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description of tliem ; but as it is, I will enumerate my selections, and 

 assure my readers that, choose where they may, they will not be 

 disappointed. 



A SELECTIOIf OP FIFTY COOL ORCHIDS. 



Barheria Lindleyanum, B. Skinneri, Brassavola (jlauca, Brassia 

 verrucosa, Cattleija citrina (this does best fastened to a block, and 

 suspended with the foliage downwards, as it grows in its native 

 habitat on the under side of branches of large trees), C. Mossice 



C. Triancei, Coelogyne cridata, C. speciosa, OymUdium giganteum] 

 Gijpripedium insiqne, C. venushm, BendroUum chrysanthemum, 



D. heterocarpum, B. noUle, D. speciostom, Epidendrum atropurpureiim, 

 U. eriihescens, E. macrochilum, E. vUellinum, Lcelia acuminata, L, 

 alhida, B. autumnalis, B. majalis, L. sujjerbieus, Lycaste aromatiza, 

 B. cruenta, L. Skinneri, MaxiUaria Harrisonii, Odontoglossum 

 cervantesi, O. citrosmum, 0. grande, 0. Insleayii, O. maculatum, 

 O. nehulosum, O. pulchellum, 0. Bossii, Oncidium crispum, O. 



flexuosum, O. leucochilum, O.pukinatum, Bleoine maculata,Sophronitis 

 cernua, S. grancliflora, Stanhopea insiguis, S. oculata, S. Warclii^ 

 Trichopilia tortilis, Zygopetalum crinitum, Z. Machayii. 



A DEY SEASON. 



HINTS FOE THE CULTIYATION OF VEGETABLES. 



[,HIS is likely to be a dry season — at all events, it has been 

 rather dry since the year began. If it continues, peas 

 and beans will not last long, and late peas will be no- 

 where. Cauliflowers on poorish ground will button, 

 but on very rich, heavy soil they will be fine ; most 

 cabbage worts, intended for summer use, will be poor ; carrots and 

 parsnips will be small and forky ; lettuces will be lean, and in a 

 hurry to bolt ; celery will be small, unless abundantly watered, and 

 potatoes will be plentiful, smallish, and of the finest quality. 



There is time, even now, to adopt measures for averting some of 

 the evils incident to a hot dry season. As peas will soon be past, 

 kidney beans must be sown in more than ordinary quantities, as 

 they stand drought remarkably well. Sow at once a few extra rows 

 of Dwarf French Beans, such as Negro, Speclded, and Cream colour. 

 About the 10th of June, sow a few extra rows of E-unner Beans, 

 such as Common Scarlet and White Butch. These will bear plentifully 

 in the latter part of the summer, and continue till stopped by frost. 

 Out-door cucumbers and marrows are likely to do extra well this 

 year. No doubt the reader has, by this time, planted out sufficient ; 

 but if there be ground to spare, it will be well to sow a few patches 

 of seeds in the spots where the plants are to remain. The best 

 plan would be to make hills of mixed manure and loam at suitable 

 distances, and sow on these hills ; but if labour cannot be spared, 

 sow anywhere on banks, borders, and beds. The best out-door 



