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JOURNAL OF HOBTICrLTDKli AND COT!rAGE GABDEiNElB. 



t'itsni 17, 1869. 



scragginfss m»tes it a rfpnlsive plant. We still greatly want 

 a good jellow. S'lnth of Englan-l BuBes will not suit our re- 

 (juiremeotB in the mid uorlh of Ireland. So much for Eoses. 

 I waamnch iuterested in Mr. H. Woir's paper on the Acbapes- 

 norricher MbIoo (page 337). As it would be very desirable to 

 iave oilier est eriences in ihe subject, I will detail mine, though 

 very different fmm his, in hopes that others may fend theirs. 

 Ab I disbelieved in the posBibilily of a ridge Melon (here, at all 

 events), I determined to give it last year warm Cucumber 

 treatment. It grew most luxuriantly, never showed afruitbuJ, 

 and in Aiigiist rotted away without any apparent reason for its 

 doing so. A fiiend to whom I gave a plant turned up his nose 

 at it, and left it staDiiiog out in its pot all through the summer. 

 More by good luck than good guiding, it was placed quite late 

 in the season in the C'>rner of a cold frame, where it grew 

 moderately, and on the 10th of Ootolier ripened a fine large fruit 

 of excellent fl.ivour. From all this I gather that the plant does 

 not like coddling, and is really a hardy fruit. I have been very 

 unlucky tliis year ; hardly any of my bonght seeds have vege- 

 tated, and a similar complaint is made by neighbours whom X 

 advised to try it.— Q ,Q. , ,_,:j, ,; ^'\'l\. . . .,'] ' 



COOLHOUSE ORCHIDS.— No. .•;. 



j.i^'C'yPRiPKDnJ.M iNSiGNit, — Solitary Ri-ecn-tinged yellow ilowors, 

 'spotted with purplish browD, and "tipped with white. January to 

 June. Nepanl. 



•C. VENusTUM. — Reddish brown and green, finely veined. Antamn 

 and spring. Ncpaal. 



The f'ypripediums being terrestrial Orchids require ft com- 

 post of equal parts of tnrfy peat, light fibrous loam, old cow 

 dung, charcoal, and potsherds. Provide good drainage, and 

 keep them well supplied with water when growing, not allow- 

 ing them at any time to become too dry. It will be sufficient 

 to keep them jnst moist in winter. Water them copiously 

 when they are flowering. They are very enitable for cultivation 

 in greenhouses, affording them a position near the glass, and 

 shading them from powerful sun. 

 "jj. DENDEopum cnnYSAOTTnni, — Oranpe flowers with a crimson-veined 

 -up. Fehi-nary and later. Nepanl. It is best grown in a basket, 

 having pendent stems. 



D. NoBiLE.— White, lemon, or roseshaded flowers, with a purple 

 blotoh on the lip. Marrh to May. Macao. 



D. MONiLiPop.ME — Purplish semi-transparent flowers, rosy purple 

 at the tips. April. .Jaimn. 

 .,'•''• SPECIOSUM. — YeUoHish changing to white. Jannarv to April. 

 Australia. 



EpmENDRUM M.icRocniLCM. — Pnrplish flowers ; rose, crimson, or 

 white and purple hps. .July. Mexico and New Granada. 



J!i.^ NEMOR\LE. — Racemes of purplish or lilac pink f.owers. June. 

 Mexico and New Granada. 



*E. vxTELLTNUM. — Orange or yellow flowers, in spiies ; flowers very 

 dnrable. Antumn. Me\ieo. 

 T.^ »L«LU iCUMiN.iT.i.— White or rose-tinted flowers, pnrplc-blotched 

 aW the base, produced in spikes. .Tune. Mexico. 

 'in.;!'. ANCEPs. — Rosy purple or lilac pink, oranga-pnrple-tipped lip. 

 ;j|J«Dnary. Mexico. 



•L. AnTCMN.iLis.— Rosy flowers. September. Mexico. ' ' 



L. PUKPUKATA. — Rosy purple, orange throat, purple-strealed lip, 

 bnt variable. June. Brazil. 



*L. supEHBTEyg. — Flowers rosy purple, yellow throat; in clusters 

 on tall stalks. November. Guatemala. 



IeptotEs eicolok — White and purple flowers; plant small, and 

 Hush-like in leaf. April and later. Brazil It succeeds in a basket:, 

 or in a pot nearly filled with drainage, the plants being raised high in 

 the centre and placed near the glass. 



*Lycaste cruenta — Orange yellow flowers, crimson-spotted on 

 the lip. March. Guatemala. 

 sif.; ■ I'^PPEi. — Yellowish green, brown-spotted petals, white and rose 

 .3ip. June. Xalapa. 



*L. Skinneri. — White, rose, or pnrplo flowers, white and purple- 

 spotted or crimson -blotched lip. October, onwards to spring. Gua- 

 temala. Of this there are many varieties. 



•MAxn,LARiA HAunrsoxi.E. — Yellowish white, pnrple lip. April 

 and May. Brazil. 



M. TENUiFOLiA — YcUow, barred with rrimson. .Tune. Mexico. 



M. VENusTA, — Ivory-white, crimson blotch on the lip. April and 

 May. New Granada.* 



The Maxillarias succeed in pots or baskets. 



MiLTONiA cANDroA. — Brownish pnrple, shaded flowers ; lip white. 

 marked with rose eolnnr. March. Brazil. 



^ M.^ Clowesti. — Yellowish brown cinnamon-blotched petals, white 

 lip with pnrplo base. May. 



M. ePRCTAEais. — Creamy white, with the lip streaked and shaded 

 with rosy pnrple. July. 



• OnoNTooi.oBSOTi ALEXAifDE^.— Porplo-shaded petals, red spots 

 on the lip, with purple radiating lines, yellow stain down the centre. 

 April. Bogota. 



•O. BICTONIENSE. — Yollowish flowMS barred with brown, pnrple lip. 

 April. Guatemala. 



»0. CITROSMHM. — Racemes of whitish or blush flowers, white, lilac- 

 purple, or rosy-crimson labellum. March. Guatemala. 



•O. CRisT.vrcM. — Brown, spotted. Peru. 



*0. Dawsonianum. — Rose and crimson. Mexico. 



*0. OLORiosuM. — Yellow and brown, sometimes white spotted and 

 blotched with purple. New Granada. 



«0. GR.isDE. — Bright ye/low, barred and hloteied with brownish 

 cinnamon. March. Mexico. 



•O. Insleayi. — Yellow, barred and blotched with cinnamon. July. 

 Mexico. ' . ■■ ', -v >i .. ' • . 



•O. MAcuiaTCM. — Yellow, barred and blotched with brown. May. 

 Mexico. 



*0. NEBCI.0EU1!. — White, cinnamon brown at the base of the petals. 

 Mexico. 



•0. Pescatorei. — White, streaked or shaded with rose, crimson 

 and yellow at the base of the lip. New Granada. April. 



•O. PULCiiELLt™. — White or yellowish white. Juno. Guatemala. 



OdontoglosEums should have the compost rather moist even 

 in winter, and an airy sunny position. They may be kept for 

 weeks without water in wiuter, but must be examined to see 

 that the pseudobnlbs do not shrivel, aiid a little water should 

 be given as required. The atmosphere must be dry. 



Oncldium CARTHAoreENSE — Yellow flowers in racemes. May and 

 June. Venezuela and New Granada. 



•0. coRNnoERUM. — Spikos of yellow and spotted flowers. July. 

 New Granada. 



O. CRISPU31. — Y'ellow and brown flowers in spikes. June. Brazil. 



■•O. DiVARiOATDM. — Yellow, spotted and blotched with crimson, in 

 large branehiup spikes. December. Brazil. 



O. oRKiTHonnvNCHnM. — Pink and rosy purplo flowers, with yellow- 

 based lips, in pendulous branched spikes. July. Mexico. 



O. FLEXUOSlM. — Panicles of yellow Howers. June. Brazil. 



•O SPHACELATCM. — Flowers in panicles, yellow, spotted with brown. 

 March. Mexico. 



Phajus graxdifolius. — Erect racemes of cinnamon-colonred 

 flowers, the labellora white tipped with pnrple. April. China. 



P. Walxicui. — Orange, brown, and yellow. April. Khoosea. 



Soil the same aa for the Calantbes and Cypripediums. 



SoBr..ALiA M.icniN-rnA. — Rosy-pnrplc flowers on reed-like stems. 

 September. Guatemala. 



Staniiopea Bucephalus. — Orange yellow, spotted and barred with 

 black. July. Quito. 



S. ottAVEOLENS. — Orange and pole yellow ; strongly scented. May 

 and June. Guatemala. - .: . . 



O. 0CCI..1TA. — Creamy-colonred flowers spotted with pnrple. -^J^ae. 

 Mexico. 



S. TiGRixA. — Orange yellow, much blotched, chocolate and red. 

 Xttlapa. 



The Stanhopeas require to be grown in baskets, the flowers 

 bsing pendent, and coming through the sides or bottoms of the 

 baskets. 



TRicHOpn.;* toktius, — Twisted brownish-pink petals, white lip, 

 blotched with rose colour. February. Mexico. 



•ZvooPETALnM cnrNrrtra. — Greenish flowers, blotched with brownish 

 purple, white and purple-striped hairy lip. November, Brazil. 



»Z. Mackati. — Greenish flowers blotched with brownish purjde, 

 smooth lip blotched with purple. March. Braail. 



Z. tjaxillare. — Greenish-brown blotched flowei-s, white lip, shaded 

 with bluish purple in the upper part. September. Brazil. 



There are, no doubt, many other Orchids which would suc- 

 ceed as well as those above named, either in cool or warm 

 vineries, but it is better to rest satisfied with a limited num- 

 ber, than to expose plants of doubtful hardiness to an atmo- 

 sphere in which they will make but little if any progress ; for 

 unless the plants are well matured previously in a cool and 

 airy situation, they will not fail to lose every root, and the 

 pseudobulbs will often perish when the plants are taken from 

 a hot and moist house and placed in a cool one. The ease is 

 very different with plants which, though grown in a warm 

 moist house are, previous to a trial in a cool house, well ma- 

 tured by exposure to light and air after 6 good growth has 

 been made, being removed in autumn to the house in which 

 they are expected to make the following year's growth, and 

 wintered there. If left in the warm house during the winter, 

 or in a temperature at night little if at all under that of the 

 minimum day temperature of the house they are removed to, 

 and in which they are expected to make new growths, instead 

 of doing so they will only take a second rest and be in danger 

 of decaying from the moistnre and cold. The comparatively 

 high day temperature, and the cool airy atmosphere will serve 



