144 ABOUT ORCHIDS. 
same flower for the bouquet presented to Her 
Majesty ; he adorned the luncheon table there- 
with besides. This story bears a moral. The 
plant of which one spray was a royal gift less than 
sixty years ago has become so far common that it 
may be used in masses to decorate a room, 
Thousands of unconsidered subjects of Her 
Majesty enjoy the pleasure which one great duke 
monopolized before her reign began. There is 
matter for an essay here. I hasten back to my 
theme. 
V. teves is not such a common object that 
description would be superfluous. It belongs to 
the small class of climbing orchids, delighting to 
sun itself upon the rafters of the hottest stove. If 
this habit be duly regarded, it is not difficult to 
flower by any means, though gardeners who do 
not keep pace with their age still pronounce it a 
hopeless rebel.. Sir Hugh Low tells me that he 
clothed all the trees ‘round Government House at 
Pahang with Vanda teres, planting its near relative, 
V. Hookeri, more exquisite still, if. that were 
possible, ina swampy hollow. His servants might 
gather a basket of these flowers daily in the 
season. So the memory of the first President for 
Pahang will be kept green. A plant rarely seen is 
V. limbata from the island of Timor—dusky 
