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planted, with leaves perfect ; but it will be so 
much shorter, of course. The finest specimen I 
ever heard of is the V. Lowzz at Ferrié¢res, seat of 
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, near Paris, It 
fills the upper part of a large greenhouse, and year 
by year its twelve stems produce an indefinite 
number of spikes, eight to ten feet long, covered 
with thousands of yellow and brown blooms, 
Vandas inhabit all the Malayan Archipelago ; 
some are found even in India. The superb /. 
teres comes from Sylhet; from Burmah also. This 
might be called the floral cognizance of the house 
of Rothschild. At Frankfort, Vienna, Ferriéres, 
and Gunnersbury little meadows of it are grown— 
that is, the plants flourish at their own sweet will, 
uncumbered with pots, in houses devoted to them. 
Rising from a carpet of palms and maidenhair, 
each crowned with its drooping garland of rose 
and crimson and cinnamon-brown, they make a 
glorious show indeed. A pretty little coincidence 
was remarked when the Queen paid a visit to 
Waddesdon.the other day. V. ¢eres first bloomed 
in Europe at Syon House, and a small spray was 
sent to the young Princess, unmarried then and 
uncrowned. The incident recurred to memory 
when Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild chose this 
‘ Vanda Lowit is properly called Renanthera Lowi?t. 
