not of course recommend that they should be kept so cool _ 
next winter, but merely to give them from 40° to 45° of 
heat, and. about the end of the spring to have them started 
in a frame if there be no stove at hand. 
“You will thus see how desirable it is, for the extension 
of the cultivation of this family, that we should procure all 
the species that are to be found in the higher latitudes’ in 
Mexico and other places, to enable amateurs of limited 
means to cultivate a few beautiful plants of Orcuipez ; for 
hitherto this fine tribe of plants has only been enjoyed by 
the wealthier classes.” 
Mr. Bearon still further adds, in a subsequent letter, 
that, “from a collection of fine OrcuipEem, just received 
from Mr. Skinner of Guatamala, I am enabled to give 
a fuller list of the hardy Orcuipem mentioned in my 
former letter. I believe this will be the first notice 
of plants of this tribe having been subjected to a cold 
temperature in this country; and I have ample proof 
that these and many others will not do so well if they 
are subjected to a heat above 50° or 55° in winter. 
Nothing can be more difficult than to bring some of the 
plants in my list to any state of healthy growth in our ex- 
cessively-heated Orchideous houses; but, treated as green~ 
house plants, and with a little forcing for six weeks at the 
end of the spring, or whenever they show a disposition to 
new growth, they seem as easy to manage as the Stan-: 
hopeas, or any other free-growing sorts. It is only the 
expense of fuel and the disagreeableness of very hot and 
damp houses that could prevent every lover of plants from. 
indulging in this lovely tribe; and if they could be satis-. 
fied that there is even a portion of this lovely family that 
does not require such a treatment, it would be an induce- 
ment to their extensive cultivation. That such a portion 
does actually exist is clear from the following list of Or- 
cuivez, which lived last winter at Kingsbury, and began 
growing in spring without artificial heat. The same species 
in the stove did not do so well, and are now unwilling to 
yield to additional heat. : 
Lauia autumnalis. 
JSurfuracea. 
albida. 
CattTLeya citrina. 
Oncipium leuchochilum. 
Brassavota glauca (or grandiflora). 
Cyrrocuitum sp. (C. Russellii, SkiNNER. ) . 
EPIpENDRUM ; 
