! ILLUSTRATION HOKT1COI.E. 



pl. cum 

 GALEANDRA DEVONIAN A. 



nat. ord. ORGHIDEAE. 

 ETYMOLOGY: from y«i„-, a helmet, and imp a man-anther, in reference to the 

 GENERIC CHARACTER: perianthium patens, petalis sepaUsque Bubaequalil J 



indivisum vel obsolete trilobum, calcari intus lamellis auctum. Columna erecta dm b 

 postice excavata, caudicula brevi, glandulae brevi divergenti bilobae adnata Berk* 

 racemis terminalibus (Lim>., Sert. Orch. 37). 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER: caulis erectus simplex teres polyphyllus ; folia lanceola 

 tiflorus; labelli lamina ovata obtuse crenulata, lamellis 4, pone basin; anfhcrw ni-t i 



G-aleandra Devoniana , Lindl., Sert. Orch. 37. 



This handsome Orchid was first described by D r Lindley, 

 and originally discovered by Schomburgk on the banks of 

 the Rio Negro , a tributary of the Amazon , near Barcellos 

 or Marina, and also near Harendauar or Podrero. It was 

 growing in large tufts , from 10 to 12 feet in circumference, 

 either upon trees , and chiefly upon the stems of Mauritia 

 aeuleata bordering the river, or upon the ground , where 

 there was vegetable mould. Schomburgk speaks of it in 

 enthusiastic language; and it well merits the praises he 

 bestows upon it. Our plate faithfully renders the large 

 racemes of delicately and purely tinted flowers of this beau- 

 tiful plant. But one can scarcely imagine the rich abundance 



to send i 



PHYLLOXERA VASTATRIX AND AMERICAN GRAPE VINES. 



It is not so generally km lat this scourge, 



which is desolating the Vineyards of the south of France, 

 appears to be powerless against the American Vines. There 

 is little doubt that up to the present time, at all events, 

 the American Vines have resisted its attacks , though there 

 are some persons who question their complete immunity, 

 and it is well not be too positive on this point. But M. 

 Planchon's opinion that this insect came to us from Ame- 

 rica has recently been satisfactorily verified. Coupled with 

 this assertion, M. Planchon advanced the suggestion that we 

 should fight the enemy by planting American in the place 

 of European Vines. 



At Roquemaure, Gard, a M. Borty cultivated a vineyard 

 which was overrun with mildew. About the year 1862 — six 

 years before the appearance of the Phylloxera was recorded 

 — he tried a small plot with American canes , in all some- 

 thing like 150, some rooted and others simply cuttings. At 

 the present time, after a lapse of twelve years, these canes 

 are all in vigorous health, whilst all the European vines 

 immediately around them have fallen a prey to the Phyl- 

 loxera. The American varieties planted by M. Borty are : 

 Clinton, Post Oak, Emily, Ive's Seedling, Clara and Mus- 

 tang. He also possessed the Delaware and Isabella which 

 became victims of the plague, though elsewhere, as at 



Bordeaux, and in An 

 proof against it. 



The explanation of 

 that this small plot of 

 formed the centre froi 

 the Gard, just as M. I 

 of Bordeaux. 



Herel 



e think. 



American Vines on a I&rgi 

 that the rage for American 

 being exercised in the Bell 

 likely the recommendation ; 

 ving ofconfidi 

 cient pretext to many spec 



Not all of the American va 

 poses; few, indeed, being < 

 nong and some others. VI 

 view, namely, the destructic 

 of new and vigourous races 

 necessity of exercising the \ 



