would seem to delight. Indeed, so signal, in the case of 
Lelia majalis, has been failure of even the most experienced 
cultivators, that although there was scarce a collection that 
did not contain one or more specimens of the plant, still did it 
obstinately refuse to flower, except in the solitary instance 
about to be described, when it yielded to the skilful treatment 
of Mr. Dillwyn Llewelyn, of Penllergare, who has favoured us 
with the following note :— | 
“< This ‚plant was purchased,’ says Mr. Llewelyn, “about 
three years since from M. Deschamps, and soon afterwards 
potted in very rough fibrous peat, being kept nearly dry ina 
cool plant house, until its new buds began to swell, when 1t was 
removed to a hot and damp stove, kept exclusively for Orchi- 
dacex. Water was regularly given until its buds had acquired 
their full size, when it was discontinued by degrees, and the 
plant carried back to a lower temperature. This treatment 
has been repeated, and under it the entire genus seems to thrive, 
although, perhaps, from the vigour of some specimens of L. 
anceps and L. autumnalis, which I have attached to pieces of 
rough barked wood (with a little peat tied round the root) I 
should prefer that course of treatment to the more usual one 
of potting them.’ 
“ The mode pursued by Mr. Llewelyn is certainly the only 
one under which success can be expected ; but there is yet a 
point to be gained, for while the specimens at Penllergare, 
however beautiful, consisted of only a solitary flower, in a wild 
state three or four are borne upon a Spike." 
The method of managing the plant in the Gardens of the 
Hortieultural Society is as follows. 
It is tied to a block of wood and suspended to a rafter in a 
moist stove. When removed from one block to another, which 
is sometimes necessary, it will be found beneficial to place a 
slice of turfy peat or a small quantity of sphagnum between 
the wood and the roots of the plant, this retains moisture in 
summer so that less syringing is required. The quantity of 
water necessary for it on the bare block of wood would prove 
injurious to plants in pots below it. In the growing season the 
temperature does not exceed 80° by day nor does it fall below 
70° at night.‘ In winter 56° with fire heat is quite sufficient. 
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