evidently been flowers of considerable size, but in such a tattered condition as to preclude all attempts at 
minute examination ; their dimensions, however, taken in connexion with the rigid leaves and stems, induced 
an impression that they belonged to a new species of Cattleya, to which the name of C. crassifolia was 
provisionally applied. Unfortunately the latter appellation proved to be premature, for instead of adding 
to our list of Cattleyas, the plant, as it afterwards appeared, was only a scion of the comparatively 
humble family of Brasavola; it forms, however, the most distinct and interesting species of its genus. 
Dr. Linpiey’s specific name of glauca is judiciously given, in reference to the remarkable aspect of the 
stems and leaves. 
The species grows freely ; but we have not heard of its producing flowers in any other collection than 
that of the Horticultural Society ;—indeed, its shy disposition in this respect is sufficiently indicated by the 
fact of many of the imported stems having evidently been abortive,—a rare occurrence amongst Orchidacee. 
The stately plant represented in the Vignette is Fourcroya longeva, one of the most marvellous 
productions of the vegetable world. It belongs to the family of Amaryllidacee, and has the habit of a 
gigantic Yucca, its stem being frequently fifty feet high, and its flower-spike forty more! It was originally 
discovered by Baron Karwinsk1, on Mount Tanga in Oaxaca, at an elevation of 10,000 feet above the 
level of the sea. Mr. Skinner has also met with the plant on the high mountain ridges in the interior of 
Guatemala. Plants of the species exist in the nurseries, but (contrary to expectation) it seems to suffer 
severely from the cold and changes of our climate. 
“Unde nil majus generatur ipso, , 
Nec viget quidquam simile, aut secundum.” 
Hor, Car. 1. 12. 
