continuing rare U Ilial it is 80 difficult to import, but wc may hope thai better success will attend the efforts 

 made in this direction as the means for transmitting the plants become improved. Large quantities have 

 Wen sent over, but few of them have arrived safely. Collectors should lie very careful to pack and dispatch 

 (lie plants whilst in a dormant Mate and perfectly dry, for they have thick fleshy leaves and stems, and are 

 consequently very liable to decay from excess of moisture- Stout glass cases should be used, and the plants 

 should be secured firmly to their sides, so that they may not bruise each other, 



/tngr&cum Ksquiptdak is a plant of evergreen habit* growing from three to four feci in height, and 

 hearing leaves about twelve inches long. The Dower spikes proceed from the axils of the leaves, and nn; 

 about ten inches in length, supporting four or sometimes five flowers, each of which is eight inches across, 

 tif nn ivory-white colour, and has a tail-like spur, about fourteen inches in length, hanging from the under 

 side. The plant blooms during November, December, and January, and continues in perfection for several 

 weeks- It is all the more \ aluable nn account of its habit of blooming in winter, when flowers arc scarce. 



This plant requires the temperature of the Indian house to grow it to perfection. It requires, in fact, 

 the same treatment as the Other Jugracum, which, like Acrid** and $accoMium % have no thick fleshy bulbs 

 to support them, and therefore need more nourishment Ihan Catlkgas and other pscudobulbous genera. It 

 requires but a short season of rest* which should be given about the lime it flowers. The plants continue to 

 grow nearly all the year, and must lw kept in a plump condition; but too much water must never be given 

 at the roots, especially if grown in pots, as they are very liable to decay. Over-watering is very injurious to 

 those kinds of Orchids that are found growing on trees. They, indeed, get a great deal of rain sometimes, 

 but from their position there is a free circulation of air about them, and thorough drainage; hence, in our 

 houses, where they arc confined, they require lc*s water than some others, more especially when they have 

 moss at their roots. Water therefore, must be given at very rare intervals. If the plants are grown in pots 

 with moss, the latter should only just he kept damp. The plant is of strong free-growing habit, and 

 produces thick fleshy toots up the stem. We have found it to thrive well in a pot with moss, mixed with a 

 few broken crocks. Good drainage is neccwiry. The pots should be three parts filled with drainage 

 material, and the plants set a couple of inches above the rim. It will also succeed on a block, or in a 

 basket with moss suspended from the roof. If grown on a block, some live moss must be placed about it, 

 nnd secured with nails and wire of copper: iron nists, 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 

 is, that it soon decays, and thus becomes expensive. "Wc have sometimes seen ba>ket-likc pans of pottery 

 used, and they answer very well, except that Ihcy arc somewhat heavy for suspending from the roof. If 

 bamboo can he procured, it makes capital baskets, and is light, as well a* durable. 



In other respects, this Amjr&ciwt requires the same treatment as that- recommended for Vumia hmtjnis 

 (Plate III,), under which full directions arc given as to the temperature of the Indian house. It is not 

 much alTccled by insects; sometimes the scale will attack it, hut this may be easily subdued by washing. 



Propagation is effected by means of the young shoots, which appear from the base of the plant. When 

 these become strong and vigorous, and furnished with plenty of roots up their sterns, they may Ik- cut through 

 at intervals, leaving roots on each piece. Some leaves should al&u be left below the cut, in order to draw up 

 the sap, and induce fresh growth. These young rooted pieces should be placed on separate blocks, or in 

 pots with moss, and kept in a shady part of the house until they become established* 



