172 ABOUT ORCHIDS. 
amateur, is pale buff, speckled with chocolate, the 
ends of the sepals and petals charmingly tipped 
with the same hue. Within the last few months 
Mr. Sander has obtained G. multzflorum from the 
Philippines, which seems to be not only the most 
beautiful, but the easiest to cultivate of those yet 
introduced. Its flowers droopin a garland of pale 
green and yellow, splashed with brown, not 
loosely set, as is the rule, but scarcely half an inch 
apart. The effect is said to be lovely beyond 
description. We may hope to judge for ourselves 
in no long time, for Mr. Sander has presented a 
wondrous specimen to the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
This is assuredly the biggest orchid ever brought 
to Europe. Its snakey pseudo-bulbs measure 
nine feet, and the old flower spikes stood eighteen 
feet high. It will be found in the Victoria Regia 
house, growing strongly. 
