would seem to delight. Indeed, so signal, in the case of 

 Lailia majalis, has been failure of even the most experienced 

 cultivators, that although there was scarce a collection that 

 did not contain one or more specimens of the plant, still did it 

 obstinately refuse to flower, except in the solitary instance 

 about to be described, when it yielded to the skilful treatment 

 of Mr. Dillwyn Llewelyn, of Penllergare, who has favoured us 

 with the .following note : — 



'* ' This plant was purchased,* says Mr. Llewelyn, * about 

 three years since from M. Deschamps, and soon afterwards 

 potted in very rough fibrous peat, being kept nearly dry in a 

 cool plant house, until its new buds began to swell, when it was 

 removed to a hot and damp stove, kept exclusively for Orchi- 

 dacese. Water was regularly given until its buds had acquired 

 their full size, when it was discontinued by degrees, and the 

 plant carried back to a lower temperature. This treatment 

 has been repeated, and under it the entire genus seems to thrive, 

 although, perhaps, from the vigour of some specimens of L. 

 anceps and L. autumnalis, which I have attached to pieces of 

 rough barked wood (with a little peat tied round the root) I 

 should prefer that course of treatment to the more usual one 

 of potting them.' 



*' The mode pursued by Mr. Llewelyn is certainly the only 

 one under which success can be expected ; but there is yet a 

 point to be gained, for while the specimens at Penllergare, 

 however beautiful, consisted of only a solitary flower, in a wild 

 state three or four are borne upon a spike." 



The method of managing the plant in the Gardens of the 

 Horticultural Society is as follows. 



It is tied to a block of wood and suspended to a rafter in a 

 moist stove. When removed from one block to another, which 

 is sometimes necessary, it will be found beneficial to place a 

 slice of turfy peat or a small quantity of sphagnum between 

 the wood and the roots of the plant, this retains moisture in 

 summer so that less syringing is required. The quantity of 

 water necessary for it on the bare block of wood would prove 

 injurious to plants in pots below it. In the growing season the 

 temperature does not exceed 80° by day nor does it fall below 

 70° at night. In winter 56° with fire heat is quite sufficient. 



