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THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



Perrirmii, L. pumila, L. purpurata. 



Maxillaria Harrisoni. 



Lycaste aromatica, L. Skinneri. 



Miltonia spectabilis. 



Odontoglossum grande, O. hasti- 

 labium, O. lcevis, O. bictonense, O. 

 cordatum, O. Insleaysi, O. nebulosuru, 

 O. naevium, O. pescatorei, O. pha- 

 lenopsis, O. pulcbella, O. uroskinneri. 



Oncidium barbatum, O. pictum, 

 O. bicallo8urn, O. crispum, O. papilio 

 majus. 



Sophronites grandiflora (short 

 bulb), S. g. (long bulb), S. ceruua, S. 

 violacea. 



Trichopilia tortile. 



Stanbopea insignis, S. oculata, 

 S. grandiflora. 



Eriopsis biloba. 



Anguloa Clowesii, A. (species from 

 New Grenada). 



Warrea tricolor. ' 



Brassavola glauca. 

 Broughtonia sanguinea. 

 Burlingtonia fragrans, B. venusta, 



B. decora. 



Calanthe vestita lutea, C. v. cu- 

 preum, C. v. roseum, C. veratrifolia. 

 Cattleya aclandite, C.araetbystina, 



C. bicolor, C. Skinneri, C. mossise, 



C. Leopoldi. 



Cypripedium barbatum, C. in- 

 signis, C. venustum. 



Dendrobium bicolor, D. speciosa, 



D. eburneum, D. densiflorum, D. for- 

 mosum, D. aggregatum major, D. 

 Pierardi, D. cbrysantba, D. heterocar- 

 pum, D. Kingiana, D. transparens. 



iErides crispum, M. Lindleyana, 

 M. Warneri. 



Disa grandiflora. 

 Masdevallia coccinea. 

 Neottia speciosa. 

 Pleonie maculata, P. Wallichi. 



CLIMBING FERNS AND LYCOPODIUMS. 



The climbing ferns of the genus 

 Lygodium are the loveliest of the 

 whole of this interesting tribe of 

 plants, only excepting the elegant 

 Qleichenias. It happens most fortu- 

 nately that they are very easily cul- 

 tivated, and, with moderate care, soon 

 make fine specimens. We have had 

 Lygodium scandens in a vase covered 

 with a glass lantern, one side of which 

 is completely covered with a screen 

 of its exquisitely beautiful fronds, by 

 being trained up on copper wires ; 

 and we have had L. palmatum on the 

 back wall of a common greenhouse, 

 where it was kept constantly shaded 

 by large-leaved plants trained to the 

 rafters, and it covered the wall almost 

 as densely as ivy. A mixture of turfy 

 loam, turfy peat, rotten cocoa-nut 

 dust, and silver sand, equal parts, 

 will grow any of them to perfection, 

 with moderate warmth, shade, and 

 moisture. L. palmatum is the most 



hardy ; L. japonicum does well in a 

 Wardian case, if assisted with copper 

 wires ; L. venustum is a very rapid 

 grower in a warm greenhouse ; L. 

 scandens has the most distinct cha- 

 racter ; Jj. Jlexuosum is the grandest 

 of all, and will grow five or six feet 

 high ; and L. volubile makes a good 

 companion for it. Warm greenhouses 

 in shady positions may easily have 

 their walls covered with these ferns, 

 by making a border for them one foot 

 deep and one foot wide, with three 

 inches of broken brick or stone at the 

 bottom and nine inches of soil. The 

 surface of the bed may be covered 

 with Selaginella apodum, eeesium, den- 

 ticulatum, microphyllum, densum, bra- 

 siliensis, and uliginosa. S. Icrvigata 

 is a grand stove climber. Lygodiums 

 should be cut down to the ground in 

 winter. This a most important point 

 in their cultivation. 



