42 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE, 
and stages at intervals. At other times the atmosphere must be 
kept rather dry, and care taken to avoid over-watering. When 
perfectly at rest, the Cattleyas, and others with large fleshy pseudo- 
bulbs, require very little water indeed. The plants ought not to be 
syringed overhead at any time. 
Formine a Cottection.—A few of the best for a small collec- 
tion formed for the purpose of having a fair display of bloom through- 
out the year, are as follows :— 
IntERMEDIATE Hovuse.— Ada aurantiaca, Aerides roseum, Calanthe 
masuca, C. Veitchi, C. vestita, Cattleya amethystina, C. labiata, C. 
marginata, C. mossie, C. triane, C. Skinneri, Coelogyne cristata, 
Colax jugosa, Cymbidium mastersi, Cypripedium barbatum, C. villo- 
sum, C. niveum, Dendrobium aggregatum, D. albo-sanguineum, D. 
densiflorum, D. fimbriatum oculatum, D. infundibulum, D. nobile, 
Epidendrum vitellinum, Goodyera discolor, Lelia acuminata, L. albida, 
L. anceps, L. purpurata, Limatodes rosea, Miltonia spectabilis, Odon- 
toglossum phalenopsis, O. Roezli, O. vexillarium (the last two are 
new and expensive), Oncidiwm bifolium, O. crispum, O. flecuosum, O. 
leucochilum, O. sphacelatum, Phaius grandifolius, Sobralia mac- 
rantha, Stanhopea insignis, and Zygopetalum Maekayi. 
Coot Hovusr.—Barkeria elegans, B. Skinneri, Cattleya Aclandia, 
C. citrina, Cypripedium insiqne, C. insigne maulei, C. venustum, 
Dendrobium speciosum, Epidendrum macrochilum, Lycaste aromatica, 
L. Skinneri, Masdevallia coriacea, M. Harryana, M. ignea, M. Lin- 
deni, M. Veitchiana, O. Alexandra, O. Cervantesi rosewm, O. citros- 
mum roseum, O. gloriosum, O. grande, O. maculatum, O. nebulosum, 
O. Pescatoret, O. pulchellum, O. triwmphans, Oncidium crispum, 
Pletone humilis, P. lagenaria, P. Reichenibachiana, Sophronites coc- 
cinea, 8. grandiflora, Stanhopea oculata, S. tigrina, Trichopiliz 
suavis. 
CULTIVATION OF GLADIOLI. 
BY MESSRS. KELWAY AND SON, 
The Royal Nurseries, Langport, Somerset. 
UR success as cultivators and raisers of Gladioli brings 
%| us many letters of inquiry from amateurs, and from 
these we gather that reliable information on their culti- 
vation will prove acceptable to many readers of the 
=  Hnoran Worup. We have no doubt you will readily 
grant us space to briefly describe the system of culture by which 
we have produced the magnificent spikes that have brought us so 
much honour at the leading exhibitions. It is not desirable we 
should allude to the success with which our efforts in the cultivation 
of these flowers have been attended, beyond saying that our collec- 
tion comprises all the best kinds, and that we {devote many acres of 
our nurseries to their cultivation. In addition to the collection of 
nearly 3000 named sorts, we grow hundreds of thousands of seed- 
lings annually, and from these are selected some twelve of the best 
