150 THE FLORIST. 



mier, Aurora, Duke of Norfolk, Almanzor, Constellation, Duchess of Rutland, 

 Zabdi, Lucy Neal, Arethusa, Masterpiece, Helen, Notabilis, Climax, Lord Har- 

 dinge, Rainbow, White Sergeant, Duchess of Norfolk, Seedling, Emma, Clara, 

 Oi)hir, Disraeli, Caliston. 



2d prize, Mr. iScotcher, Oxford: Juventa, Mrs. Hamilton, Lucy Neal, Miss 

 Thomson, Almanzor, Lord of the Isles, Penelope, Constellation, Masterpiece, 

 Emperor, Duke of Norfolk, Aurora, Sambo, Polyphemus, Miss Edwards, Ele- 

 gant, Marchioness of Lothian, Fire-King, Duchess of Rutland, Matilda, Ring- 

 leader, Caroline, Example, Helen. 



3d prize, Mr. Parsons, Ponder's End : Ophir, Exquisite, Bellona, Notabilis, 

 Ivanhoe, Mrs. Hamilton, Arethusa, Hector, Queen of England, Juventa, Blue 

 Perfection, Commodore, Addison, Princess, Duke of Norfolk, Lord J. Russell, 

 Viceroy, Caroline, Climax, Supreme, Superb, Orestes, Miss Edwards, Example. 



4th prize, J. H. Brown, Esq., V.P. : Duke of Norfolk, Queen of England, 

 Ophir, Disraeli, Mary Jane, Miss Edwards, Ariadne, Supreme, Helen, Aurora, 

 Samson, Caroline, Orestes, Marchioness of Lothian, Jenny Lind, Virgil, Seed- 

 ling, Magnificent, Mrs. Beck, To Tuoque, Climax, Elegant, Conductor. Exquisite. 



5th prize, A. Lane, Esq., V.P. : Tartar, Commodore, Lady Peel, Climax, 

 Emma, Aurora, Lady Sale, Ophir, Almanzor, Caractacus, Rainbow, Duchess of 

 Norfolk, Viceroy, Black Bess, Excellent, Lady Weuman, Josephus, Optimus, 

 Duchess of Rutland, Cyprus, Helen, Polyphemus, Lucy Neal, Queen of Wliites. 



ORCHIDS. 



In my house, 24 feet by 12, span-roofed, of the meanest construction, 

 and heated by a boiler burning cinders with a little Welsh coal, I 

 had on this date, Nov. 1st, 1849, the following plants in blcom, with 

 a number of others throwing up their flower spikes. Oncidiums : or- 

 nithorhyncum, papiho (2 plants), grande (2 plants), unguiculatum, 

 and crispum ; Goodyera discolor, Zygopetalon crinitura (2 plants), 

 Cattleya labiata, Dendrobium sanguinolentum, Broughtonia san- 

 guinea, Miltonia Candida, Epidendrum vitellinum, Phalaenopsis ama- 

 bilis, Maxillaria picta, and Lycaste macrophylla. Now what can be 

 more delightful at the dull time of the year than a collection of these 

 really charming things } It is bringing to our ow^n doors the beau- 

 ties of the tropical regions. I shall not allude just now to the erro- 

 neous opinions held respecting the necessity of their being kept in 

 houses the heat and moisture of which are insupportable ; nor to the 

 mistake made by those who, commencing their cultivation, think it 

 beneath their notice to admire any thing else. I trust, however, some 

 able contributor will kindly take up these subjects. My old Flor- 

 ists' flowers, the Carnation, Picotee, Pansy, in short, all that I have 

 ever grown, are as great favourites with me as they were before I 

 possessed an Orchid, and 1 intend they shall continue to be such. 

 The Florist and Garden Miscellany should notice every description of 

 flowering plants. I am glad there is a prospect of its doing so ; and 

 nope we shall soon see as great a variety as possible. 



F. H. S. 



