INTRODUCTION. 



I endeavour to avoid too much shade, for I find that plants which 

 are shaded too much never flower so well as others. I water in the 

 ordinary way employed in hothouses. This year the temperature 

 has several times fallen as low as 4° Keaumur (41° Fahr.), but the 

 plants have not suffered in the least ; they are even more vigorous j 

 several of them actually flowered. These facts prove that many 

 gardeners keep their Orchids and other exotics too hot. All plants 

 require some period of rest in order to vegetate well. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of the Orchids which I treated in the way above 

 described : — m 



Bavkoria spoctabilis, Batem. 

 BrasMvola fjlauca, Lindl. 

 Calantho striata, R. Br. 

 Cattleya citrina, Lindl. 

 Ccelia macrostachya, Lindl. 

 Cypripedium insigne, Wall. 



„ „ var. parvi- 



florum, Rchb. fil. 

 Dendrobium calaraiforme, Lodd. 



„ Jenkinsii, Wall. 



„ Pringianum, Bidw. 



,, speciosum, Sm. 

 Epidendrum Candollei, Lindl. 



„ cochleatum, L. 



,, diffusum, Sw. 



„ falcatum, Lindl. 



,, radiatum, Lindl. 



„ selligerum, Batem. 



„ Skiuneri, Batem. 



„ Stamfordianum, Batem. 



„ varicosum, Batem. 



„ virgatum, Lindl. 



„ vitellinum, Lindl. 

 Gongora galeata, Rchb. fil. 



„ Batemani, Rchb. fil. 



„ luteola, Rchb. fil. 

 Laeha acuminata, Lindl. 



„ albida, Batem. 



„ anceps, Lindl. 



„ „ var. Barkeriana, Hort. 



}, ,, var. suporba, Hort. 



„ autumnalis, Lindl. 



„ Candida, Hort. 



„ furt'uracca, Lindl. 



„ Galcottiana, Morren. 

 Lycaste majalis, Lindl. 



„ rubescens, Lodd. 



Lycaste suporbions, Lindl. 



„ violacea, Rcbb. til. 



„ aromatica, Lindl. 



„ Colleyi, Lindl. 



„ consobrina, Rchb. fil. 



„ cruenta, Lindl. 



„ Skinneri, Lindl. 



„ „ var. alba, Hort. 



„ „ var. latimaculata, Hort. 



„ „ var. leucochila, Hort. 



„ ,, ^ var. picta, Hort. 

 Maxillaria cucullata, Lindl. 



,, tenuifolia, Lindl. 

 Odontoglossum bictoniensCj Lindl. 



„ citrosmum, Lindl. 



J, Cervantesii, Llave. 



„ grande, Lindl. 



„ Insleayii, Lindl. 



„ laeve, Lindl. • 



„ nebulosum, Lindl. 



„ pulchellum, Batem. 



„ ,, var. gi-audiflorum, Hort. 

 Oncidium bicallosumj Lindl. 



„ tilipes, Lindl. 



,, leucocbilum, Batem. 



„ microcbilum, Batem. 



„ sphacelatum, Lindl. 



,, suave, Lindl. 

 Sobralia decora, Batem. 



„ dichotoma, R. ot. Pav. 



„ Liliastrum, Lindl. 



„ macrantha, Lindl. 



,, violacea, Lindl. 

 Stanhopea connata, Rchb. fil. 

 Trichopilia tortilis, Lindl. 



,, J, var. pallida, Hort. 



Althougli, as is proved by the above collection, tnaiiy Orchids 



