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R. D. Douglas, incurved yellow, reminds 

 one of Major Bonnaffon, still the most 

 admired of incurved yellows, and now 

 classed in England among the truly in- 

 curved varieties. This variety will be 

 found easier to manage than Major Bon- 

 naffon. 



Lawn Tennis is a lovely shade of mauve, 

 and promises lo make a good pot plant. 

 This will prove an acquisition, as such col- 

 ors are scarce among varieties available 

 for specimens. 



Maude Adams is a buff yellow, large 

 but rather flat, the monotony of a big 

 flower is relieved somewhat in this by a 

 few incurving petals. 



Mrs. J. Withers is an elegant primrose 

 of dwarf habit and irregular build. 



in the way of Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. 



C. H. Molin, bronze with reflexed petals 

 interlacing the stem. 



J. W. Richardson, incurved, pale yellow, 

 slightly hairy, fine habit. 



Pres. Leon Say, a grand deep yellow 

 with broad swirled florets. 



Pres. Carnot, reflexed yellow, very 

 large. T. D. Hatfield. 



VflNDfl SflNDERIflNfl. 



The illustration is a reproduction from 

 a photograph of one of the most beauti- 

 ful orchids known to cultivators, a well 

 flowered plant of which is a vision of 

 beauty not soon forgotten. This Vanda 

 is a native of Mindanao, one of the Phil- 

 lipine group of islands, and was there 



at the base of the leaves. These young 

 spikes are a most tempting morsel for slugs 

 and snails, and when the spikes become 

 visible a little wad of cotton wool wound 

 around them, will effectually keep the 

 pests away, as they cannot travel over 

 its surface. A piece of wool will be seen 

 in the picture at the base of one of the 

 spikes, and I may add that lately I have 

 been kept busy placing the wool on the 

 flower stems in the cool orchid house, for 

 the reason that the mice came in the night 

 and carefully unwound it to make their 

 nests snug and warm. The mice are now 

 treated to sweet corn, soaked in strych- 

 nine, which works well if the greenhouse 

 cat does not find them after their last 

 meal has been eaten. E. 0. Orpet. 



VANDA SANDERIANA 



Sundew a peculiar bronze, incurved, of 

 the shade of Morocco leather; a seedling 

 from E. Molyneux. 



Symphonia is a good deep shade of 

 pink, early, dwarf and suitable for small 

 pots. 



Thanksgiving, peach pink reflexed, nice 

 dwarf habit. 



The Harriott, very fine incurved late 

 pink, of splendid habit. 



Edith Tabor, a fine pale yellow in- 

 curved and a prize winner in England. 



Mrs. Weeks acknowledged by all as 

 among the grandest introductions of the 

 year among white flowered varieties; 

 globular and mostly incurved, though 

 there are a few interlacing florets. 



Surprise, a large pink anemone. 



Simplicity, a beautiful white, scored 

 high in England. 



White Swan, a fine hairy white variet}-, 



discovered by the intrepid collector 

 Roebelin, who after many unsuccessful 

 efforts eventually added it to orchid col- 

 lections. Two years ago I saw in Lon- 

 don, a huse plant of this species just 

 brought home by the veteran collector 

 Boxall, who stated that he brought it all 

 the way in his cabin; it was sold that 

 same month to an amateur, who last 

 year exhibited the plant bearing 127 

 flowers, and received a gold medal. This 

 plant created a sensation among growers, 

 and must have been a very fine sight. 



Vanda Sanderiana requires what is 

 known as the warmest house in winter, 

 that is, one that does not go below 60° 

 for anv length of time, to do it justice, 

 and in summerit willgrow well suspended 

 in a warm, shady corner of the green- 

 house, keeping a good lookout in the fall 

 months for the flower spikes which appear 



BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE. 

 It is to be regretted that this exceed- 

 ingly attractivewinter-flowering begonia 

 is still very scarce, for in recent years we 

 do not remember to have beard of a 

 greenhouse plant half so well worth 

 attention. The trouble seems to be that 

 it is not readily propagated, as indeed 

 should have been expected from its parent- 

 age. This plant is a hybrid of two very 

 distinct species, B. Dregei and B. Soco- 

 trana. The former is a dwarf annual, 

 bushy in habit, and from six to twelve 

 inches high, with small, partially one- 

 sided leaves and white flowers. B Soco 

 trana, on the other hand, is of about the 

 same height, but there the resemblance 

 may be said to end. for this is a tnberou«- 

 rootcd species with large, round, funnel- 

 like leaves of a deep green color, and deep 

 pink flowers. B. Dregei, again, is a 



