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an orchid here and there. Why these plants dislike to stand 

 in a long house open from end to end is a question none the 

 less puzzling because every gardener is ready to explain it. 

 Loving fresh air so well they cannot object to the brisker 

 circulation. But their whims must be respected, and after 

 building a house ninety feet long we must divide it into 

 compartments. 



I name a few among the rarities here. Of Odonto- 

 glots : — 



Wilckeamim. — Upon internal evidence Reichenbach pro- 

 nounced this a natural hybrid of Od. crispum x Od. luteo- 

 purpureum. It was one among innumerable instances of his 

 sagacity. A few years ago M. Leroy, gardener of Baron 

 Edmond de Rothschild at Armainvilliers, crossed those 

 two species and the flower appeared in 1890. It was Od. 

 Wilckeanum ; but for the sake of convenience this garden 

 hybrid is called Leroy anum. 



Wilckeanum pallens. — A form still rarer of this rare 

 variety ; yellow-ivory in colour, heavily splashed with brown ; 

 lip white, with a brown bar across the centre. 



Wilckeanum albens. — Very large, white instead of yellow- 

 ish ; spotted and blotched with brown. 



Ruckerianum. — Sepals and petals white in the centre, 

 edged with violet, yellow lip ; all spotted with reddish-brown. 



Ruckerianum splendens. — Larger and more finely coloured 

 in all respects than the normal form. The violet margin is 

 broader. 



Vuylstekeanum. — Those who saw the original plant of 

 this noble species at the Temple Show some years since have 

 not forgotten the spectacle assuredly. Petals and dorsal 

 sepal pale yellow ; lip and side sepals brightest deepest 

 orange, 



Mulus. — A natural hybrid of Od. luteo-purpureum with 

 Od. gloriosum no doubt. It bears a strong spike, branched, 



