44. 
they affect, I have made the following selection from the cor- 
respondence, which cannot fail to possess the greatest interest 
for all growers of Orchidaces. 
79. ONCIDIUM leucochilim ; 
80. STANHOPEÂ oculata ; 
“This plant inhabits the higher temperatures, and I 
should recommend for its cultivation in Europe that it should 
not be kept in a temperature colder than 55°, or warmer 
than 70°; well watered from June to September every after- 
noon; and from October to May inclusive only slightly wa- 
tered every evening at sundown, to resemble our dews, not, 
it must be recollected, so heavy as people represent them in 
Europe—the region being high, and very different to a coast 
climate. The seasons here are the same as in England, the 
coldest weather December, January, and February ; on the 
25th, 26th, and 27th of December, 1839, the thermometer 
has growing on the same branch. 
at six o'clock in the morning in the open air for three days ` 
averaged 36° Fahr. and yet Oncidium leucochilum continued 
to shoot its young stems. Flowers in February and March.” 
81. EPIDENDRUM Skinner. 
., This plant inhabits also a middling temperature, and 
will thrive best in a*climate graduated from 56° to 70. Do 
not put this plant in earth, but permit it to have free scope 
for young roots and shoots, which it will throw out in 
August.” 
82. EPIDENDRUM aurantiacum. 
“Same habitat as Oncidium leucochilum, always found 
together ; only that this plant seeks exposure, and therefore 
is subject to greater extremes of heat and cold; the finest 
masses however are always found on the steep brows of rocky 
barrancas—thus however rarely ‘come-at-able,’ ” i 
men bore last month fifteen flowers on one stem. 
83. CATTLEYA Skinner. 
