ‘This fine plant is a native of Now Grenada, where it is met with in the p ве Odontoglossum necinm, from which it differs in the size of its lowers, and in п of 8000 feet, and whence it was introduced by Mr. Linden. ‘Though very ne Tip, it is sufficiently distinct for all garden purposes; nevertheless, though worthy of a place in every collec- ion, however small, it is yet by no means plentiful. It is specially valuable on account of its compact h of growth and the freedom with which it produces its flowers, as well as the length of time they continue The accompanying figure was taken from a very beautiful plant, which flowered in the well-known rich + but collection of J. Day, Esq. of Tottenham. 0. meriun is itself very h out this variety, mas, has the flowers much larger than in the original form of the species, the colour bein tho same in both, At the time our drawing was made, Mr. Day had both of them in bloom together, and that ws proved to be much the fin now bef of the two; it is indeed a very superb form of the larger-flowered variety. It make 1 plant for exhibition, and comes rather early into lower, though it may be kept lant is tha s, under which treatment moreover it is sure to thrive, for the back by placing it in a impatient of heat. ‘The plant is so scarce that we trust a further supply шау be imported, in rower may be able to cultivate it in lange masses. Tt would however be useless to obtain вр destroyed through improper treatment, to which canso we may assign the present scarcity they did not receive the treatment they require. Many plants have been Odontoglossum marium majus is, then, a most desirable Orchid, of compact growth, having evergreen leaves and flattened psendobulbs. The leaves grow to the height of about eight inches, our, ‘The flowers are produced in spreading spikes, which grow up from the and of a light green с of the pseudobulbs, and attain the height of ten inches, often becoming branched, and bearing numerous is April and damp and the flowers of а beautiful clear white, speckled and barred with rich crimson, "The blooming ; and the flowers continue in perfection for six weeks or more, if they are kept free fr nts are locat in а cool shady part of the house This fine Orchid conditions the plants do well for a time, and aflervards dwindle and ultimately die, Many specimens have own in different ways by different Orchid growers in this country. Under certain when kept cool. It is a great mistake to give Odonfoglossums too much heat, for they do not require y will not continue to thrive under such stimulating conditio its in fact, U ‘The plant before us will flourish on a block of wood with sphagnum moss, but pot-elture suits it better. m by Mr. Stone, the able gardener to Mr. Day, who has several large This is the way in which it is gr freely every year; indeed by Mr. Stone, who cultivates them in а house al plants of both varieties, which are in the most У чег soon them grown better than they a with such Ferns as Gleichenies, of which Mr. Day has some of the finest in the country. ‘The house in which these Gleichenias aro ke cool treatment is the secret of Mr, Day's suce iu Orchid culture. The only way to keep the plants in health, as well as to pro much heat, i, is partly devoted to those kinds of Odontogloesu that do not req "The plants are grown in the front part of in В one of the secrets in house, as near the that they get plenty of light, which а thei life, is to get strong growth and well ripened bulbs, and this is the kind of treatment which secures both. If this mode of reis no doubt that these plants might be grown as well as the other treatment were generally followe kinds of Orchids à Mr. Stone of water in th plants are Kept in pots w ey aro allowed a liberal suppl ason. "lle peat is always kept moist while they are in а vigorous state of growth. neither are the plants allowed to become too dry in the resting season, but the bulbs ined in a pump state, for it is found that if they are allowed но shrivel the result is bad health, from which it is a difficulty recover them. ‘They are kept in an intermediate house, where the heat ranges from 50° to 55° during th winter months, that is, from November to the middle of February. During rise of the ‘temperature by sun-heat will do no harm, After February until Мау, the temper ied to rise to 0 by day and Jd wet nights, which 57 by nights and during the summer months no fire is used, except on sometimes occur even at that season. Ву October, it is necessary to have recourse to fire-heat, which is kept on through the winter, but the utmost caro is exercised in ite application, an excess being at all times ‘This Odontoglot begins to grow after flowering, and then is the best time for potting it; but it is necessary to be careful not to break the roots. The p is to be lig ду removed from the pot, and some of the old soil taken away. If the roots are in a bad st all {һе old soil is to be worked awa led with p the top, to keep the drainage open. The proper soil is good fibrous peat, from which all rom them, and they are to be repotted with fresh pent, the pot being three-parts ids, and then som the finer particles have been taken. ‘The plant should be placed on the peat, about сто inches above the potrim, and the roots p 4 firmly down, with a little peat on the top of them, ‘They must not have too much water till they begin to make new growth. Air is to be admitted during the summer months, so that the heat may not get too high; and the plants are to be shaded from the scorchin Propagation is effected by dividing the bulbs just at the time they begin to grow, or while they are at ted into small pots, with water at the rest, When divided, they are to be p roots; they must never be allowed to shrivel, and must be treated as recommended ab ‘The plant i subject to attacks of red spider, from which the young tender leaves suffer in ummer; the yest should be kept under by washing nd а sponge. This insect generally appears if the house is kept too dry with tocco will also do good, with clean water Piare ҮШІ CATTLEYA WARNERI An epiphyte, with the habit of € labiata. The leaves grow singly liar twist at the point, The scapes grow from the top of the bulbs, and often bear as many as five vs wh rose, the lip yellow at the base, creamy white on each side, and entirely of rich rosy crimson in front ‘Tho sepals by 2} inches), ovate, denticulate and a late, entire, with the margins recurved. ‘The petals are very large and broad (04 inches ісі crispulate towards the front. “Th the plano appressed side lobes is three inches lon he open expanded part in front nearly vo in rosy lilac inside and out, the base of the part orange-yellom а little suffused with rose at the extre base, and marked with white wing sts ho emarginate apex, for about an inch of its length, is of a deep 1: the upper a the lip, which has à quadrate general figure, are creamy white which latter is white, with a purplish border at thi Carnera Wann, Moore IS ‘This is one of the most beautiful of the many Cattleyas of the ZaZiata section with which our gardens Royal Botanie Society's exhibi- wn in 1800 at the abound. t was first bloomed by ourselves, and ж » a Silver Medal was awarded to it. We have no information tion in the Regent's Park, on which occ o have been obtained from Brazil. Our plant, whieh has now flow as to its introduction, but believe it with us on, has sometimes had size of its flowers, but it bloom Cattleya Warner’ is in the way of C. labiata as to Из growth and at a different time of the year, namely, June and July, which makes it very valuable as an exhibition plant Tor nothing has a more noble appearance than a fine specimen of this genus, either on an exhibition table or ery ell in an Orchid-house. It is with this as with many other Orchids: distinct varieties occur, and it is m that two imported ріш ir flowers. Some years since, we imported а number of the are quite alike in plants; and several forms have been already bloomed in different collections, but we have not seen any so fine as that from which our figure was derived, ‘This Cattleya, like C. labiata and. C. Mossie, is compact in its growth. Tt attains the height of sixteen with inch lie leaves are three inches aer f a lively green, and flat for the greater part of their len, а sort of twist at the end, which ізің is, we have observed, peculiar to this species, The flowers aro lange, more than six inches in diameter, and produced from a sheath at the top of the bulb; as many as five being sometimes borne together. The sepals and petals are of a beautiful rose; the lip large, of a rich crimson, and finely fringed. ‘The plant blooms during June and July, and the flowers continue in good condition for a month or more, if the plants are placed at the coolest end of the house, and are Кері free from damp, and shaded from the sun. ‘This species has proved to be free in growth as well as free in flowering, and Їх compact in habit and having fine evergreen foliage, it possesses all the requisitions of a beautiful plant. It will grow either in led from the roof of the house, and requires a moderate amount a pot, оғ on a block of wood susp heat and moisture in the growing season, namely, during the winter and spring months, up to the time of flowering, The on after the blooms have faded. When the bul ге fully grown, the plants pla wih is completed d have а season of rest: This is secured by withholding water from the root g them at the they do so, there is dan get into a bad state through such owing on trees and rocks, and hi dews night and moming, which g that, to hase the plants in a healthy state, a little water sl bulbs and leaves in v When the bu facilitate their gro growth has reached two or three Do suffered to lodge on the you rotted by thus giving too much moisture. Cadldeyas cultivators. Our practico is only to give enough to keep the peat mois If grown on blocks, they will equi of growth Ш). ured by filling up à During the seasc amethystoglossa (се Per and this is top bein is to be set two inches above the ri root moro freely. After potting, water be of the same temperature "These plants are propagated by dividing the rhizor they are starting into growth, or undisturbed till the following ye ove, tho rhizome being Kept abo Clean which may however be ly kept It must be borne in mind, they would become braised and wo oolest end ofthe house; but it st xr of the plant те to endure through a dry as well as a wet season, yet the th, and they should be placed at the warmest end of the “ Mexican house. filled up with good fibrous peat intermixed with broken er 1 condition of iat the leases should not Бе rubbed when they are in a tthe bulbs must never be allowed to shrivel, for if Wo have often although these plants аге found о be borne in mind t ing into an unhealthy condi п Culllezas | treatment, It must be remembered, t Uy assist in nourishing the plants and in keeping the bulls plump. So. ould be vn at the roota, just enough to Keep the n of the old stems begin to swell, а little more water may be allowed, to When the 4 supply may be given, but the water must not chos in height, an inerea ло, as this causes much harm, We have often seen the young shoots when they are in v irons тот and summer, but in winter es will suffice. ire water every day in sprin the temperature should be the same as that recommended for Cattleya If the plant bo cultivated in a pot with peat, it must have good drainage ; pot nearly to the rim with potshends, and over these sphagnum moss, the ks, to Keep tle mass porous. ‘The plant im of the pot, and pegged firmly on to the peat, by which means it will give a little water with fine-rose pot, but always be careful to let the в that of the hous the base of the stem. iis best done just as when they are at rest. ‘The piece that is cut off is better left otherwise and may then be removed and potted in the material. recommended. v the pe re subject to the white scale, under, by washing the lea ind stems with a sponge and clean water shrivelled xil not recover, but always Prare IX. EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM A stont dwarlsh epiphyte, with ovate subcompre nearly а foot long, and upwards of an inch broad, with a short recurved point. The f terminal, erect, terete scapes, which are about а foot long, foriferous for the greater part of their len halt foy » stalks which are ab in inch long; the flowers themselves measure nearly a grecnisyellos, marked with a few bold, roundish-oblong, transverse, chocolate purp ts n being also marked with purple. The petals, which aro similar in colour to the sepals ro Taneo-shaped in figure, having a more acuminate se; they are 1 somewhat laterally curv base, тео пржал laon Вносконем. мизматосаме р Lindley, Folin Orhitace, art. piden drum, p. 9; Tooke Вером werramow, арзхои Uso SNE But few species of this genus are worth growing except for their fragrance. "The subject of our present figure must, however, be taken as one of the exceptions, being a very pretty plant of distinct character: it is also very rare. During summer we were successful in blooming the fine Г cimen from which our drawing was taken. We also exhibited a small plant in the month of July at the féte of the Royal Horticultur of new plants. We have only seen three other plants in bloom; these were the property of G. Reid, Es Г 1 of Burnham, Somersetshire, and when his collection was dispersed, were sold at high prices, from the scarcit of the species in the collections of this country This Epidendrum is a very useful exhibition plant, as it blooms in July, when there are but few Orchid. in lower; it moreover continues in perfection for several weeks. Tt forms a handsome evergreen plant, with somewhat club-shaped pseudobulbs, nearly six inches high, supporting two or three light-green 1 about ten or twelve inches in 10 ses of flowers proceed from the apex of th between the leaves, and bear as many as from twelve to sixteen flowers, the sepals and petals of which ote are of à creamy yellow, with dark purple, and the lip of a pinkish rose-cclour. Tt is a native of Central America, whence it was sent by Mr. Warscewicz. ‘The plant may be grown on a suspended block of wood covered with sphagnum moss. When с tivated in this way, it will require a good supply of moisture at the roots during the growing season, It will also thrive in a suspended basket, but requires a layer of moss at the nd bottom, and tl plant to be firmly secured to the peat-earth in which it is planted; a layer of moss should also be put on the top of the peat, to prevent its being washed out of the basket by the constant waterings and syring в find it, however, to succeed best when grown in a pot. "The pot must be well-drained: this is an essential point, Orohid-growers should always know the state of the root-drainage of the plants under their care, If the pots are badly drained, and too largo a supply of water is given, the roots will in most n unhealthy condition, We have often heard it i nt will then assuredly get іші in eases like this—Why should not one pl d, in fact, everything the same? АШ the wh ok as well as another in the same house, with the s, the overlooked exception ubt, have seen, and learned by experience, as been the principal thing—bad drainage, Many grower {he ovil results of bad drainage; but we would urge it upon beginners in the culture of this interesting. ined; they will surely class of plants to make it one of the ul than if this is neglected. If a plant is seen to go wrong, let the canse be at once points to seo that the pots are wel d ће more sue ascertained, and Tet it not be suffered to get info an irredaimable state before any effort is made to There are other causes besides bad drainage which affect the health of Orchids. Sometimes a plant gets it may have come from the same country as others which thrive under more heat than is requisite, althougl the warmer treatment; for the one may have come from а higher elevation than the other where the ise are matters which heat is less, and will consequently grow better with less warmth and les water. require practical experience and individual attention. Orchids, like other plants, require a certain course of treatment, and unless they get it they will not long thrive. There are few plants of more ready growth ommodating provided these than Orchids if every neee ries are secured, They шау be hung up or laid down; they may be grown in pots or on blocks, is provided for them, nor are there any so and in а varicty of ways: only give them the proper quota of heat, moisture, and rest at the proper ti with good dr and they will not fai and other Orchids, care should Epidendrum prismatocarpum requires this drainage, In potting this always be taken to have the pots and the rocks clean. Tt is also desirable to have tho outer pot large nd pot three parts full. A layer of sphagnum moss follows, and enough to admit of an inverted pot being placed in the bottom, this inverted pot being surrounded by covered with crocks, so as to fil the о good fibrous peat, which is the best material for Ше plant to grow in. The then the whole is fled up with plants should be placed on the peat, so that the pseudobulbs may be two inches above the pot-rim; if they а бо are buried too low they are liable to rot. The pre species, and when vigorous often makes two shoots from one bulb, ‘The Cattleya-house is the most suitable place for it, and it should have a liberal supply of water during its son, which is from September to May. Then it comes into flower. ‘The resting season is in summer. From Из growing in the winter months, it requires to be kept at that season at the warmest end of the house. "Tho roots should not be allowed to get dry while atre боп is to be effected by dividing the bulbs just as they commence growing. One old bulb is to Pro be retained at the back of tl size, and they aro to be kept groving year-old one. When divided, they are to be potted in pots according to their by giving them moisture at the roots, and by placing them at the Te is best to start them into growth as soon as they are eut, and warmest end of the house in the set dry, and will take a long 6 not to let them lie about, as they wil ıo to recover. "Tho plant is generally free from insects, but if not in a healthy state the white attack it; this pest may, however, be cleared and kept away by washing the plant with clean water, which should be of the same temperature as the house. кы плет] | S й | = 5 i x RD 1 p. | 0 N elicatissima ) 1р | Prare X LYCASTE SKINNERI. A wellknown epiphyte, with oblong The m rate prendobulbs terminated by a pair of oblonglaneeclate plated leaves flowers are pr 15; Hooker, Botanical Magazine, 1. 4445; Pe Lxcaste Senos, Lindley, Bota Махилаща Siixwext, Bateman, Botanical Register, 1843, mise. 18; 18, Orchidacea of Менго and Guatemala, t are numerus varieties, of which we figure the three named below Var. эксхїныма: flowers large, upwards of six inches across; sepals and petals white, Йо with rosy ink; lip white, faintly and distantly spotted with rose (Figure 1). seven inches across; sepals and petals strongly tinged vil and heavily tained at the b Var. vonvunata: 8 ме; lip white v with crimson (Figure 2 wors large, six inches across; sepals and petals Dlushewhite; lip wholl crimson-purple (Figure 3). Mr. Bateman well speaks of this 7 had referred it. Tt hol ant ns the facil? princeps of all the Maxillarias—to wh до the chiefest place amongst Lyeastes, and it has the interest of yielding a very large number of beautiful varieties, differing in th the most useful winter Orchid we poses. We now distinct varieties which bloomed with us last year, in and colour of their flowers. I лие three out of а selection of eight beautiful and have flowered for the last at perfection. The three years, during which time they have Корі true to the characters represented in our drawing. We have seen other good va tics in Ше collection of J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, and some fine ones have been sl n by Mr. Veitch. We have ourselves bloomed many others, all exquisitely beautiful, and of almost every shade of colour from deep п to white, with mark the richest crimson. The q of blooming d ing the dull winter months renders these charming plants particularly desirable for culti- vation, and where flowers are required in the winter season, a dozen plants of this species would not be too any for even a moderate collection. We are indebted to Mr. Skinner (who has also obtained for us many other of our most valuable Orchids) for the introduction of this noble species from Guatemala; and we trust that he will cause more | in order t of it to be importe we may be able to grow it more abundantly as its cultivation becomes better understood. Many fine specimens of it have been destroyed by improper treatment, Tt has now been proved to be one of the hardiest Orchids we have. Any one who has a We have cultivated ine-house, with the comm; of a little heat in winter, will bo able to grow for several years in а house under vines with very little heat, the gra id secret being to give the plants a good growth during summer without any fire-heat except im cold and wet weather. We have had it in a warm room in winter when in Bloom, the roots being kept rather mois andl the flowers dry; indeed, it is especially valuable for room decoration. Even when cut, the flowers of this Туса four to five weeks in perfection if supply of water is frequently given to then. are few flowers that will continue fresh во long after being out as those of Orchids, but they must not be laced near the fire, or they will Lycaste Skinneri is an evergreen. plant, having broad, dark-green, strongly plaited, ng from the top of the thick upright peeudobulbs, ‘These leaves, under ordina ы row to the length of two feet, and are as much as four іш but we have grown them under vines to the length of three feet, and a breadth of six inches. From the base of the bulbs the duced Ју on the rather slender scapes, which reach from six to twelve inches in height. The plants often ir or even more fl y each bulb, and they will continue producing flowers in this manner. й months, the individual lowers Tasting in perfection for six and eight weeks, and sometimes mon if they are kept from getting damp. Tho flowers of the variety we distinguish as delicatissima aro large distinct, and handsome, measuring moro than six inches across; the sepals and petals are of a pinkish ^ White; the lip white, intermixed with roso. The variety piefurata is a mag а rich rosescolour ; the lip white, spotted with crimson. "The variety purpurata is another splendid and distinc variety, the Поли and petals are blush-white; the lip of the richest crimson. Tt is a b plant to intermix with the other varieties, о of whom have There are many ways in which this plant has been cultivated by different growers succeeded, and some have failed, for they have had the plants die notwithstanding all the care bestowed upon them. A very frequent cause of this want of success has consisted in giving them too much I and Keeping them too dry at the то period. Such treatment is sure to prove f to them, and, though they may linger under it for a time, they will ultim over, impatient of bei separated. We have often seen the bulbs divided one from the other to increase ‘the number of plants, and the whole have been lost by the practice. - When the plant is thriving, it is far better to have one good ресін metimes como under notice. We т than the miserable pie ils of this plant imported and old, and then sp led by improper treatment. АШ have to pay for lamin If, however, the proper treatment be given, there is no plant more easy to cultivate, and none that will better repay the cultivator for the trouble taken. It is like Od момант in requiring. рати VIL) from May to cool treatment, and the same temperature as we have recommended for O. merium maji will suit this also. ‘The growing period here succccds to that of flowering, and exten October. During this time they sh vll have very little heat, except in cold and wet weather. ‘They require rained pots, not too large, and in good fibrous p n), and fili Лека with the margin of the pot. A liberal supply of ils Jud filling the pot with pot (a layer of moss upon these to keep the drai up with peat, intermixed with small pieces of crock. ‘The pseudobulbs should be kept up given at the roots during the growing season, and after the owth is completed the quantity must be lessened; but they should never be kept the resting p their blooming season. By giv moderate sup much finer. The bulbs must never be allowed to shrivel. оғы of wat ıo roots at that time, Ше flowers como They are prop ated by parting the tu parate pot; this is v slart o that they may make fresh roots, and continue they will ү windle away; they are consequently to be put in a shady part of the house, and kept moist at the roots, The plants must be kept free from the metimes gets on the leaves, but by which inary caro may be kept aw — ХІ Рилть AERIDES NOBILE. «ийт blooming lait с branchi seventeen flowers), both боне and mehi the two Lateral ones Бра and ather dli Bat are паті towards the bamn Те sp pex being (ео зи "BOUES шке a Ans sona, R W This magnificent plant, which is a native об India, and one of the most beautiful of its family, is evidently rent to Aérides нигімітин, especially to that form of it which lus been called rid, Dnt it appears to differ from the latter in the to s, lateral lobes of the lip, and from the former in the nearly or quite equal length of the thre lobes, the middle one of which is tongue-shaped, and very slightly bifid. j There is probably no genus а Orchids, the species of which are more generally ornament than those of Aörider, all of them being favourites among cultivators, and all of them being, more well worthy of cultivation, on account of ther graceful habit aid their very beautiful as well as fragrant flowers. Bren when not im bloom, the different species, which are similar in habit, are all good-looking objects, from the pleasing disposition of the substantial-looking foliage. Тіс illustration before us x sents that species or variety which is called in ides mobi, a name we willingly adopt, Ti was kind has been seen in a remarkably fine condition in the collection of W. H. Crawford, Haq, of Lacklan near Cork, under the care of Mr. Brockhurst, the gardener, but the true variety is very rarely met with ‘The plant produces long branching spikes, supporting a arge number of flowers. In many respects it is relate to rides suavissimum, and probably may be a maire variety of that species, gardens it has acquired the distinct name of енен nobile, which may conveniently be retained. The plant is of stronger growth than the specie just refer ooms much earlier, ofen indeed in June and Jul this makes it valuable for exhibition purposes. pororer, of freo habit, and produces its Мокон inches, Tho stems grow up to the height of about five feet ог more, and ar with gracefully dependent foliage, ої ur. Tt is peculiar in having a fe on the stem and кате ng droop ies proce from the axils of the leaves, and are (ко or three fec long, often producing several branches, all laden with the very pretty blossoms, which are so fragrant as to реш йе hoise in УШ they шо kepi ‘The species of rides are naturally found growing on recs overhanging swamps and rivers ін the Ррдте XII LAELIA TURNERI. A charming epiphyte, resembling и Tie stems are elongated, terete, rather slender at the bas 4 thicker towards the top, whore they bear a pair of oblong, leathery leaves, a foot long, and three inches broad. The lowering dy a foot above the leaves, and supports from fire fos its bue is sheath ме spathe. ‘The flowers are fully six inches across, and beautiflly coloured, ‘The late, with recurved and subundulated edges, the dorsal o three and a hal i y about thn an inch wide; the lateral ones subfaleate, three inche long, and nearly oad; al, as well ns the thinner and more undulated petals, entirely and rather deeply ко w йош. Th ili, and measu in ва an inch wide, Th half inches long, lateral lobes are large, elongated аш entire, white, tipped with ial over 1 middle lobe, which is narrow guiculate at the base, is about an inch and a panded at the apex to à rounded spathulate form, almost en colin is bro Таша Томаз, H W ‘There is no doubt this superb plant is closely allied to Zelia elegans, but it seems sufficiently distinc in its larger flowers, its richer colours, and especially in the di t form of the lobes of the lip, the lateral ог which are more lengthened out and acute, and the terminal one more rounded, with a plane surface. Tt without exception, one of the finest plants known amongst Orchids, Our drawing was made from а beautiful specimen which flowered last August in the rich collection of J. A. Turner, Esq of Pendelbury near Manchester, where it has bloomed for the pas years, maintaining the sume distinctive poculi artica.. We have ourselves imported it from Brazil, and flowered it for the two last seasons; and have also bloomed several other fine varieties from the same source Lelia Turneri is quite distinct in colour from all others of the family known in cultivation, and we t beautiful of its race, not only on account of Ше rich colouring, but also of the number of its flowers, which aro often produced seven and and grows in the sam x The spike. "The pl hialthy-looking, evergreen f manner as Zelia elegans, with this exception, that the bulbs are stronger, and the leaves are о stems, which are thickest upwards, grow to the height of three feet, and bear at the top two leaves, each val flowers htly veined with a richer colour; the lip bright deep magenta in front, its upper parts white, Owing to the substance of the flowers, they last for a long time in perfection slightly tinged with r ‘The usual blooming period is July and August; thus the plant will be found a great acquisition for the late summer months, during which period but few Orchids come into flower. We have little doubt it may be brought in а month earlier, and if so it will make a fine plant for exhibition, on accoun attractive colours, We have only beside Laia gigantea, that it is dificult to distinguish them from each other except they are in flower. в in which we have observed it. Its growth resembles so closely that of Геба elegans and This plant being found in its native country, Brazil, on the branches of trees, will of course thrive on Epidendrum verrucosum majus Prare ХШ. EPIDENDRUM NEMORALE МАЛ A beautiful epiphyte, furnished with broad ovate pendobulbs a pair ssvortshaped ves and terminating in а magnificent drooping panicle of large showy flowers ‘The wape, pedicels and ars are clothed with littl warty asperis ‘The sepals and petals are of a delicate rosy mauve-colour, Tinearlanceshaped, acunitate, an ple of inches in length, and. the lip is three-lobed, the х т rose, small, acute, көшені and the middle lobe broad obovate, with a short point, ose almost white in the centre where it is marked by three short deep red lines, ‘The column Frese vrnateosow мо ‘The original form of this very handsome plant, which is, without exception, the finest of all the an error which b ази, neously named А. геггис red їп the Botanical Regi pidendruma in our nonly but er 51) in Folia Orehidacea, the name was changed rently however, in Hooker's Journal of Botany, f this article. "The true E. verrucosum is а West Indian by Dr. Lindley to that which stands at the head Plant of altogether different habit. In the variety now figured the flowers are more numerous, as well as ms which have been previously published. panicled, and the lip is of a paler colour than in the fo whose k піде of flowers represented in the accompanying draw own specimen i n of J. A. thus owe the beautiful plate which our artist has prepared. In its entirety this panicle formed one of th The magnificent he collecti Turner, Esq., Pendelbury, near Man and had seven branches, on which were distributed blest bouquets we ever saw; it was three fec е two other panicles equally fine not fewer than fifty expanded flowers. The plant at the same time b ‘There are several varieties of this Zpidendrum nemorale orthy a place in any collection; but in lowered for two or three seas roes on impro those produced by Me. Turner's plant, which has it dificult species із tho ‘The plant itself is remarkably vigorous, which indicates good cultivation. from giving it too high a tem- tivate by some growers; but the difficulty arses, in some cases at le toc but à moderate degree of heat perature. Tt comes from Mexico and tl ish that it is with difficulty the most practis t Orchi ities of plants sold for this garden eerrucosum, which have produce ва whole house. ‘The presence of the small wart-like eudobulbs, which are so much alike in many of the species by itsp d eye is able to recognize them. Indeed the family of Zpidendrumo ho bulbs, We have green flowers,—some This plant is not readily disting on account of this very similarity in is one of the most deceptive amon known large а better mark of recognition than is to be found in the bulbs А, bearing on the bulbs four inches rale is a compact evergreen lant, with ps colour. ‘The panicles proceed from the top of the bulb after X Tong, and of a light-green vers, and when ect, sometimes bearing fifty 0 its growth, and attain the h these are well expanded, they have a remarkably handsome appearance, The flowers measure four and a half d petals are of a delicate mauve; and the lip is of the same colour, striped with inches across; the sepal п, so that the plant uccd in June and July, and continue for several weeks in per ing well a violet. They are pro apted for travelling subject on account of its unusual colour, and of its = А а ; Е 2 › а „д HS RR | | | | Рълте XIV. SACCOLABIUM VIOLACEUM. A noble epiphyte, with erect leafy stems, furnished with numerous distiehous strp-shaped drooping leases which an 1 and ribbed, and obliquely cut away at the end so as there о form two unequal rounded lobes, The ‘This magnificent plant is a native of Ше Philippine Islands, and was introduced from Manilla by Mr Coming to the nursery of Messrs, Loddiges upwards of twenty years since. In 1846, the editor of the Botanical Register published drawing taken from a plant * which flowered in great perfection with Messrs Lod ‘That drawing represents a spike with fifteen fl How much it has improved under good show. Tt stands indeed in the first rank t Orchids. The genus Saceolabium includes some of the finest ерір not only takes a high rank on the ground of its beauty, but will be found additionally valuable on account of charming flower-s y the dull winter months—the more so as there are по ich fl жаз executed from a well-grown plant in the fine collection of E. Wright, other good Saccolabium Our drawin Esq, Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, which plant has this year produced two noble fowering-spikes, under the judicious nent of Mr. Hodi he gardener, who is а capital Orchid-grower. We are extremely glad of the fect a specimen, for many growers of Orchids have imagined it 1 uon. We have indeed little doubt that as the plant become » account of the ortne pikes. Our present ill bea species not worth cultivating, tration will, we trust, dispel this ger, it will blossom even finer still. Since the accompanying figure has been prepared, we have received other speci үшу well-geown, from the collection of J. A. Turner, Esq., of Pendelbury, near Manchester; and 1 fine pl ago, and some of them have produced as many as fifty flowers on the spike we have ourselves this season flowered seve which were imported by us only eighteen months adverted to was secured. The ‘This species had continued very rare in gardens until the importation ju 1 by which it had been generally known, plants then received were obtained under the name of auda viola but Dr. Lindley—the greatest living authority on Orchids—has determined that it belongs to Saccolabi Orelidegrowers. Т m. Tis leaves are bro plant is quite distinct from all the other species which we hav features which afford well-marked dis substance, more erect, and marked with several. prominent vein tive characte her difference is, that the flowers are larger than in the other kinds in breadth, "The | Табит violécenm, then, is "The spikes are produced from the axils of the leaves, and are about fifteen inches in length. The sepals and petals are white, spotted with mauve, each of th ok duced in January and February, and continue having generally one larger) г the end, and several smaller markings. The li red, beautifully marked with а lines. ‘The b provided they are kept dry, and at the coolest end of the East Tndian house. This species grows naturally on the. ranks and br nehes of trees, Here, in our Orchid houses, it has proved itself a free-growing plant; but coming, as it docs, from a hot damp clim: trong heat it require and abundant n isture. То have it in perfection, these two stimulants must be applied in the proper degree and at the proper time, and there must also be a season of thorough rest. Thes of growth and rest, each in its due proportion, are essential to the well-being of all plants. Our present subje its rest in winter, after it has flowered. This resting state should be brought about by withholding water from the roots for a time, but in doing this, the leaves must never be allowed to shrivel, for this will endanger the health of the plant. We have previously observed, and we here repeat, that plants of this habit, without fleshy pseudobulbs, require more nourishment—even in the restin poriod—than those which have such reservoirs to fall back upon. Tho plant will thrive either on blocks, in baskets, or in pots, according to the taste of the cultivator ог the accommodation at his command. If on а block or in а basket, the plant can be suspended from the roof of the house, which will allow more room for 6 with th ва great object ho have but limited accommodation. We have f ni it to grow well in um moss and D ї fresh moss e cen crocks or charcoal; and we also think it a good plan to give the pl ту year, if that which has been used appears in the least decayed. Tt does not require much water at the roots, only sufficient to keep the material a little moist; and the water n ust never bo suffered to collect in the leaf-axils, especially in winter, as this would pro bly cause the rotting of the heart, ‘The plant requires the same mperature as that recommended for Zonda insignis (Plate ТЇЇ.) It is dificult to propagi аз it is shy in pushing out roots up the stem; but sometimes it will produce а may then be taken off and put on a block or in a basket, and suspended in a moist shady part of the young stems from ie lower parts of the older ones. ‘These should be left on until they are well rooted, house until they are well established, after which they may be removed to a position where they will receive more light,—a change that will induce stronger and more robust growth. "They must be kept free from insects, which is an essential point in Orchid culture; but indeed the plant is very seldom attacked by insects, «а » t ғ у " Е 4 - - 2 еі к a 4 г E é $ f d Piare ХУ CYPRIPEDIUM HIRSUTISSIMUM | tho subject o The last few years have witnessed several fino additions to the Lady's Slippers, | спа шлю нано патњи cU бо whence Sir W. J. Hooker's figure in Шо Botanical Magazine was derived. Since that time another impor tation of plants has been effecte We harc ч Every Оин опа t useful plant for decorating the Orchid-h perfect for a long ferent time nied first in bloom in the war id the others in the cooler house, БЫН ыы LET ща | mount of travelling as before. If the stalks of the lovers аге tied to a small stake, they will not suffer any | а. mes ьо і о o distinguish them by their foliage. When the Mowerstalks appear, however, they are known by the hairiness of their | Cypripedium hirsi out ten inches high, and having light shining evergreen foliage, ani being of compact hab g plant when not in bloom. ‘The flowers are produced from February to May, on Г nire of the young growth; they measure six inches across, and are beautifully varied in colour with light green, purple, and brown. Each flower will last for six weeks or more if kept from damp ie cooler end of the Mexican-house, away from draughts, which latter injur These Cypripediams, not having thick fleshy bulbs to support them, require a regular and conti of nourish o keep th thriving condi The present species is of h, and an abundant bloomer if well cultivated. ‘The req proper г moisture at the roots; the plant must never be allowed to and require abundant support. We have found it to thrive in cithe ler houses and it appear чо ho very accommodating in its habits, as it will do either in a basket or in a pot. We have observed it t ls by different cultivators, and in nearly all eases it has succeeded. "Tho plant be grown in a variety of s continues growing nearly the whole year, and hence the necessity for а Пее supply of moisture i. "The soil we grow them inis good оп be a littl AU these tropical Cypripedium require the same kind of tre for this the fibrous peat, with a little loan and silver-sand, all mixed well together той seem to enjoy, and as the plants require more water than some Orchids, the material is all the better for rocks mixed with it, to keep it open. "The pots must have having a few small picces of charcoal ool drainage, and should not be too large. ‘The drainage material is to be placed at the bottom, and on the pot being then filled with the soil recommended to within this a layer of sphagnum moss il, with the roots half an inch of the rim, so that the crown of the plant may be set on the top of the sep planted 4 to rot xls must indeed always be kept above the soil, for when penetrating it. The ‘This plant will do well in tke Indian-house or in the Mexican-house, or in any warm h In summer it will succeed well in а house which temperature ranges from 50° to 007 in the w 4 and wet days and nights; but in is warmed mı the sun, fires being used only on о by the heat autumn fires must be kept up, and tho temperature maintained at the point already recommended. ways moreover retaining ono old propagated by dividing the mass, two or three shoots or growths being retained to form each plant, be effected when the 4 growth beside the young one. This division sho young shoots have attained two or three inches in height; a portion of sound roots must also bo kept to each xcept the plant is in a healthy condition; if unhealthy, the plant, and the division should not De attemple divided parts would probably die. After division, pot the separate pieces in the material already recommended, and keep them in a warm not allowing too much water until the plants b ду part of Ше ho › to make fresh roots. Tt is generally fre from inse Cattleya Dawsoni Prare XVI CATTLEYA DAWSONII A largesdosered and 1 und C Momie, ‘The stems an ] 1 | а Е üer sull. T D = margin much un 1 : m of th r 1 white, п with rose; and the centr ‹ ДЕС Tho: varieties of t kingly baut m Ме а race as being с re produced only to be which the different varietie rich collection of Т. Dawson, Esq, of Meadow Bank, С ere it has been kno vera year It is quite unlike any that have come under our noti sted to Gallega Моше) йй perfectly distinct from that plant. Indeed, we ventur wild hybrid between Cattleya labiata and it resembles both thes ст is note liage is much stiffer and more erect, so much so, t easily distinguished from them by its when not in flower. "Ihe leaves are thicker than in any other of its class known to. n The specimen which furnishe by our artist, came, we from Brazil, though we have no е won. We h collectors will discover it, an o fine a plant may We have some small plants at uces its lowers three and four together on а spik ‘The sepals and petal several ve it, and is exceedingly well cultivated by Mr. An ly to great perfection. Like other С Т which is knot the to rust like or materials th When grown in a е of tr this Cattleya 4 ron, and rust is very injurious to Orchid er hand, lt them but havo what th of ћи Plate IV. 1 а not like as Orchids, and hence it is Шо better plan to avoid m. On the of plants will yield more eredit or more pl че т < | Pos > " a7 = ы | Е Ed - - - ti E ЕТ “ - | ^ E sg #3 £ 5 5 E 2 - “л a = we - қ 2; 22 3 г Р) — E 1 | 27 j i & E j E + => = гі #3 t 5 2 4 Е у y | - 1 р“ a £3 a E - 57 4 7 , ; 4 E A ~ d , ndrews Piare ХҮП. PLEIONE LAGENARIA в en, clouded on the sr Tigh nd a half inches in br де after the matu " bulbe. The он nthe b ingly from a hooded acute bracts they are each three i : lancesbiaped and acuminate, of a light romano colo vli, entire and emarginat " inde the column, the disk yellow with five crested ridges, and the margin white, beantifally fak в Ринок плотам, Lindley, Pastore Flower D Садо плочама, Lindley, Folia Oredaces, art. Сайодуле, 15. в beautiful plant is found in the Alps of India, its special habitats sos-covered rocks and tree Tt was introduced some ten or twelve year Messrs. Veitch and Son, through their collector Mr. Thomas Lobb; but is even now extremely rare, very few plants having been imported. The it Г which it forms par, ranks amongst the gems of the Orchideous тас ference of opinion has existed respecting the proper station of these р tematic botany, at is to say, they should be merged in the more comprehensive family of Crlagyne, or whether M fi mus apart. "he peculiar in their habit, as Dr. Lindley has well observed, that i irable to separate them, and he himself had at one timo taken this с ** Occasionally" he writes, “I have imagin they might be defined by such characters as a saccate m undivided lip furnished by bearded not Iamellate veins, or by the divisions of the flower tapering to ase instead of being obtuse. But the last peculiarity, on which T had most relied, is so entirely set asi C. Ho which has the form of С. eristata, that after all I find it necessary to leave them as an ie form of Gelogyne, in the hope that future observers will discover some sound generic character The group the following species:—HooReriana, diphylla, lagenaria, maenlato, humilis, and precos with its variety Wallichizne, Whether viewed enus, or as a section of Celogyne, the group i one well marked out by extemal features Of the foregoing plants, we only know the five last as cultivated plants. That which we now figure, from a fine specimen that we have bloomed for several years is certainly one of the most beautiful of th ‘The pseudobulbs of Pleione lagenaria form on the surface of the soil small roundish masses, rather ехесе heir size and form, though they are not present with about eight inches in length, and two and а half in breadth. ‘The flowers are produce ng with the young bulbs, each flower being three inches bulbs singly, on stems is October and November, and the flowers contin n in perfection for three weeks, it The flowering kept free from damp. An idea has prevailed that these plants are difficult to lower, but we do not find it so, and we noreover seen them Blooming in great perfection in other collections besides our own. When proper little x to, there are по plants that will better repay the cultisato care, especially as they require 1 bloom during the dull autumn months, when flowers are in so much request. We have, indeed, seen importations of large masses of P. maculata and P. Wallichiana, and yet we seldom find them now гей» of bulbs must have been destroyed. This is not, however, because they 1. And the cause of failure is that they dificult to cultivate, but because they have been wrong to they for though while in this leaf are deciduous, lo sr completing their yg no leaves, they are forgotten and neglected. They produce their flowers, yet, after the bloam is over, hav require a regular course of treatment; and unless they get it they must mot be expected to thrive. The et about in the right vay. We have followed the plants, in fact, are easy enough to manage, if the task is told ally п crocuses, and have some mode of culture herein explained for several years with uniform success, so as to secure a pro natural conditions of bloom; and our treatment has been based on th е plants themselves. We lable-matter, which, falling anm they grow on rocks and trunks of trees, among moss and decayi s them nourishment, ‘They are sometim from the trees, aff resemblance to crocuses in their habit, be езеп tiir roots, every years the old bulbs elevations, and therefore do not o, when two years old, dying awa; require too much heat. The house in which the CatHleyas are grown will suit them well. They require a decided season of growth, which should follow their flowering, and during this time they must be potted. mer lo H. B. Ker, Esq, "Tho same treatment as that we recommend was followed һу Mr. Woolley, when gant with very great success, Our own plants came from the stock grown by him ten years ago, whieh shows that if the plants have proper treatment they ean be kept year after yea As already observed, these Pleiones lose ir roots annually, and then make fresh ones with the young owih. It is when the young bulbs and roots are forming that they should be repotted, and this occurs after they have done blooming. Our practico is to turn them out of the pots, shaking away the earth, dividing the bulbs from each other, and then repotting them, ‘The soil that suits them best is composed of silversand, or clean riversand which will of on ‘third peat and the rest loam, with a free admi equally answer the purpose. "The ingredients should be well mixed together, but not sifted, as they will root more freely in the rougher earth. А small quantity of sphaguum-moss may be used with advanta they prefer somethin to adhere to. The pots ought to be perfectly clean, and not too large ; good drainage esential, and this should be supplemented by a layer of m ч, to keep it o season, and it is песе sapply of water at the roots in the grow that this should pass oft quickly. Above the moss, fill up the pot with sol, and press it down a little firmly, so that the surface bul is just below the pot-margin, then put е top of tho soil, about опо inch apart, and finish by giving a gentle watering with a fine ro ‘These little Orchids will thrive in а cool house, where the heat in winter ranges from 43° to 50°. We have, indeed, grown them to great perfection in the same house with Zycaste Stinneri, kept in summer under the shade of grapo-vines, in which situation they bloomed very much finer in the autumn of 1862 than we have ever seen them before, many of the stems bearing two flowers each. They must ason, and when their supply of water in the growin; t near Û sufficient water to keep the bulbs plump. Та the former period they s зо that they moy be well matured, and this will cause them to bloom more freely. When growing in too hot a house, hing, for if the leaves are ould the foliage is sometimes subject to red spider, which should be kept away by wa ating the psendobulbs, injured strong bulbs cannot be expected. They are propagated by зера be done when they b Piare ХҮШ VANDA CCERULEA n pepe Зо : і Ja Bates тке 0 o l eae пні clon йе 6 бш ы ха О и бота by Ms Oil: ong, ет ils, о ST It va introduced by Mr Thomas Te : The very bell й now ріс arbe no шеше е eue / plant, vas taken from a specimen in the collection of Walter Bock, Es fami, all culete with gr мае dra ок Bau of Fond corals Б ее E пані тыш o у | much needed amongst them; besides having the good property of producing fi wers on small юч of our Pandas do nil they have grown to a | Another reason for it g, and not so easily prop stem. When in good health the plant is successful growth. But these requisites must be supplied at a heat and moisture are required for its ot climate of India, it cannot therefore bear to be per season, for though the plant comes from th Ay stimulated when it ought to be at rest. We believe the ving of more heat than is required, and must have a season of rest as at an improper time, is one great canse of failure in cultivation. ‘The р f Orchids which continue to grow well as of growth, and this, notwithstanding that it belongs neatly all the year round. Mandas, as we hare before remarked, have no thick fleshy bulbs to support th The pl ture at the roots, especially when grown on blocks and in соп quence require abundance must never be allowed to shrivel, as may often happen when they are flowering, the reason being that they bloom so freely as to exhaust th selves, especially when they are not quite healthy at the root. When a o apply water to the axils of the leaves; bu plant is perceived to be shrivelling, the remedy i requires to be done with sound judgment as to the quantity given. ‘The plants may be grown in many ways—on blo 1 in pots; they succeed well either way, but the most natural manner appears to be on blocks of wood, which should be suspended from the roof where they may get plenty of light, butnot in the scorching sun. Too much shade is injurious; it causes the growth to become sappy, and this results the leaves taming black, which is frequently termed the “ Orchid disease.” If, however, the rules we have laid down regarding the treatment of tho plant are followed, this evil will be avoide The most beautiful plants of this Orchid we have ever seen were in the collection of A. Fairie, Esq, of Liverpool. This was about seven years since, but they have been since sold. ‘They w сто rature ranged from 55° to 60° in the winter suspended from the roof, near the glass, in the Cattleya-house, where the temp ad from 65° to 75° in summer. On fine days ventilation їп order that the temperature п should always be resort not rise too high. It is better to allow all Orchids a litle fresh air, but not to subject them to cold draughts, which are injurious. If grown on blocks, the plants require more water thai when in pots or in baskets; if grown in either of the latter methods, they must have not too much material at the roots: a litle sphagnum-moss is the most inder with mess. It is also the baskets or pots being three parts filled with erocks, and the ren ful, in taki and replacing it, that the roots may not be injured, for they are after all the principal supp avay the old moss t of the p ing; but when strong and е moss every year; but it is necessary to be ¢ 4 plan to apply fre Vanda cerulea is, as we have sid, not easily propagated, being slow from {һе base of the old stems, and well-established, the plants throw up young ay be taken off when well rooted, and placed, each with a little sphagnum-moss, on a block of wood, and suspended from the roof, ‘The plants are not specially subject to the attacks of insects, but they should always be kept clean. ‘Thrips, perhaps the most troublesome in summer, may be destroyed or Kept away by fumigating with tobace ч = є t ке | м #4 id > Е ý = : : fa y j : 7 _ ad Pr are XIX DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM The lowers are produced previous to flower long. It is of deciduous habit, losing Из leaves annual de and each flower measures upwa so is white, tipped with magenta, ils lower of the st of four inches across. ‘The sepals and petals aro white, tipped with cies of crimson. Tho flowers are prodi part of a deep orange-yellow, marked on each sid April and May, aud last for several weel at of the other growers who possess i rowing species. According to our own experience and t its fresh growth oven finer than before; and his gardener, Mr. Stone, is of Mr. Day's plant is makin that he will be able to ripen the bulbs much better, and thus cause the opinion, as the growth is cai plants to produce a still greater abundance of flowers. In this we have no doubt Бо is correct: indeed, this is the only way to secure a vigorous and abundant bloom. ‘There is по genus of Orchids that will repay the attentions of the cultivator bet glected. ‘There are, in fact, jer than Dendrobium, and we very much regret to sce the many splendid plants composing it so much ne warm conservatory decoration, in the rown and well flowered, none to equal them fo nd there are no Orchids more accommodating, nor any that produce such у are not at all expens op ing plants, which only require to be taken off and potted. The winter and spring month . They are, besides, of easy quantities of flowers. Many of them, ag producing fred from the old ongly recommend those who aim greater part of them divide well just as they commence growing. We at having their Orelid-honses gay to grow Dendrobium nobile and its varieties freely; it may be had in them at differen bloom from Christmas to June merely by keeping a secession of plants, and stati be this:—After they have made their growth in autumn, place then, when they are required for bloom! «latest in a greenhouse, and keep them rather The plants will thrive in any warm house in summer, but the bulbs must be well remove them into heat л of bloom. ripened to cause them to produce and perfect a profs ‘This Dendrobium Wardiannnn, being а species of pendent growth, will be better grown in baskets or ‘on blocks than in pots. We cannot do better than explain the course of treatment adopted by Mr. Stone. from the bi k some ‘The plant is on a block of wood, on which it seems to root freely, the roots hangi from the roof, in the Cattleya-house, where the heat is not over хо fect in length, Tt is grown, suspende п it has a liberal (60° or 65" in winter, though in summer the temperature is higher. In the growing- supply of water at the roots. Growing thus on a block of wood, the plant requires more water than under ment; indeed, a little moss over the root would bo of great advantage, as they would then be y very quickly. 16 other tre and in kept more regularly mo th under such circumstances, it is arrested for a season, "he plants will also do well in a basket, with the plants are allowed to get too dry it causes the stems to shrivel, and this injur the basket being suspended from the roof, In this way they do not sphagnum-moss and broken potsherd: "The Dendrobes are subject to the attacks of several kinds of insects, such as ed spider, thrips, et washing the leaves. "The plant now immediately under notice Such pests should be kept away by frequen s, as it do s so freely on agated as many of the other speci not pr y should be taken off, and put is not so readily propa duce young З blocks, with a little the old stems. When they are produc арте тан Prare ХХ LALIA SUPERBIENS. А remarkably handsome epiphyte, having oblongdusform pseudobulbs a fi а inches long, bearing rof oblong, acute, rigid, leathery the top. Th stems also grow from the top of the bu between the leaves, and attain four or five or sometimes even є ine feet in length. ‘The flow а fifteen to twenty in number, for после at the top of 0 À often пеш илеп Ші о. Ша polla иы Junter, both of а sich clear oscolour, veined with їр is ablong-iddleshaped, thre-lobed, the lateral lobes meeting over the column, the middle loe oblong emarginat, deep crimson, the disk yellow, bearing Are war Lana ГЕ; Register, 184 T: Bateman, Orchidaceæ of Mexico and Guatenal Hooter, Botanical З р ve of Bot па хотца, В JL Хома Orchideen, 1.40% Td: Walper? Annalas Polanco ийе, vi 418 This most magnificent of all plants I have sent several times. Tt lowers in November, and in instances bears from eighteen to twenty flowers, on stems from nine to twelve fect long" So wrote Mr. Skinner, of this noble Orchid, which was i 4 by him many years ago from Guatemala, of which country it is a native. Many of our n o doubt, heard of ог seen the magnificent specimen which was grown in the Horticultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick, some ten or fifteen years since, and which has been known to bear nine spikes of flowers at one time; this plant was five feet in diameter, an a grand sight when in bloom,—eertainly worth traveling miles to see. We believe it was sent over, in one mass, by Mr. Hartweg, the Societys collector, and we may therefore imagine how grandly it must g in its native country. ‘The plant is not scarce, being in almost able price, ‘There are two varieties in cultivation, differing in gr g considerably shorter bulle than the other, the flowers being the same in both есері as to size, those of the short-bulbed flower not being quite so I; əке of the other. This plant is one of the finest and most distinct of its splendid genus. Our figure was taken from a plant in our own collection, which bore thirteen flowers on one spike, each flower measuring inches ч al colo ict from all other Zelias, We ше much gratified to be able to offer o good an illustration of this fine species, which has of late been very much neglected. It docs not deserve this, but undoubtedly a few years ago it was thought much n an now. We trust, however, that our figure will be the means of again de is attention towards it, and that we may hereafter see it more frequently and assiduously cultivated, for it is undoubte plants that can be grown for the vin of Orehid-howses, its spikes of fi making а grand slo; The он, but the Sehomdurgkias, another family of Orchids, are jbrrglias are worth growing, their lowers being small; but they pro alias, that is, from the top of the bulb, four to five fect in length, with the flowers at the end, and none but those who аго well acquainted with the plants can di he one from the other ший the Talia is not so compact in or eighteen inches, and, bear on the top two leaves, which an ims are also produced f he bulbs attain the height of a foo breadth, and of a dark-green colour. ‘The Пол тез, after growth is finished, which is in the autumn months, These stems attain generally a lengt of four ог five fect, the flowers, sometimes twenty in number, forming a raceme at the еш i individual blossoms measure seven inches across, with the sepals and petals of a rich rose-eolonr, veined with dark red, and the lip of a deep rose, veined with m: ta, the throat being yellow. "These flowers are produced in Ше winter months, and continue in perfection for several wee т but we have in such cases generally found that it is grown in too high a temperature, which causes it to renew it is plant is found difficult to flower in some collecti wth, instead of producing flowers. Tt requires, indeed, to be grown vigorously, but ould bo stimulated at the pro per time, which is during the spring and summer months. Tt begins to root at the same time as it commences growing, and this is when it requires the greatest care, to cause it to make strong and well-ripened bulbs: for without st and without these being well matured, it is hopeless to expect good flowe Naturally Zetia euperbiene gro on trees and rocks, where it has but little sha and it is when in the latter situation, namely, when growing in exposed situations, that it flowers 0 most freely. This teaches us that it does nof require much shade. Most of the plants that como from the same country require comparatively little heat ; in fact, we find them thrive much better with a very moderate share. The plant from which our drawing was made, was grown in a cool house along with гума. The tempera of this how from 50° to 60° in the winter months, and in the immer time no fire-hent is used. excepting on cold and wet days or nights, and thon only just enough to dry up the dan This Zetia will thrive in pot or basket, or on a block. "The latter will suit it best, provided it is kept well watered during the growing season. "The block should be of a large size, o that there may be plenty of space for then ls, which are thrown out freely when grown in this way. Tt is a very good plan to plunge a pot, it does not then require such frequent applications of water; a В le rough peat orm suitable materials in which to plunge Й, and there must be thorough drainage We find the p fierce; and when it has completed int to grow well near the gl with little shade, except when the sun we give it rest by withholding water from the roots, only enough being given to keep the bulbs plump. When it shows flower, a litle more water i a owed, to come finer, It naturally те Г s for some time after it has flowered, but growing, we give it a good supply of moisture. When the plant is coming into flower, it is necessary to be careful that the spike does not touch th bly in ass, which w indeed, it is advisable then to remove th Propagation is effected by dividing the bulbs, Javi but if the plant is required for flowering, g two or three old ones at the back of the leading, or growing bul it is better not to cut i it weakens the after- growth. White scale will sometimes attack (ho leaves | Prare ХХІ, AERIDES WILLIAM A meble epiphyte, with an upright су tem rooting at Ше base; The leaves are бин Teather, drooping: ому lorate, and somewhat channeled, Yes at the apex. The flowers are тойпсей in d us тасешез of ith, and are white, with pulcro m atthe baso of the lip; the sopal the lip flat, ovate, acamin The Aérides which we now figure is one which recommen he notice of cultivators by it broad and m age, no less than by the gr h of med cylindrical flower-spikes, which, for their beauty and effec "a mus to which it bel genus which comprises without doubt s plant, which is a nati rer-spikes yet seen amongst the peces of Aérides, these spik from two to thre length, and bulky in pr Our drawing was taken from a plant in the collection of C. B. Warner, Esq. of Stratford Green, with whom it las flowered for several years, continuing plant removed from Hoddesdon, and present the same remarkable features. We have known the Ihe Inst ten years or more, It was first flowered by Mr. Warner m both in the gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, and in those of the Royal Botanio Society in the Regent тес exhibition seasons; and was it considered, that on these occasions Aërides i, to which it is most nearly allied, oup of plant ported under the name of A. Fi dingi һу Messrs. Veit igh the and from this source Mr. Warner obtained it, It was a single plant, selec drooping, and т that of any other rides in cultivation, so much so indeed, that knowledge of the plant might at once recognize it by the leaf alone. We suspect it may be a seedling сей in its native country, from A. Jieldingii; and we have no doubt that there are many fine will forms to be found which have not as yet reached our collections. Tt is seldom same Orchid, q led that two plants of th te identical, are found, unless they have been taken from the same parent, and hence it may be inferred that in their native country, either through the agency of by their natural habits, they yield seminal vari If this be so, we may expect many more fine forms to е from time (о time added to our collecti 1 here are any Orchids that do not sport when obtain Collectors should, however, contrive to sce them when they are in bloom select the most distinct. — We are, indeed, inclined to eel. According to our own experience, and we have watched the import years, there are none of the species of Aérides which are not worth growing, which is more than can Їх aid of many other genera of Orchids, that are only interesting to the botanist; still as the taste for thes fine flowers increases, we hope that fine ner species or varieties than we possess will be іш. ported in order to sustain it, That the taste is increasing is certain, for Orchid growers now than they were five or six years since; and now that so many of our finest Orchids lave been proved drive in houses cooler than ай been supposed, no doubt it will go on increasing. Half the Orchids we possess are grown in too much heat, which causes grievous failures. Another great evil is he giving them too much water at the roots, the consequences of which are not found out at the time, but appear after- wards, Of course there are some Orchids that require more water than others in their growing season: which these are must be learned by experience Пее Williansit is of compact but very slow growth, sturdy in habit, and furnished with broad, dark-green leaves, more than a foot in le The spikes are produced from the axils of the two-ranked leaves, on opposite sides of the plant, and are from two to three fect in length. ‘The lowers are of a white colour, and are produced in May and June, continuing in perfection for three and four weeks. "This plant resembles in its natural habit and habitat the others of its class, and requires similar treat- ment to that already recommended for Aêrides nobile (Puare XL). Tt is difficult to propagate, there having been only one young growth on it for ten years. ‘Tho stems moreover do not produce roots except at the base, From these causes it will always be rare, unless fresh importations are made. Though the plant has been in the country for so many years, the leafy part is not now more than a foot high, yet we have never known it fail to produce two or of flowers annually. ‘The plant would have been lar were it not that it loses its lower leaves. WH Fitehdel. et lith housieanum Piare XXII DENDROBIUM DALHOUSIEANUM. Шы. y 1 with p очон Daves Мире of Bt Botanical Regier, Thi нав ез, urbe et ei, аш, duced to Chatsworth by Mr Gibson ЛЕ... to же it figured, as it is one of the finest of this Ec grovih and flowers. We are indebted to J. A. Tumor Esq, of Pendlebury, Mane i production in wn plant) from whieh our dra taken. Mr. Turner's plant is one of the finest th ave seen in cultivation This noble species was rare in gardens a few years since, until a fresh supply was imported; but may now be purchased at a reasonable price, It nt that we very seldom sce well grown, Some years ago the e xhibited. Some growers have an idea that afforded by it with the other Orchids usual docs not flower freely, but dy treated there will be no difficulty in this respect Dendrobium Dathousiconuo is not а compac tems are beautifully, marked with purple, which affords а pedes The flower are produced fro of the two-year old stems, айе s шге often as much as eighteen inches in half acm pals and petals are ofa ercamy-yellow tinged with rose, and the lip is АА, two inches brad, of the ms will flower for Tengih, with as many as from cight to eighteen flowers, each measuring four. same colour as the other parts, but having two large blotches near the base of а deep b a few small purplish streaks between them. ‘The lowers are produced in June and July ‘This being a А ing plant, pot culture becomes the most suitable for it; but while in a small it will thrive well on a block with moss. Tt has been found difficult to grow in some collections. We avo seen the plants make a strong growth of young shoots, which have aflerwarls damped of, which we believe to have been owing to water having been given, and to the plant being kept in an atmo- Although an Indian species, we have found it to thrive well in the sume house with the Cafteyer, We have also grown it in a house to which no fie-heat was applied, from the beginning of June till September. Under such treatment the plants have generally given to them. What is required is, that a nl growth should be made during 4 rest by witli pleted they must have mly no so far as to let the stems rivel. "They should be placed near the glass, so that they may have all the Tight possible until they begin to show flower in spring and then more water may be applied to encoura g al the same time that they vigorous development of the spikes. "he plants often commence gi bloom. ‘The best material we have found for potting this plant is 4 fibrous peat and sphagnum moss mixed together, the pot to be well drained and the bulbs kept jove the pot so that the young shoots may De free as they are liable to decay if they any of Ше potting material about them. In applying wa it should be given owth o that it docs not remain about the young remarks by Mr. Toll, gardener to J. A. Turner, Esq, who grows this plant to great perfection, acecmpanied the spike of flowers;— We grow it,” he writes The followin much cooler than most of our Indian Dendrobiume ; this coms io prevent the rotting off of the young bulbs, which otherwise often occurs. We induce a stro growth, and afterwards keep the plant dry until it commences to show flower then we permit an advance in temperature, and also increase the humidity, in order to en of richly-co is not required to flower carly, it may be retarded.” "This method of Mr. Toll’, which is similar to our own, succesds thoroughly well plant grows so vigorously and flowers so freely under it, as to have produced from twenty to thirty spikes at one time, with eighteen flowers on each spike! т the white scale wil Dendrobe is not liable to be much damaged by insects when well but when it is not healthy ted by division, the ste sometimes attack il. Tt is propa being separated and Potted. Te will also produce young shoots on the old stems, which may be taken off when their growth is completed and put on se Phare XXIII ONCIDIUM SARCODES, An ornamental epiphyte, with subeylindical leaves are Hin ir from the apex of the ball brighton, conspicuously blotched with dark brownred à lat, and marinate middle lobe which is ED the marks of th Охе оли, Lindley, Journal of Hort tural Society, iv. 206 5 М. Folia Огист, at. Oncidinm, 20 Osei ost, Ралі f Gardening and Botany, i. 237. This fine species is a nati Oncidium, This family сей, one of the largest known amongst Orchids, but we regret to say it is very ted by cultivators, the re Many prized for exhibition p f them, however, if cultivated as they should be, and as they were generally seen large shows, are very lively and effective plants, on accom of their bright and showy colours, which are not common am: of any plant of ir which can surpass the species represented in the drawing now before us. "This is, as far as we know, the most compac of the larger Oneidinms and of free growth, and in fact every g 1 quality that can be desired in such a plant. It is alo that it has not occurred in Ше importations which have taken place of late years, ithstanding that it deserves to be n ommon. We know of only one species that grows in the same manner, and that is Oncidium pubes, a species not worth cultivating. From this it is indeed а difficult matter to distinguish it, ther by the bulbs or the foliage, but there can be no mistaki Oncidium sarcodes is, as already remarked, of compact habit. ‘The peeudobulbs grow to the height of re produced from the base of the bulbs, after the growth is completed, and when the plant ikes will sometimes be produced from one bulb. Th pikes attain the height of two or m bearing thirty or forty flow а comple of inches in diameter, The Is and petals are of a olden-yellow, spotted with ге ish-brown ; and the lip is bright-yllow. "The racen during the winter months, and are usually perfected about March, April, or May asy culture, Tt is found in the Brazil, but we do not know the exact treatment with Cat Heyas, Lelias, ete. Ye will thrive either in a and а soil of fibrous pent. The pot should n the plant mal pen a little sphagnum m 2. When їп a pot, however, it does not require so much water, only keep moist icient to keep the peat mo Sason is over, and that is the time to repot it if a Tt generally commences growing when the floveri shit i required, but it is better not to disturb jt when i is doing well and the material is in good conditi If, however, the peat should bo at all decayed it will Бе necessary to tun it ош of the pot, to froe it from the old soil, and if the roots are in a bad state, to cut them off, and wash very part of the plant with clean good fibrous peat, and to tepid water before putting it into the new soil. In repotting be careful to w moss to keep it open. have the pot three-parts filled with drainage, which should be covered by а lit This ‘one great secret in Orchid culture ‘This should be kept under, as it is "The white scale is one of the most troublesome of its insect ре injurious to the plant, Propagation is effected by separating the bulbs, and may bo attempted when there are about four old bulbs. The rhizomes should be cut half through, and then left for a time, after which they il they commence breaking. ‘This should may be cut through entirely, leaving them however in the po be effected aft ; the divided part will most likely the flowering is over, because if done befor hrivel. The flowers will be quite sufficient. for the plant to bear, without its being cub in this way while they are being perfected. After they are divided, pot the separate piece, and keep them in the shade, giving them but little moisture at the root till they begin to grow afresh. Afterwards place them where they will get more light, Prate XXIV CATTLEYA SUPERBA. An epiphyte remarkable for the richness of colouring in its fragrant flowers. The stems are clubaliped, furrow two leaves are short, ovate-oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous, and margin mi issuing from a memb spethe, and are about fire or вх aches in diameter; the sepals and petals nre blongelanceolate, acute, the Че Lo, Ja bright deep riseclour; the lip is threelobed, callate, the inflate meet by their m wr the column, the middle lobe fat, fan 1 emarginato, rugose, with elevated veins at the base, where it is white veined with ose and marked with a central bar of yellow, the margin oniy iced with ісер magento; Y a Cxrmaxa алушы, Lindley, Sertem. Orhidacewn, t. 22; 10, Pastor. Flower Garden, i. б: Parton's Magazine of Batang, ix. 2 Carmina Scuowenonn, Zoddiges Catal Consort vioaceox, Humboldt, Bonpl Enexonea voraces, Reichenbach fit, W This magnificent Cattleya, which has swect-scented flowers, was found in British Guiana by Sir R. Schomburgk, wh in a living state to Messrs. Loddiges about a quarter of a century ag Dr. Lindley, if not so large as those of Cattleya Mosie, are from the richness of t flowers, obs colours inferior to none in beauty. Acconling to Schomburgk, the plant appears peculiar to the third о fourth degree of north latitude; it is not to be met with in Essequibo north of the mouth of the Rupurun trees, which skirt the banks of the brooks and rivers which meander oi, or Ducksmonth ; the Chacoosees, Masone. Tt from thence it is found southwari и the savannals, The Caribbees с it Oponopo is very fragrant, and the splendid flowers last Бог three or four weeks, Dr. Martius also found it, near Taruma, on the banks of the Rio Negro, and in forests near Pará. ‘The splendid representation we now give was taken from an admirably managed plant in the fine collection of Thomas Bewley, Esq., of Blackrock, near Dublin, with whom it has bloomed for several yea in great perfection. Tt is the finest variety we have seen, and produces more lowers than any others —from five to six, instead of three or four, being produce ете are several varieties of this dle spike Cattleya, some finer than others, but they are ай well worth within the last few months, when a large impo tation was made, ‘The plants Mr. Bewley has received fron hase bloomed the first year after their arrival in this country his collector, besides being very fine specimen which is not often the case. "Ihe great item in the succesful importation of Orchids is t over just as they have completed their growth, for if they commence growing on their way they will very probably perish. Cattleya superba is of compact habit, and attains a foot in height, It bears at the top of the stem (wo leaves, which are distinct from those of other Cafdegas, being short and nearly round, of « dark- Nour, and thick in texture, more so than in other kinds that grow after the same manner. Tt mak in one year, and generally lowers from the first growth, when the bulb has attained about a third of lowers, which are also delightfully basal part bright yellow, intermixed with rose and white veins. Thes une and July; and there is no Orchid which has a better effect for exhi ‘on account of its brilliant colours. Tt continues in perfection are produced daring J tion and other decorative purposes than thi three or four weeks, if kept dry "This Cattleya has been found dificult to cultivate by most Orchid growers; as a p od plant, although great quantities have been imported. One source of rarely ever sce a believe, the keeping of the plants too dry in their growing-season; we find that they require to be kept moist and that they must never be allowed to shrivel. Many plants have also been lost by dissection,” which is growths from the old bult very injurious to them, for it is dificult to produce у ‘The plant may be grown in various ways, such as in pots, in baskets, or on blocks; but we prefer th | which is natural to them, Sometimes block system, as the roots appear to revel on the surface of the w when g time before they are renewed. Mr. Bewley's own in pots the roots decay, and it is then a lo ог his numerous plants on. blocks, on which we have есеп them doing beautifully dener cultivates mo ‘They are grown in the warmest house, along with Aéride, Saccolabium, et and making fine healthy ro in the growing-season. Cultivators cannot do suspended. from the roof; and they are always kept m better than follow Mr. Bevley's ріш, 1 o spread, for the plants do not like to be disturbed; a Tittle live moss is to be put on the block, and on this hat there may be sufficient room for the roots ald be ux ‚vn on blocks, а the plant, tying it down with copper wire culture is from any cause preferred, fil the pot nearly fll being the best material, then add sph with drainage, broken polso om moss to within one or two inches of the margin, and afterwards ше good fibrous peat, shaking away all the fine particles. Mix a few broken potsherds or charcoal with the peat, so that water may pass off quickly, the plant being impatient of sure about tle r stagnant me careful also not to allow water to remain in the young growths, as it will cause them to rot. After rowth is completed, give a season of rest, with not too much water at the roots, only just sufficient to keep the stems plump Like all other Сезон, this e white scale, which must be kept under, Sometimes the also must be at once destroyed. thrips will attack the young sho -< aon ) ( Рілте XXV ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI Jy epiphyte, with orate мм leaves, marn Г The tow parkings towards the base of the lip. ТА character, but twice as broad and Манес: an so as to become somewhat panduriform, tooth xi there are а pair of dat I pend Ë parallel yellow pl бы: М. Folia Orel The sub 4 of our present illustration was introduced to European gardens a few years since by Mr Linden, from the province of Pamplona, in New Granada. А figure of it fir red in 1853 in Paxton’: Flower Garden, asabore quoted. Tt was then remarked that none of the Odontoglots equal it in beauty; the flowers which were depicted had, m &. Subsequent experience р that this high character was not ill tho Pesca lot is certainly one of the most desirable Orchids to be found in our ri tions, its charming and delicate panicle of flowers forming in itself quite a bouquet, The accompanying beauti nade from a plant in the fine collection of Mr. Veitch, of Chelsea, with whom the plant bloomed during the spring of 1863. ‘This specimen bited at the Royal Horticultural Society's Ganten, at South Kensington. ‘There are several slight varieties of this species, some superior to others, but all worth growing, and deserving to be admitted to th select collection. At present it Ва very rare plant, а small supply only having been imp It is a native of mountainous districts, and in its transmission here has в ery hot climate, the heat of which causes the bulbs to decay, and hence the extreme difficulty of getting it to Europe alive. We are indebted to Mr. Linden not only for the importation of this, but also IE many other Odontoglosauns ; and as their culture is now better understood than formerly, we may loo forward to their being preserved in our collections. Cultivators have found by experience, that а cool tem perature suits these plants best, and that under other conditions they will not thrive. We intend to Odontoglossum Pes rei а ditinet evergreen species, with the psendobulbs bw inches pel leaves, of a foot in length. ‘The branching 4 petals white with a stain of pink, and the lip white with a yellow stain and red mark т several weeks, especially if the plant is strong an Meadow h and vigour. Mr. Anderson, Ше gardener at Meadowbank, grows several other s, is a wonderful specimen, nearly two Odontoglossuns remarkably fine. ‘Thus, O. cordatum, a rare spec y flowers on each; the plant while in bloom, is placed feet in diameter ње. here also may be seen a splen in a greenhouse, and afterwards removed back to the т several large specimens, some of the ћи of O. eitrosmun, with twenty-five bulbs; and of O. gram site—truly a grand sight; while O. navium, O. nebulosum, and 0. Kar- ill boug e not therefore without hope that we may see them grown still ucing eighteen flowers of la m ей, are all equally well grown. These vi all plants, and have been grown to their present state in а few years. We The leading point of their treatment is this: they are grown p get wellripened and thoronghly-naí finer, for the plants іші ght span-roofed house, with little shade, and as near the glas ove year after year ble—the great secret bulis, such Deing supplied, any one may in a cool and of all in the cultivation of this class of plants being as have some strength to produce flowers and foliage. ‘These three conditie grow them with success. ‘There are many other fine Orchids that may be advantageously treated in thy same way: that is to say, they must have cool treatment, and unless they get it there is no hope of their thriving. ‘They grow naturally where the temperature is not high, most of them on the mountains, and consequently they will bear cold much better than they will bear fire-heat; sun-heat however, will do them of air—applied with caution, indeed, in cold weather, а Pescatore's Odontoglot begins to grow after the flowering-season is over, and this is the It sho fine-rooting plants, and great care must be taken not to injure the roots. We should not advise to cut the stablished. We have seen such plants destroyed by attempting to increase them ; besides, it is better to have one good specimen. D vd loft until esta көзі at any time, provided they have a free cireulat and being made to pass between hot-water pipes, so that it may become slightly war nost suitable М not hare too large a pot, for over-potting is dangerou time to repot it if requi цей when once it becomes plant for propagation, as it is very impatient of being di than several miserable ones, which can only yield di ld back bul intment, If the plant were large, one or two of the might be ent throug lished; such, when ready to remove, should be potted into small pots ‘This plant requires the same general treatment (Plate VIL), under which full directio Broomfield, that we ean at recommended for Odontoglossum marium majus are given. We have found, from several years’ experience at great perfection, all the Odontoglots, many of the Zycastes, Barkerias, Pleionea, and Anpophyllums, under the shade of thinly trained grape-vines, thu and а display of beautiful flowers from one house, Zycuste Skinneri alone producing a succession of flowers from the beginning of December to the end of April. — ша x —— — ------ Prare XXVI DENDROBIUM MACROPHYLLUM GIGANT лота Dison acronis ux, L Г хм ear. ara, Reichenbach fit, Ilper? Annales Some twenty years ago, Dendrobium macrophyllum, өзе of the most magnificent of its family, und one of which our illustration represe was intr » the Philippine Is the Messrs, Т lossomed Though then i been utterly edlip of our Orchid growers, it was seen ng uncommon beauty, and at once made its way into the favour of cultivators, notwithstandi owers emit a perfume resembling that of dried rhubarb roots. It is om referred to the section Zudendrobium, and ha n called D. macranthum. ‘There are several ium m but the one we now figure bears the finest flowers, and has also the nd th utes stems; it is in fact easily separated by its thick, fleshy, veined leave the enor lı to whieh the stems attain when well grown as much as one-third larger in size and length than the y forms of the species. The flowers which, like all other Orehids, varies a good deal, sometimes Our drawing was taken from а noble plant in the well-known collection of John Day, Esq fof Tottenham. This plant bloomed last year im su у imagine any thing nearer perfection ; it was certainly one of the most fine plants w жеп, the pendent stems being four feet six inches h of them bear of ge exquisite tinted flowers, Mr. D imen was grown in a w from the rof, and the № pallid stems, flower without foli ion of a few ferns adds very much to their beauty This Dendrobrinm macrophyllum gig stated, of deciduous habit, and generally loses Не leaves just as it be ne after the which are arangi à The flow serally produced in pain mes in threes, from the jo de alternately, and are of 1 ch measuring at least six inches across the sepals and petals of а bean hes long, and of the same colour, beautifully frin serally blooms in April and May, and continues the base, with a pair of large, rich, purplish-red spots. T in perfection for about а fortnight, И the flowers are kept dry. It makes a fine exhibition plant yet the plants get also a free circulation of air. үйегіс heat is high in the growin though the atm In our Orchid houses fresh air, which is of Ше utm al habitat of these Dendro water pipes. Coli air is dangerou benefit, must he warmed as it enters, by aus poss near Ше ho often destroying the young growths while they are tender; but fresh air must be afforded, for the plants ‘This latter, indeed, is often the condition of Dendro- will not thrive when they are kept closely confined own in baskets, and hung up near the glass; foras h іг always ris Фата, on account of their bein; to the rof, the heat there is intense, and, in со the plants dwindle instead of lusuriating. This no doubt, the canse of many failures in growing Orchids. "The noble sphagnum mos Kind, together with a splendid lot of Aörides, Saccolabium, Vanda, Phalonopsis, ete. We should like to see imen ale Vener, Stone, in a basket, amongst pended from the roof in the India house, where also were other fine pla more of these plants cultivated in the same manner, ‘The materials best suited to the rots of this Dendrobe are good sphagnum moss, and broken potsherds or се the charcoal mixed therewith. If а good supply of moss is not to be had, fibrous peat will ans purpose, but if this is us Пон be placed first in the basket, in order to prevent the peat from ks of wood, with moss; but in this way they re being washed away. We have also grown them well on bk dry when in a state of growth, quire a great deal of care in watering, as they must never be allowed to gi owth, without which, it is vain to look for success. Tt com- ‘This plant requires a thoro and the cultivator must be careful not to give too much mences to grow soon after it has finished flowerin of about six inches, after which a good supply of 1 owth is completed, water is to be withheld from the roots, only sufficient being water until the young shoots have attained the le moisture at the ro the remainder of its growth, which continues from June i requisite durin December. Ав soon as the g in their ven to keep the stems plump, till they begin to show flower, when an increased supply will as lopment When the flowers are expanded the plants should be removed to the cooler Cattleya house where the flowering-period will be prolonged; and they should be returned to the warmest house when the flowering is over, to induce them to make fresh growth. This is also the time to apply fresh mo: to renew the basket, if required When pro cach division should have about two old stems and a leading bud. Increase is obtained also by means of the ation is desired, it is effected by dividing the old stems just before they begin to grow; young shoots, which branch out from the old stems; these should be left on until their nnd then taken off and placed on blocks, or in small baskets with moss If well grown, the plant is not very subject to insect attacks; sometimes the red spider and thrips will appear on the young leave Dut they may be kept under by cleaning and syring well as by Prare XXVII CYMBIDIUM EBURNEUM Comm жм, Lindley, Botanical Register, 1847, t 7 f Botany, xv. 1 If there are some members of the Orchid family which command our admiration on account of the splendour, there are others which charm us by the display of beauty of a different Such an one is our present subject, which, to its graceful eve flowers of perfect purity and the most delicious fragrane rers of Dr. Lindl of it * are not only among m уп th the Chinese Cymbi n Not а spot interferes with the pure, ivor white petals, except one long ye 1 the lip "This Ivory С 1 i 11 known heir rich colle mental i country many fine species, ог whieh this is n, and the fin genus to which it belongs. Th figure men in our own collection, which blooms finely every year, the lengt of time it continues in beauty rendering it a grand acquisition amongst winter-blooming Orchids. Т flowers are very distinct from those of any other of the race. "The plant is yet vi n collections, been for many years in the с We have found it to be о y hab it frequently blooms from the same stems two years successively, which js ло Tt is an evergreen plant, and very distinct in o its stems and foliag with the c бул actly like it that i Шеш Г pt they are in Ul deceive the other. When in bloom, however, it wo confound them, the flowers of C. Mastersi being very much smaller; the latter howeve it blossoms at a different time, and produces a spike with sometimes as many as a d Tottenham. One of these is las smaller flowers and villes very pre in addition to the white an ‘our plant, a pink spot side, which is not found in Ше form we have figured, rowing pant, attaining two feet in height. ‘The stems are about six 4, grass-like leaves, of а dark iin bloom. The flower-spike ıe latter having in re size оп each well as the lip, are ivory white, The sepals and ре he months of February, March, and April, and the flowers continue in beauty for several weeks. This plant has been found difficult to grow by many cultivators not ourselves expe rienced this difficulty; indeed we find it to grow freely, and believe there to do so, if the proper treatment bo given at a proper time. We have al places under treatment similar to that which we now recommend. We have, it is rue, sometimes seen the leaves spotted, which is no doubt caused by its having been set in a coll, draughty place, and h much water at the roots, ее drainage: for it requires a good supply of water during the ва i| of course becomes soured, and the roots decay п, and if there is not sufficient drainage, the sult is seen in the shrivel As they produce thick fleshy roots, this and the allied species thrive best in pots, which should not be too small, in order to give room for the growth of the roots. ‘The best soil for potting ibrous peat, out three parts of which should be mixed with a little lom. and sand, all the materials being used in a or charcoal intermixed with them. бо by half filling the pot with potshenls, some moss being placed on the top of them, to keep the soil from working down. The pl is to be set so that it stands a little above Ше pot-rim, and very rough peat must be used id from the roots. We have found the plant to thrive either in the Cattleya or Tndia house, if a good supply of water is provided during the groving-season, which extends from April to December, After this period, only enough water is to be given to keep the plant Tt requires to be grown freely, and the growth to be well matured, (о ensure a good supply of lowers; and is better for bein ible, but it must not near the glass w that it may get all the li have too much sun, for this apt lhe tender leaves. Tt is, perhaps, best gi end of the C а house, away from cold draughts, which cause the leaves to become spotted. ‘The best time for repotting is after the flowering-season, for then it begins to grow and to make ing be careful not to injure the thick, fleshy bruised or broken off fresh roots, Tn ји it will do the plant much harm. Sh bad condition, the best remedy is t "The plant is propagated by dividing the stems just ginning to grow. Always choos young with an old matured stem at the back of it. After dividi should remain in the pot until the following year, when they may be separated, and potted in the в material as that recommended for established plants. The leaves are sometimes attacked by white sale, which, as soon as it makes its appearance, must М washed off wi Prare XXVIIT ODONTOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM ROSE 7 Ива very lovely plant, b on with any of the published fine species will show that the variety we n о В very much superior to it. Ті variety indeed, which in garde n alled говеши, is undoubtedly preferable to the original form of the sp that state of it wh itself surpasses the ordinary eitrosmum. ‘The o Г рагийи flowers bear a very agreeable and deli Г our handsomer Orchids, having flowers of pure whit nly flowered, and producing twelve or more ur own style of beauty. Fine specimen: ıl Regent Park exhibitions, but now it is seldom at Не lar notwith n plants as to its fh can be produced for competition purposes, and having fine dark-green foliage, is an omament home T ich the present a ially devoted, is a great most lovely specie ite есінеп from which our drawing was taken, is grow ти Orchid house. We have seen one in any other collection producing. highly © 7 ally met with havin lour in the lip. Although therefore th n Ч аз а very fine subject, ye is more showy, and deserving to ve ated, the flowers, when g nearly equal to those of a 7 с fine example of the old form of ro У the Manchester Botanie Garden, by Mr. Т gardener to J. A. Turner, Esq, of Manchester; this, which b opin flower-pikes, had been grown in а hou lered ficult to bloom, but that whieh we lave just and if the proper treatment is give тешу sh ка similas Our Odontoglossum cilrosmun rose E about six inches in height, and of a lively The leaves proceed from the top of the bulbs, and ме about a foot in height, The flower duced with the young growth, and reach to the lengi a spike, each of them being two inches in diameter of about a couple of feet, bearing a dozen flower beautiful rosy-purple, with the basal part orange. The the sepals and petals white; the Tip broad, and of for wet causes then i appear in June and July, and Jas four or five weeks, if they are not weite the water which drops from the rafter senus from the same country. ‘They require to found on trees, We have several species of the re found; some thrive in the more exposed parts of th where they obtain but little ‘country, others in forests, some near the margins of streams, and some on rock: nourishment. Yet im all these localities they aj wil not particulars of the situations in which the several species abound and grow the most freely, we іші we now do. Cultivators necessarily have to try experiments in the absence rect with half the failu ities of particular plants, and sometimes ог this kind of information, before they can ascertain the nece they may, but often they do not, at first hit upon the correct treatment his Odontoglot a own in from its bein ‘The canse of the frequent failures in the man: We have always found it thrive well in ire heat than some other К too much heat,—though it requi anges from 50° to 60" and during the altleyas, Lalias, ete, where the heat in winter is requisite, but it warm summer weather no fire һем allowed to rise from 60" to 70 md spikes to rot off is necessary on cold wet days and nights, for the damp шау cause the young growths indeed frequently happens if the spikes are not kept off the soil by me pend the pot or basket to the roof, so that suitable treatment for the plants when showing flower, is to s oung buds. We he natural habit, preserves the the pendulous spikes may hang downwards, and this bein еге suspended in this way the dilfculty wou often hear of the flower spikes dampi over. Many Orchids have been lost by keeping them all the year round in too hi nigh Odonfoglossums will inually in а cool house, U temperature, but it would be wrong to keep them є m either on а block or in suffer les by the latter practice than many others. It may be successfully a pot or basket; indeed, ve have grown it in different ways, with nearly equal s suited for the roots is rough fibrous peat and sphagnum moss, with good drainage; and they must not mt to keept the soil moistened, while in the resting-time have too much water, at any time, only jus which is from October to February, they must only have sufficient to keep the bulbs plump. The plant owth, when about two or three inches in lengt м, | by dividing the bulbs in spring, selecting two old bulbs with a young growth in fro shows flower with the youn at the commencement of the growing- requisite, is jus Ti Tet them be potted or placed on a block, in the same material as that already. recommended, fer dividin a little water to sete the earth at the rots. Care and put them in the warmest part of the house be taken to elevate the plant above the pot rim. ject to the depredations of insects, except the scale, whi This plant is not s leansing with a sponge and soft tepid water e Е! + E - H У уме > -? y - га | 1 a o . ” 7 = — = << 4 Fi | = = ли > / 7 y, - y - 3 / + А Im 4 в ЖЕ =) № y E 5 Е +, У да 7 y 7 = 7 4 4 > г ss > = ЕЕ С: — mettant ~ mem - - ——n er OF N ыы TU MER a EH POP РАВ Є EEE? А САС С т rrt gen ша 4 - — ame es ere гате ХХІХ CALANTHE VESTITA gular ps гара culate on th ийсе, and terminated by the remains of the leaves ‘The leaves appear місія after t development of the flowers and ac lange, broadly Мое acuminate, p The lower өсіре бе from the base of the bulbs, and bears along hl 1 als and petalsate broadly lanceolate, acute spread out, nearly ding is roundish in outline but deeply throceleft, the lateral in й ейдезбарой and split into two divarscating obtu i thers marked at the base with either an oringeyellow mon stain Slim wl ineurved, The column is united to the lip by its whole length; and there are eight pollen-massey cohering ende C Puestas vira, Reichenbach fit, F Oris Grumman, Wight, Долен Plantarum Туйе Orientalis v. tt. 17: This remarkable plant, of which two forms are here те sented, is a native of the Burmese empire, Moulmcin, Mergui, and Tayoy, and according to Reichenbach also of Java. Tt first introduced by Mes Veitch and Son, and subsequently by Messrs, Rollison. It is a very beautiful Orchid, the only defect which сап be charged against it as a plant being its habit of flowering when the leaves are either imperfect It is a beautiful ten 1 species, exceedingly useful for the d n of our Orchid rable timo in flower. When fist flowered by the Messrs. Veitch and Son, and exhibited before the Horticultural Socie dull autumnal months, being a free-blooming plant, and continuing a consi m amongst Orchid growers, who were all it at a small expen will become most extensively grown, for every one wh We are confident that i has a ho having a number of bulbs, an Orchid house may be Кем by flowering them in sesion, Тіс figure which forms our present illustration was taken from а well м er with many other fine species. We are n Low and Со, of Clapton, who hare lately im ble to show the graceful habit of the spike, which is too long for our page. The habit is drooping, and though at the flowering тізі destitute of leaves, yet in- termixed with foliage plants, such as Ferns, Dracinas, le, or other Orchids with foliage, Ше plante hav Calanthe vestita Y ms. There are but few Calanthes which grow like this; in fact we only know of one other, namely C. Feitehi, raised by Mr. Dominy,—a most lovely hybrid, the result of a cross en. Calanthe cestita patodes rosea, "he varie one having a spot at the base of the lip forming a yellow eye, anda third leciduous habit, and. Joses its leaves after the growth їз completed. The pseudobulbs The plant is are thick and upright, and have a silvery appearane are three inches in breadth. ће flower spikes are produced from the & of from two to three fect, the upper portion ди from one to bro The light green, ribbed leaves ase of the bulbs, after ted their growth ; they attain the heig ws many as thirty flowers on a spike, cach flower being two inches in it; and they often produce marked with a the lip also white in one variety, but in anothe The flowers continue till ‘The sepals and petals are whit crimson blotch at the base, and in a third m the end of January, provided they aro Кері free from damp. The Самій in Moulmein g heat is not 4 by experience we find that а га be paid to its wants. tre is not excessively higli; in places where the temperat requisite for its artificial cultivation. It is indeed easily managed, if proper теди „Оп secured they will well repay the cultivator for the trouble is that they must have a decided se An essential point in the cultivation of decidu and a long period of rest. If these conditions are b it useful to furnish ent lowers; and it We grow a lange quantity of the plant, and find of bloom. own by Mr. В. Yates, of Manchester, purposely for bouquets, choice white lowers being scarce in winter. Тһе blossoms when used singly are admirably suited for bou- quets, and they mix beautifully with Ferns. а a somewhat diferent treatment to that of many other Orchids. Tt April. "This new growth starts from the side of Calanthe veslita те s to of rest, which oceurs about March grow aller th ТІ that they shoul ovihs from one bulb; and it is when this growth commences „ which often produce two йе ptn А Tose their roots annually, and make fresh опе be potted into fresh soil. The b soon as they begin to grow; and this is the reason why they require potting immediately growth recom- z they will be injured or destroyed by the removal mences, for if left tool Тіс plants are very accommodating, for when they have finished blooming they ean be removed to any ler a de hey may be put either on a shelf or ш йу warm place until they commence growi drip from the plants above, for this, if allowed to lio on the bulbs, would i » stage, provided there is to decay. If the bulbs become at all affected by wet the only remedy is to © а the decayed parts away, apply at once some dry sulphur, or Time, which vill prevent the damage from proceeding further, During rom the base of perecived to be startin mit March or April. As the time of rest they require no water. When the young growth the bulbs, they should be repotted. Tt is our practice to pot 1 soon after they begin to grow they make fresh ones. In before mentioned they lose their roots annually, potting, therefore, eut all the decayed roots, and pot the bulbs in fresh soil, composed of peat or leaf rotten manure mixed well together, and incorporated. with a Tittle sand, г ; placing а little moss over the crocks to Keep it open, so that the Give good dai rough, not ood supply in the growing season. These plants thrive in quickly, for they require a water may pa Iyeuste Skinner, Epidendrum vitellimum, Odontoglossum grande, ete. If the cooler houses adapted ın in too high temperature the leaves spot, We grow them in the same temperature as that recom- mended for Odontoglossum nerium ша. "They аге subject to be attacked by several kinds of insects, such a vips, and red spider. ‘These should all be well s теней for, and d Jeaves, "The plants are propagated by dividing the bulbs when potted, and the divisions require They are easily increased. ame treatment as the established plants У Prarr XXX. ODONTOGLOSSUM PHAL/ENOPSIS. This very rare species of Odontoglossum was found in the elevated forest т Js in 1850, and in fal illustration ck Hill. Tui seen in cultivation at ай те Е We hav varieties, both extremely fine, but differing in i furnished with small psendobulbs, sis is an прастой nrnished wi y ches in height and about an inch in diameter, of a light green colo : singly from the bulbs, and are лато like, about ten inch nd somewhat drooping Г the bulbs, on. peduncles six inches or m ight. Each pals and petals white the lip broad, of а beautiful bright pink, intermixed and margined with w ie basal or upper pe ally blooms in April, May, and June, and makes а very t This plant as already observed, is а native o errors have been mado in the cultivation of 04 secure well-ripened bulbs ol foliage. "he most essential point is to give plenty of light, affording hade from the scorching rays of the suns but in autumn and winter allowing them all grown, is a low span-roofed building, the light possible. Mr. M'Morland's house, in which these plant with very few hot-water ls, во as to stand as near ipes; it faces the south, and the plants aro raised on p ible, The leaves, however, are not allowed to come in contact with the glas, this being very to Orch injurio y in order to grow this , causing them to become spotted. Great care, the plant wells but if it is the treatment it requires, it will amply repay the cultivator. We have already slated that nearly all the Odentogloseuats require cool treatment, Mr. MeMorland grows besides in the same house many other Orchids, which are doing remarkably well; for instance, a splendid specimen of Anguloa Clowesii, the finest of its las, beautiful specimens of Crlogyne cristata, and fine plants of Zycaste Shiner and othe ‘This Odontoglosenm should be potted just before it commences о grow. The operation should be effected with great care, so that the We have f state, the best remedy is not to allow them to lower, but to keop them syringed every day until the bulbs ots may not be injured, for this, if it occurs, may cause the bulbs to shrivel, quently see Orchids destroyed in this manner. If they should happen to get into a shrivelled are got into a plump condition. Never touch a plant when in a bad state—only to give it fresh soil, in order that it may make its fresh roots, and that it may not be afterwards disturbed. We find it is a good plan to place tho plants on blocks with a little live sphagnum ші id to keep them in a moist shady place until the hed ve mado good roots; then they may be placed near the glass, as recommended for establi plante. The material best suited to the roots of this plant is good fibrous peat, intermixed with some live sphagnum moss, and a few small broken erocks. The pots should be three parts filled with drainage, being spread on the top to keep it open. ‘This is an important item in the cultivation of the plant, а it the g А supply of water duri on, and must never be permitted to shrivel when at rest, ‘The crown must be kept two inches above the rim of the pot, which need not be a large one. As to temperature, it should be treated recommended for O. navim majus (Ртлт VIL). ‘This plant is sometimes attacked by red spider and ale, both of which should be removed with a sponge and water before they numerous, It is propagated by dividing the bulbs, leavi with several old ones behind it, They should be potted, as already advised. "The most suitable time f this is just as the plants commence growing; they must be kept in a shady place until they begin to make fresh roots, and when established may be set near the AN М 22 4 + = > зды AAA t 2 > Е ^ ЖУА; 7 5 — ( X ; / рт тентек / * tics Af / > % % Беке ы gentem зі оазе ад муци о RER ски n 90 Тьлтк ХХХІ An even iphyte, of Je, while near the bae is an elevate s вой Па Australes. The existence o М. Aubert Du Pe to the Rev. Willi iphyte, which is a native of Madagascar, was first made known by в grown in the collection of C. В. Warner, Esq, of Stratford. "This plant had two spike its ivory-white flowers expanded at the same time In some remarks which accompanied the account published in the * Gandeners Chronicle Mr. Ellis ions of Madagascar, but only in the lower and hotter districts, and there by no means so abundant as the splendid dngracum superbum. “The Angrecam sesquipedale,” he conti v in the moist and thick а the trees are only thinly spread Tt seemed to gr gher up, and among the smaller branches, Tt seemed to grow most freely where there w ty ol ıl air. The leaves were neither numerous nor large, and in its nativo state the plant mo presented а starved appearance and straggling habit. In this state the flowers were abundant nd deep my colour than when growing in йе... T once found the trunk of а tree lying nite rotten оп th Angracun sesquipedale growing at intervals along its entire М The roots, which had penetrated the decayed vegetable fibre of the tree, were comparatively white, зі fleshy, the leaves larger, of а darker green, and more suceulent but there were no flowers.” "The pl which Mr. Elis alludes to under the name of Angrecum superbum, we believe to be the true Г spect to beauty. "There are but few of th А to our presen inn worth cu jects of ornament, the being only fit for b tudy This, however, is not the case with the still rare Angracun sesguipedale, as our figure will show. I 5 th smooth leaves of a dark-green colo havin is а beautiful compact-growing specie bloom on the о that even when not in flower the plant is a good-looking e г continuing so rare is that iti that better success will attend the efforts difficult to import, but we may ho the plants become improved. Large quantities have been sent over, but few of them have arrived safely. Collectors should be very careful to pack and dispatch ave thick fleshy leaves and stems, an the plants whilst in a dormant state and perfectly dry, for they ‘eases should bo used, and the Чу very liable to decay from excess of moisture. Stout glas o that th ach other ld be secured firmly to their sides, from three to four feet in height, and Angrecim sesquipedale is а plant of evergreen habit, growin ie flower spikes proceed from the a he leaves, and are bearing leaves about twelve inches long. f of an ivory-white colour, amd has a tail-lik i during November, December, and January, and continues in perfectior for sever y sometimes five flowers, each of which is cight inches across, about ten inches in length, supporti ır, about fourteen inches in length, hanging from the under ie more valuable on account of its habit of blooming in winter, when flowers are s side. The pla Tt is all ‘This plant requires ie same treatment as the other dugrecums, which, like érides and Saccolabium, have no thick fleshy bulbs temperature of the Indian house to grow it to perfection. Tt requires, in fact 1 han Cattleyas and other pseudobulbous genera. It to support them, andl therefore need mor requires but a short season of теч, which should be given about the time it flowers. ‘The plants continue to grow nearly all the year, and must be kept in a plump condition; but too much water must never be given at the roots, especially if grown in pots, аз they are very liable to decay, Over-watering is very injurious to kind n trees, ‘They, indeed, get a great deal of rain sometime thos und but from their position there is a free circulation of air about them, and thorough drainage; hence, in ou houses, where they are confined, they require less water than some others, more especially when they have le. the plants are at their roots, Water therefore, must he in pots а with moss, the latter should only just be kept damp. The plant is of strong fre stem. We have found it to thrive well in a pot with mo produces thick fleshy roots up год drainage е three parts filled with few broken cocks, necessary, The р material, and the plants set a couple of inches above the rim. It will also succeed on a block, or in a et with moss suspended from Ше roof. If grown on a block, some live moss must be placed about it, and secured with nails and wire of copper: iron rusts, and is injurious to the roots, If baskets are used, they should be of copper, or galvanized iron, or rough wood; but an objection to the latter material s that it soon decays, and thus becomes expensive. We have sometimes seen basket-like pans of pottery t heavy би s well a In other respects, this Angraeum requires the same treatment as that recommended for Vanda insignis used, and they answer very well, except that they are som "ding from the roof. If bamboo can be procured, it makes capital baskets, and is light dur (Plate Ш), under which full directions are given as to the temperature of the Indian h It is not much affected Pr these become strong insects; sometimes the scale will attack it, but this may be easily subdued by wa ation is effected by means of the young shoots, which appear from the base of the plant. When nd vigorous, and furnished with plenty of roots up their stems, they may be cut through at intervals, levi roots on each piece. Some leaves should also bo left below the cut, in onder to draw up the sap, and induce fresh growth. These young rooted pieces should be placed on separate blocks, or in P with moss, and kept in а shady part of the house until they become established E 1 Prare XXXII MILTONIA MORELIANA way to the Exotic Nunery, King? е purple-lowered plant der the name of Milt as taken from a very fh me Nr. В it, Esq. of Stamford Hil, exhibited by h he Re pecimens whic won The part " to have their f a yello Several other Miltonias, namely There net wit re figured, though all of DE lcd, it is one that ought to b шау posses, a ıi expensive; and indeed el a time when Orchid flow y distin Miltonia Morel п plant, wit of a ligh moreover, a capital flower to carry or more, so that it is а useful plant for Autumnal Exhibitions, bein requiring in packing only a small stick to support each По Naturally the p and rocks, and in damp shady places where the heat runs high, n, and in the resting period there is much drought; nevertheless, at this juncture ihe dews, being heavy at night, keep the plants plump and firm, eo that they are prepared for starting into growth when the wet season, which Insts for and flowering. cultivated, Тһе most difficult point in its management is to keep the The plant may be casi foliage ofa good healthy colour; for it is often seen yellowish and unlealthy looking, although the plants may vigorous. We had them so ourselves. ‘The plant from which our illustration was taken was, however, n it forms in perfect health, the foliage being as green and beautiful as it possibly could be. When thus g М. spectabilis and its varieties equally wel Growers cannot do better, ly object. Mr. Baker grow ts are kept "дей therefore, than to follow his plan, for we never saw отав with better coloured foli the Jast three years. The mode of treatment is as follows: The р flowers as with him during in the Fast India house with Aérides, Saccolabium, ete.; they are grown in broadstopped ttle sun. "There are trees at one end of this house, which from the roof, near the glass, but where there i ugh the blind m used, and hence they obtain keep off the most powerful rays of the sun, lieve to be the correct mode of growing them abundance of Ti much sun-heat. ‘This we b A foliage. Mr. Baker info and that he believes the with ш us that he plants them in Sphagnum-moss and ре drain id secret to be the giving them plenty of water duri on, which causes them to root freely—as, indeed, his plants appear to do. The pans are perforated, id the roots run out in all directions round them, looking extremely healthy. When the plants are in bloom they are removed to a cooler house, where they remain until they have finished flowering; they are afterwards put back into the East India house, and started into growth. They generally commence gi we perfect drain after the flowering is over, and this is the best timo to pot them. They must over the potsherds, а little rough fibrous peat being mixed with it, and the pot or pan filled up with the material, so as to be able to place the plant on the top, a little above the rim, in which position the bulbs must be firmly fastened to the soil with small wooden pegs. ‘The plants having creeping rhizomes require a-topped pans or pots, in order to give room for their gr Ihe Miltonias require but little rest; they generally grow nearly all the year, taking their rest when they arein bloom. "They should never be allowed to get dry ; indeed the bulbs, instead of being in this way allowed to shrivel, must always be kept in a plump state. We have grown them in the same house with the Cattleyas, and found them to do well and flower abundantly already described, water and of a good shade, and not so much а strong heat, are what they m colour, and to gr warm weather will improve the health of them to perfection, А the plan They are propagated by ulobulbs, leaving two or three old bulbs at the hack of th owth. The best time to divide them is just as they are starting into growth. When divided, they should be put into separate pots and set in a shady place, а il quantity of moisture being applied at the roots. ‘Chey are not much subject to injury from insects. Sometimes the white scale will attack them, and when this happens it must be subdued by washing > - 1 Es қ : j { | 3 : j -; | : E { | - ы | Е і + 5 t + А 7 Е е? | і | | А „Е в: بد‎ = еҙ M - 7 ў ёз = | 8 "Th ( 5 ES | و‎ 2 = у ы ” 42 > з ~ » > й қ = ғ” 3 =: + 2 ч . 7 | 4 и м ‚ } $ А | і | | | = B й ; | | з « | | | | | Piare XXXIII ANGULOA CLOWES An epiphyts of bold ani: showy character, producing flowers at the mme time as the young Пабло Т acudobulbs are lar а ovate, and жу furrowed. The leves aro broadly obavnt-hnccolat and біліс, three or four together, the young pseudobulbs being at length developed at their base, and at f petala are similar în forin, be mad acute, the petals somewhat the smal The lip is shorter than 0 ovate х acute, the middle 1 hairy, and unequally lipped, the upper lip very short and omargiente, the lower one aeuminate and ішкенін | The column is large and entire. дать, Cuowest, Lind al Register, 1844,1. 63: Hooker, tient Ма 4315; Reichenbach fi | Walpers Annales Botanices Sgeematior, vi. 89 | ! This fine plant was collected by M. Linden in Columbia some two-and-iventy years ago, and was first | flowered by the Rey. J. Clowes, of Broughton Hall, Manchester, after whom it has been named, in the year 1844. There appear to be several varieties of it in e ‘That originally published in the Botanica? | Register Бай a perfectly white lip. Another figured in tho Botanica! Magazine, which had been collected by Mr. Purdie when on his mission for the Royal Garden at Kew, had the hairy tip of the lip of a strongly- colour, ‘That which we now figure, from the superb collection of В. Rucker, E I, is, it will be seen, almost uniform in colour ук recognized by botanists generally, is not too distinct, for Anguloa, which seems to be Lycaste, as Dr. Lin proaches very € у has shown in describing the plant we now figure The main difference is, that in Zyeaste the lateral sepals are placed edge to edge, while in Anguloa they considerably overlap, which arrangement produces а considerable difference in the aspect of the Поет, is a small genus, of which five species only are in cultivation, all showy and ornamental plants. We A, Clowesié with а few small red spots bright yellow variety is sometimes called macrantha, and is extremely rare of Anguloa are of deciduous their leaves after their growth is completed; and they are of easy culture if the proper treatment g plants when well grown. Some are rare in collec They are all, moreover, еди capital species to import if it but the one now figured may be obi th, but if imported. when is sent at the proper time, that is, when Ше plants starting into growth, they will in all probability decay Anguloa Cloecaii grows to a large size. The bulbs are usually six inch and the leaves, which are from two feet to two feet six inches in height, six inches in width, and proceed from the top of the bu grow in April, when tho Mower:buds are produced of a bright golden: weed in May and June, and four in number, The blo т лот, thre at they form a Kin id stand nearly up tinue in perfection for at least a month if they are ys its flowers are so large and distinct. It good traveller, for a stick put to the Ik of each flower will prevent it from getting injured, but it must be tied firmly, and must not touch the flowers, for they are e ly bruised, and th n tum black. А piece of. waddi hould be placed within the flower to keep the lip in its proper p боп, and prevent it from movin which it has a great propensity to do when the plant is disturbed; this of jure must be taken ont on тва al at the exhibition, ‘The habitat of this species із in low bottoms in the midst of forests, growing on the ground, cons quently where there is plenty of moisture in the growing season. When the leases begin to decay, they 4 have a good season of rest; this occurs during winter. In the spring the plants commence to grow and bloom, ‘The finest plant we have soon was grown by Mr. Anderson, gardener to J. Dawson, Esq, near СЪ ht! ‘The plant was ‘This was indeed a wonderful specimen, "The bulbs were seven inches in he а pot, and had ten flowering bu which produced from thirty to forty flowers! Mr. Anderson grows his Anguloas at one end of his cool house, alons with Дусаме, Odontoglossum, and similar plants, which fact should teach us а Је in their cultivation, ‘They have been wrongly treated by many growers, and this is the reason we have seen so few good examples of them. ‘The fine specimen just mentioned wa temperature of from 45° to 50° during the winter season when it was at rest, while during summer it was kept in a temperature ranging from 60° to 80°, with sun he and the aid of a little fire occasionally to keep off decay, especially in heavy weather. ‘The plant was allowed to have all the light possible, only sufficient shade being given to shield it from the scorching rays of the sun. "These Anguloas thrive best in pots with р al-earth and good drainage. They are also better planted Jew lı the pot-rim, as they require a good supply of water at the roots during the summer or growing m. When the growth is completed, they must have a season of rest, the supply of water being reduced (о just sufficient to keep the bulbs in a plump state, We have known the bulbs to be rotted in winter trough receiving too much water. Whe this occurs, it is best, before decay has proceeded too far, to cut the damaged portion away with a sharp knife below the part which is affected, and to apply a sm of dry sulphur to the wound, ‘The mode of prop ion is by division. "The bulbs should be cut apart just before they commence starting into growth, alway з leaving two or three old bulbs at the back of the leading one. Afterwards they should be potted into the same material as the established plants, Sometimes the old bulbs will produce young ones on the top, and these hould be left until the growth is completed before they are taken off and potted. ‘The plants should always be Kept free from insects; they are most liable to be attacked by the thrips. 3 3 з $ | і E | 4 | і & лат s tt | NR (аға! weld dde es eint та Ийе! Зе ip WE Me кре: "E IM је ane | т % 9 г 5 B i dw. 1 Феод i ^а іре ү» in » р «44 Е. ж с Yi 5 ^а * чу Puate XXXIV CHYSIS LIMMINGHII parked ani uminate plicately-veined leave Щі з bearing abont бте or aix Sowers Th ee à its bey uniform, (except atte lateral sepals are broader at the base am comme moy at dti а lat Ше реш are th a narrowed); these pars are Мани white, pp il purple. "he Hp Викове, the lateral lobe oblique, i, y "eese escent, with five parallel nearly in front. Tho column is broad, fleshy, concave, puberale Lemaire, Питат Horticole, ii. t Синая avuza, vor, Lionas, Lemaire, Питао Лотон у, t. 240, in note; М 1. 9265 (Lemminghei) Cis звони, Linden, Catalogue, Y ter, Botanical Maga: "This very beautiful plant was introduced in 1855, by M. Ghiesbreght, to the establishment of М. Linden, of Brussels, Tt was found in Tabasco, a province of Mexico, growing on forest trees near the se coast. М. Lemaire was the first to suggest that it was a variety of C. aurea, and this conclusion seems have been arrived at independently by Sir W. Hooker, v serves: C. anrea has the purple streaks nearly Obsolete. С. aurez, var. maculata, has more distinct purple streak and a deep tawny blotch occupying the upper half of the sepals and petals. C. Z imminghii, of Linden, with a structure bulbs, and identical with the others, has a nearly white or ercam-coloured flowers anything of a golden colour sonfined to the lip, but there are purple or lilac blotches on the sepals and petals, and very deep and holabellam. Thus T am compelled to & lo streaks and spots on the in of one and the same species, C. aurea.” Our plate was taken from a large plant in our own colle hich produced about forty flowers Intermixed with its green foliage these formed a complete bouquet its leaves some time after the growth is complete It ва deciduous plant, losin intimated, it is a free-lowering species. We have seen but two varieties, other wem. We have noticed a very fine one collection of J. A. Turner, Esq. of Manchester, and this is b every year. Weh юной to great perfection indeed, to sce more of it cultivated, аз it is a most desirable plant for exhibition purposes, on account of the its appearance. It belongs to a small genus, of which we only know four worth amongst them Ohysis bractescens, a most beautiful species, and a great favourite amongst ladies, who use its delicate white lovers to decorate their hair; when so employed, they are found to last a long time, on account of their being of a thick waxy texture Chysis Limminghi has thickish elub-shaped stems or bulbs eight inches or m "The leaves foot, and are of a lig proceed from the top of the stems to the height ith the young growth, on a spike about four inch ometimes y the base of the bulbs alor several «pikes together when the plant is strong. Тіс sepals and petals are of a delicate b with purple; the lip is of the same colour, barred with purple, and yellow in the centre. The b cason lass through March, April, and May, and the flowers continue in perfection for about three weeks if kept in а cool house without being wetted, If the plant is required for exhibition purposes it should be retarded as soon as its growth is completed by placing it at the coolest end of the house without water at the они, and flowers then it should have a little more warmth, Tt is a roots, until it is required to start into to travel, a little wadding being put between the flowers, and of course removed on its arrival capital ріш at the place of exhibition, wilt and rest. The The plant is of easy cultivation, the chief requisites being distinct seasons of w flower, After this has been completed, they should have one of rest, by withholding water from the roots, only in a plump state, Tet the bulbs be well plumped before resting commences; this sufficient to keep he bulbs ceasing to swell. "Ihe roots being ıe leaves commencing to decay a period їз easily known by ourse require when growing a proportionate amount of moisture of a thick and fleshy substance, 4 the temperature of the nse the most suitable for all the species of experience we have Tf they are grown in a pot, Сух, allowing them as much Tight as possible to secure well-ripened bulb sed, as the bulbs are inclined to hang down, and by this mode they are best elevated on another pot rev of elevation they get all the Tight and air posible The aro the more suitable on account of the pendent habit of the bulbs. The best material we have found for lel from the п he latter, from their being susp е well either in pots ог baskets; perhap quantities, and they must growing them in is rough fibrous peat and sphagnum moss in equ we good ld be placed next the outside and peat-earth in the centre, as drainage. If cultivated in baskets, m 46 well on Blocks, but on і the constant watering would otherwise be liable to wash out the peat. They about which latter moss m these they require more attention, and more frequent moistening of the ro season after they have finished it annually. We find it better to repot them every be fixed, replacing as, like other deciduous plants, they lose their roots dur he resting-period, and by giving them Moor are induced to make stronger growth and to flower more frely fresh material, the bulb: hey have finished blooming, always choosing a just a 5 Propagation is effected by dividing the bul and leading bulb with one or two old ones at the back. ‘The divisions should be potted in peat and шо шге at the roots. They are not specially subject to insect attacks, but sometimes ОГ course they must not be must have plenty of m ered to ider will damage their foli when young the thrips gain the ascendency. the lip. The natural blooming period is during February and March, and it continues in perfection for a month or five weeks, if tho flowers are Кері free from damp, and in a cool house A native of the North of Indio, this fin species, but t than many other Indian it must have some artificial warmth. Tt is only of late years that we have proved it to succeed well in а much cooler temperature than it h usually been grown іш given to many species of Odontoglossum, or such as may be experienced at the cool end of a Cattleya house, Which is the position in which we generally grow it, and in which we have found it to th well, and to bloom profusely. But flowers must not be expected without well-matured bulbs; in securing these however, if the proper treatment is ol flower spike, and soon after the blooms are faded it be iven, there will be no difficulty, for the plant Tt requires ason of rowth, commencing after flowering—in fact, the new growth is produced along with the growth by giving new soil sd; afterwards there must be a decided season of rest We have found this Gelogyue thrive better grown in a pot than in any other as it requires a considerable quantity of water in the growing season; water should however be given with caution, in order that the young growth may not be destroyed. "The soil should be kept damp during the time the bulbs are forming, but wh they are fully rown only enough water should be given to keep them plump, until signs of growth reappear, when the quantity may be gradually increased. ‘The best soil is good fibre peat in a rough state, mixed with a little sand and charcoal, or broken erocks, to Keep the mass open, and to allow the water to рг away freely. Good drain sential, in order that there may bo no pended fro mant water about the roots, ‘The plant will thrive well а bask the roof with moss and pe The white seale is its greatest insect enemy, and this may be subdued by со stant washing. Propa- gation is effected by di iding the bulbs just afier flowering; this must be done in the manner we have so often recommended for other plants. с. = X 5 7 > 2 «ж Е-4 E 73 e - gp EN "J + — / =. b Puxte XXXVI DISA GRANDIFLORA SUPERBA. Мей terrestrial herb of very gre ing behind a blunt spur more than half an inch Long (not shown in те); the lateral ones plain ing, somewhat laterally Чейехей, ovate acumi half inches long, and of а rich еп жч. "The petals are small, orate, at the D he column. The Ii ting in front, is small, те. curved, linear acuminate, and гок едом, umn is provided with a pair of erect halkoral recurved subconvolute appendages, which ond. thickly spotted with erimion-roe, tho anther bed forming а long conical beak-like projection between them. Disa oxaxraszona surmna, Moore, Proceedings ор yal Horticultural Society, i. б11; Florist an The old Disa grandifora was ured so long ago as 1825, in the Botanical Register, from a specimen flowered, as w as supposed for the first time in Europe, һу W. Griffin, Esq, of South Lambeth, a well-known cultivator of that day, after whom the pretty genus Grifinie is named. А comparison of that figure with our отп, will be sufficient to show that the title of syperba is well merited. This name was the Floral Committee of Royal Horticultural Society, held in July, 1862, when two or three different ms were shown by O. Leach, Esq, of Clapham Park, and the present, as being much superior to the rest, received the highest award that o i The lowers were larger and letter proportioned, the colours richer and more decidedly contrasted than in the ordinary forms, The dorsal sepal was deeply al dems, each with four or five flowers, In flushed with purple-rosc, and marked with very distinct erimson-purple king dotted lines, and the М sepals were of a light crimson, "This specimen had four Пон others equally well grown, the colours were paler, the dorsal sepal being more blush than rose-coloured, and Ше lateral ones orange-red. We therefore readily adopt the name of superba Disa graudifora superba ranks amongst the finest of greenhouse Orchids. Our drawing was taken an unusual number, for com- int that produced with us eight blooms on one spike monly not more than two, three, or four are produced. It was grown in a greenhouse under vines, but as ble where it obtained plenty of light. the horticultural he most successful cultivator of this Dia is C. Leach, Esq, of Clapham Par n for b ninently under notice as he has done, by greatly indebted to this gontl хем Park shows, during the last few year ne specimens exhibited at Kensington and the rowth they presented, with their nis must have been astonished at the vigorous thirty to forty young shoots and numerous flower spikes; some you y. What they require is coolness and moisture at th in the sides of the pots, so vigorous were swith during the winter months, at which time they require great care ts about six inches in heigh "This Disa has a creeping unde i leaves are affixed to these stems, and the flower spike, when present, ofa light green с from dl een inches or two fect, bearing from two to eight flowers of large size (m scarlet and erimson-veined pink. Тһе blossoms are те than four inches in diameter), encrally p пе for five or six weeks, Tt makes a fine plant duced in June, July, and Augu Tor exhibition on account of its splendid colour "The treatment own to admit of a minuto and dogmatical account of it поо being given. "The first hing is to ascertain the condition of its native habitation, which is on the bank well supplied with moisture during the growing season. Tho plants rest after the flowering season is over; during this time less moisture is required, and as we have been informed become dried up. ‘The growing season recommences by those who have seen it growing wild, the watereour in October or November, and continues until the blooming period. "Ihe shoots die off annually, and new ones with fresh roots are produced in the autumn. At this se ien active growth commences, they require great care. We have found them making their roots in January and February, and this is the time to repot them, or to put them in wide shallow pans. ‘They do not root deeply in the м and prefer a shallow pan, as they throw up suckers very freely. We have seen in the collection of R. Y. Ainsworth, Esq, of Lower Broughton, Manchester, a well-grown plant under the caro of Mr. Mitchell, the gardener, who cultivates it in а cool greenhouse with plenty of moisture at the roots during the groni and in the same material as we recommend, It is а good plan, after the growing and flowering seasons are over, (о place the plants in a rather shady part of the garden, and ‘them occasionally, though not keep them too moist, for this is their restin they may however perish if allowed to get too dry. At the end of September or October, they may be put back into the greenhouse, and they will soon b throw up their fresh stems, when more water may be given. During the timo they they may be syringed twice a day or even oftener; this is far better than using a water the purpose of a shower of rain and helps to keep the red spider from the leaves, This inset is very injurious to them, and prevents their growth from being properly matured, which is one reason, no doubt, why we se so many failures with these plants. Water poured upon the tables which they stand on, causes a moist at- ly conducive to their healt mosphere to rise ир among them, and is g "The soil we have found best suited to the Disa is good fibrous peat used in rather a rough state, and ded to it; th with a little silver sand, wel-rotted manure, and live sphagnum-moss should be mixed well and a little moss ог rough peat may be advantageously employed to keep the drainage open. Shallow pois ог pans are the best to grow them in, and during the growing and flowering season they should be kept in the greenhouse as near the glass as possible, which will cau them to gain strength and flower freely; the roots are to be kept well watered during their growth, and they must have a proper rest after оо them, is just as they are beginning to make roots; and they should be potted an inch below the pot rim. io. These should be left till well ei plants, after which ‘They are easly propagated, as they throw up suckers in abu rooted, and then taken off and potted in the material recommended for estais they must be Kept moist and in the shade until they make fresh roots. When they get established, place them near the light, and apply more water to the roots, As already mentioned, the plant the attacks of red spider and thrips, which must De subdued by constantly springing both under and over the leave | ALEANDRA DEVONTAD large осн сій owen р | Tate, spreading, and ascendent, pur. brown, with border of green. "The Пр i large, prominent, obscurely з С дәре from the sid meet and form ап open tbe, the d | Bu ат (кыы E дей spur) fou ші cromo I at Ше apex with deep ros, а акрів ie Gana a algu жїрї, ner has a l ту ereet ere AD Sonar, іа Груз Sertun Orelidaco L Шалды Петр В ie Magazine, 1.4010; Botanist, v. 4.231; Reichenbach fil i 4 Annales Botanic Systematic This fine plant was first red by Sir Richard Schombargk, who found it in the neigh reellos, on the banks of the Rio Negro, growing sometimes in large clusters on the tr river, sometimes on the ground when the soil consisted of v ald, Tt was, he remarks, so luxuri thal s mon root, might have been from ten to ıe of the larger clusters of stems, which sprouted from. ference, and the stems often from five to six feet high. his so far exceeds what has welve feet in cire mitry, that it is reasonable to expect, when this luxuriance is realized, that ve hall also obtain пик owers than we have yet seen in our hothou ın the banks of the Rio Ne uce and Wallace o, a tributary of the Amazon, an scies, which is the finest of its ge tion of J. A. Tumer, E estrial I Manchester, country. Our illustration was taken from a specimen in the the plant more than fifteen years ago at the Chiswick and S. Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth, exlil Regents Park shows, and it mado a pleasing variety in his collection iana grows taller than the other species, and the stems are of a brighter green colour, ruined, 0. Baneri also makes a fine specimen when well Goleandra D o that when once seen it may easily be ree grown, Mr. Blake, gardener to J. Н. Schröder, Esq our collections, as it is a very distinct plant. ‘There is another, G. cristata, which is quite different from the other two, and well worth cultivating. ишу. The Galeandra Desoniana is one of those Orchids which lose their leaves this country aro umally about to fect in height, andthe foliage в of а light-green colour. ‘The flower from the top of the stem when the autiflly pencilled with purple. It M are kept cool and free from damp. Fori ferent seasons, and continue a good supply of moisture, We wen i find it thriving beautifully with са Park, in а cool house, with Odontaglassum, Lycan т. Penny, gardener to A. Gibbs, Tag Dut when grow great deal of water, and the block must be Kept moist, ‘This plan Вай been imported for about a year; but that from which our figure was taken, we have known for several years, and it has always been grown in a pot ‘The plant requires a good м on of rest, Mr, Pilcher, gardener to $. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth, s, and during Ші informs us that his plant sometimes rests for six mor ne he keeps the roots quite dry, or gives but jı When growths may ше to keep the bulbs plump. Ihe plants commence growing, water n iven, but not too freely at first, or the рої. By the time they aro grown about six inches more water may be given, and during the period of active growth the plants should never be allowed to get dry. We have known injar reat to be caused by dryne this occurring. tage, the growth becoming in consequence weakly; but after the growth has been completed, less water will suffice. We find it to grow better when kept near the glass, where it may have all the li ıt possible, “Тіс growih is then stronger, and this is also the means of bringing the flowers to a larger size. This plant sometimes makes two growths in one year, but does not always flower from bot id starts before the first is completed. The best material for potting is good fibrous peat and sphag nixed well together, with good drain tho pots being half filled with crocks, and г hen a little sphagnum үші over the erocks to Keep them open. material should be carried one or two inches above the rim, and tl lant placed on the top, and firmly pegged down. ‘This latter is a point of s the cultivation of Orchids, as it canses them to root more vigorously; besides, if loose, the rots are apt to get injured. he best time for potting Galeandras is just as they start into growth, and be they begin to make fresh roots. ‘They require to bo repotted when Ше soil gets in a close or sour state. Tt should in such cases and the roots wa Do shaken away d before repotting. This, indeed, should be done with all Orchids whi hase got into an unsatisfactory condition. Both Mr. Toll and Mr. Pilcher of the Ea w their plants at the Indian house; but we find they will do with les he at is, in a temperature of from 50° to іп winter, and in a house without fire-heat, except on cold and wet day: ти leading growth, plant is propagated by dividing the stems, leaving me or two of the older ones 1 the divisi the back of the is must be done when th ıs potted in the material re- commended above. Insects do thy n some mischief, the thrips and red spider especially being fond of the tender leaves, and if allowed to inerease they will seriously injure the growth. — [РХ an 21 па: n erm " Owens an ins [ MED WS . 4 мм | А m “gt щъ, А > Рідте XXXVII EPIDENDRUM SKINNERI SUPERBUM. portion below the terminal raceme of f broadly-lanecolate and twerunkel The flowers form long, dense, cylindrical racemes, sometim не во as to become paniculate, and furnish lip of nearly the same form asthe petals; all of th Шер purple, somewhat deeper tinted in the lip Which i marked towards the base with yellow stre лицем Sense во, of gardens, and of our accompanying Plate ЗА ‘This exceedingly beautiful variety of a very benatif nala by б. species, was introduced from Gh Ure Skinner, Esq, to the nursery of Mr. Veitch, of Chelsea, by whom it was exhibited, in fine condi п of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1803, and received the award of a first-elnss certificate gular attractiveness. Ti far surpasses the old pidendrum Skioneri in well as in brillian ur; and, n constitution, it usually p gardens the name of Barkeria; but, as remarked to us by Profesor Reichenbach, whatever may be thought of the validity of that genus, the wingless column e to the lip in this species В suficient to remove tendrum 5 sor Reichenbach it therefrom. funeri is found also in Costa Rica, and we learn from Pr Epi that he has it white-lowered, gathered by Warszewicz. Im bloom ren charming с Tong continuance іш wo now publish was made from a fine plant in Mr. Veitel/s collection: Others were flowering at the same its clas, ring it most valuable for the decoration of our cool Orekid-houses. ‘The beautiful drawing which oms being lan ime, but that now figured is the finest of them all, the b of а much deeper colour The old form, however, is worth a place in every collection, as it is a fine showy plant for the winter owth, which may be secured nonths, and is a f ming plant when in vig ing the proper faili 1 this Epidendrum ofu is that it receives 100 much heat. The cool régime is that wbich should be adopted to keep it in a healthy ses after having completed its growth, The reed-like stem The variety now be a foot in height, and bear light green foliage. ‘The Hower-spike proceeds from the nd attains the height of from twelve to at the ст number of flowers of a dark rosy colour. ‘The blooming period continues from November till February, and the individual by giving larger supplies of moisture at the roots. It has been а too common and fatal vistake to give this plant too much heat and too little water when growing. Tt has thick fleshy root ni puis them forth freely to seek for moisture ; but in the resting season, enough water must be given t те st grown on blocks of wood, suspended from the roof of the house. We have also grown them in shallow baskets, with erocks and moss, but we prefer blocks with a flat surface, to which the roots may cling. "The plant must be firmly fastened with copper wire and copper nails, as the rust from ordinary mails would injure them; and injury should be avoided as much as possible, as it takes time to get up a flowering specimen, and the only way to preserve it, when obtained, is to study and be guided by its re- having a fine show of flowers during the winter quirements, If this is done, the cultivator m of of the house, the plants h months: and suspended from the "The most suitable temperature is that which has been recommended for Odontoglossum пети (Plate VIL), that is to say, the plants should be kept in an intermediate house, where the heat ranges from 50° t 55° during the winter months, from November to the middle of February, at which latter period a slight of temperature by sun-heat will do no harm, Afer February until May, the temperature should be allowed to rise to 60° by day and 55° by night; during the summer months no fire need be used, except on cold we is; but by October it is necessary to have recourse to fire-heat, which is Кері on through the winter, the utmost care being however required in its application, so as to avoid anything like excess, which is at all times dangerous, 4 supply of moisture at the то should be syringed Tn the growing season the plants requir the ha with water of the same temperatur in which they are kept. This will help to destroy the red yu to them, and their leaves being thin, they are very liable to be attacked. The spider, which is very injur тоуей by smoking the house, and washing the leaves thrips is another inveterate enemy, which should be with clean water. Тоо much smoke should not be given at once; two or three funigations on alternate Ihe insects should never be allowed to get too much ahead before the remedy is nights is far better applied. iding the bulbs, leaving two or three old ones at the back of the lead- 'ho plants are propagated by di the older plants. ing shoot, and placing them on blocks, as recommended for тмин AAA Е M y MÀ. voy ints in the former havi Г tiful plant comes from М flowers, which latter are ik spike y ind continue for the We have found the p „7, and require ving plant, which remains on 4 and. giving merely sufficient reason it has not flowered lin ж her laws, we с y of the sol, while the strong Pure XXXIX ARPOPHYLLUM GIGANTEUM feum is very nearh o Arpophyltum cardinale, differing among other small ng a distinely fringed lip, while the latter is quite withou ‘This beau- and G: nged o si mala. pike Tike It is extremely curious in the formation of its spikes and the umber of small shells, one time, а fect in diameter, with upwards of one hundred own more frequently by about a foot in length to the height of f plo he lip of a purplishen lant to grow well in company with Odoufoglts, Zycastes, ete s thick ot ike down into it, И must have a доо wing season ; and after that a good rest by withholding water ‘This will b in some collections is because it has been cultiva that k ot must be half filled with À оп these a little sphagnum must be laid, and the rest filled up with peat, which should be а є or two inches above the rim, and the plant placed on the top, where it is to bo firmly pegged down, with a little pent on the roots. ‘The plant will also thrive in a basket ded from the roof, but it then requires more It is not subject to the attacks of insects, except the whit removed, this will do no harm, Propag the back of the leading shoot, The division should be made before now growth commences, and ould be potted in the materials already mentioned, and receive a little water, — Y Prare XI ІЛИЛА PURPURATA. from Lr м а he ls lineadanecolate acut re ho same colour. The lip i i the colum: т purple road roundish or semiovate terminal 1 ding, с do, comi slightly bilobel, of a rich v m, paler towards the ейде, and at the be streaked with Lxua лата, Г Parton's Flower бат Reichenbach fi. їп Река, б. 37. (См Barstaxa, Lemaire, Jardin Fleurs, iii. Buma топта, Reichenbach fi i lanai көлін een Dr. Lindley remarks of this magnificent plant, that it is very nearly related to еа grandis, another. Brazilian species, while Reichenbach compares it with Lelia crispa. Lelia purpurata is а native of th island of St, Catherine's, whence it was introduced to Belgium by М. Brys. To M bel f first introducing it to this country. At that moet sation, and we believe small plants wer the rate of twenty-five guinea я many plants may be purchased for the same amonnt, and nspicuons feature in almost every mis collection of Orchids brought to our exhibitions, immense quantities have been imported by Los Veitch, and others. It is curious to that although th пу, scarcely with alike, "That which we figure is one of the best. "This Lelia is one of the finest Orchids in cultivation. Tt yields, moreover, as variety of colour, very few known species being so much vario in regard to the size of the lip and the inten- ity of colouring, Our illustration was taken from a beautiful specimen in our own c Latias are all evergreen Orchids. The species now figured has fine foliage as well as fine flowers, moreover, seres well for exhibition purposes, its bold richly-eoloured flowers having a xe, Some plants have been shown with forty to fiy Dlosoms open at one time. Itm lo flower in May, June, and July, by having several plants, and them in succes Lelia purpurata is of a compact, frec-growin өг three feel, and the Tatter are from two to four inches Broad. The blossoms issue from a spathe formed when the growth is completed; and the spikes attain a height of eight inches, and bear from three to five lovers of large size. "Phe sepals and petals are white, slightly tinged with Vd the lip is of a rich erim: on purple, The flowers are produced naturally during May and June, and continue in perfection for three I the Cattleyen will suit this Zelia well Foot Fore Spine