: : : EAS 1 ° which are much less 
As is the case with most of its congeners, there are many varieties of O. Insleayi, some of w 
n the Plate, while others have much larger flowers, as in the 
attractive in their colouring than the one represented i 
ut in the Journal of the Horticultural Socicty. 
example given in the vignette which is copied from an old woode 
Unfortunately this latter variety has, I greatly fear, been lost to the country, but collectors should endeavour to rein- 
troduce it. 
I have already referred to Dr. Cauty’s success in the treatment of the subject of the present Plate, but his skill and 
agement of a miscellaneous collection of Orchids, which he contrives to grow under 
The house in which he 
care are equally conspicuous in the man 
circumstances such as would have deterred most men from attempting to grow any plants at all. 
lives is in the very centre of Liverpool, and has in its rear a small back court, such as is usually devoted to dustbins 
and coal-holes, but where Dr. Cauty has found space for three little Orchid-houses of different temperatures in which 
the Orchids of different climes are perfectly at home. I can really see no reason why in all large towns—in London 
more especially—Dr. Cauty’s example should not be extensively followed, and the luxury of an Orchid-house be thus 
brought within the reach of many who now consider it quite beyond their grasp. 
Dissecrions.—1. Lip, seen sideways; 2. Ditto, seen in front: both magnified. 
í A) 
Ne PEN) 
Flower (nat. size) of a large variety of O. Insleayi. 
