allowing fire heat to rise above fifty-eight or sixty degrees, 
particularly late in the autumn. Indeed, it cannot be too 
constantly borne in mind, that high temperature, and abun- 
dance of moisture, more especially about the roots, are very 
unsuitable to nearly all the western Orchids. 
It is increased by dividing the plant when in a state of 
rest. It flowers at different seasons of the year, according to 
the time of resting, and the length of repose allowed. 
New GARDEN PLANT. 
BoLBOPHYLLUM LoBit. 
B. Lobii ; folio petiolato obovato-oblongo coriaceo, pedunculo unifloro folio 
breviore, pedunculo nudo unifloro folio breviore basi subglanduloso e 
bracteis squamzeformibus cucullatis falcatis subglandulosis erumpente, 
sepalis oblongis acutis lateralibus falcatis, petalis.conformibus minoribus 
reflexis, labello longà unguiculato cordato ovato acuto canaliculato apice 
recurvo. 
How fine a plant of its kind this is, may be surmised by 
its having been taken for a Celogyne. The flowers are 
yellow, shaded with cinnamon, spotted with light brown, and 
speckled outside with brown purple. They are full four 
inches across. We know of no species of the genus com- 
parable for beauty. Mr. Thomas Lobb sent it from Java 
to Messrs. Veitch, who have it for sale. We find it in Sir 
W. Hooker's Herbarium, marked Sestochilus, but we do not 
know on what authority it is referred to that supposed genus. 
We have named this fine plant after Mr. Thomas Lobb, 
whose zeal and ability, as a botanical collector, are beyond 
praise, and whose dried specimens are unrivalled for beauty, 
and admirable selection, 
