162 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Literally hundreds of flowers clothed both the old and young stems of this 

 specimen, which was not more remarkable for its inflorescence than for the 

 regular manner in which its half-pendulous stems wore arranged round the 

 basket in which it was planted. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, furnished this 

 plant. From the same firm there were Dendrobuim caerulescens, the delicate 

 tints [of which make it even more lovely than the preceding. It is allied to 

 D. nobile, differing, for the most part, in having a bluish tinge in its flowers, 

 and a more pointed lip. Kpidendrum alatum, a handsome pseudo-bulbous 

 species, with brownish sepals and petals, and a yellow lip, curiously striped; 

 Leptotes bicolor, with its interesting white and purple flowers ; a kind of 

 Cyrtopodium, related to C punctatum, but wanting the blossom spots; and a 

 dark brown-flowered Acropera. from Mexico, were among the other Orchidacea 

 of Messrs. Rollisson. Mr. My lam, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., brought Aerides 

 odoratum, the loveliness and fragrance of which are not often surpassed, with 

 nearly twenty full racemes of flowers. The much-coveted Phalamopsis amabilis, 

 ■which blossoms almost incessantly, and is only in the possession of three 

 growers ; Saccolabium guttatum, hearing five long racemes of what may be 

 reckoned some of the most pleasing flowers in nature ; Oncidium Lanceanum, 

 with its gorgeous and motley hues ; Chvsis aurea, as it is rarely witnessed, in a 

 vigorous condition ; a Stanhopea, which is perhaps a variety of saccata, with 

 diminutive pseudo-bulbs and leaves, short scapes, and white flowers with pale 

 spots, an orange centre, and a more freely spotted lip ; another Stanhopea, of a 

 pale yellow colour, having few and light spottings ; Vanda teres, producing five 

 exquisitely-painted blossoms ; and Cattleya Mossia;, of which the lip was extra- 

 ordinarily large and rich, are a few of the remaining of Mr. Rncker's plants. 

 G. Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, almost the only distant exhibitor of choice 

 specimens, enriched the exhibition with Cattleya Aclandiai, on which there were 

 two perfect and highly coloured flowers; Epidendrum aciculare, a species with 

 small pseudo-bulbs, slender flower stems, narrow brown sepals and petals, and a 

 broad pink labellum ; Cyrtochilum stellatum, the pseudo-bulbs and leaves of 

 which have the yellow appearance of Miltonia, while the flowers are pale yellow, 

 and the lip white, a little striped with pink: Oncidium pulchellum, one of the 

 prettiest of the genus, developing liberally its delicate pinkish-white blossoms; 

 Maxillaria cristata, bearing a pair of its drooping chocolate-hued blooms, striped 

 with white, and having a fine white fringe to its lip ; and Odontoglossum 

 cordatuni, the exterior parts of the flowers of which are mottled with brown and 

 yellow, the lip being heart-shaped, and approaching to white. The long-lookid- 

 for Scbomburgkia tibicinis, having at length flowered in the stove of Sir T. 

 Acland, was exhibited by Mr. Craggs, the gardener there. The specimen was 

 particularly large and luxuriant, and the flowers are pale pink, tinted with brown 

 and purple, and having the outer portions much curled. It is not strikingly 

 beautiful. Peresteria pendula, with drooping scapes and spotted blossoms, was 

 shown by Mr. Edmonds, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 Chiswick. Oncidium flexuosum, evincing superior cultivation, came from 

 Mr. Bruce, gardener to B. Miller, Esq. In these notices of Orchidacere, a"nd in 

 all that have preceded them, it has been the intention to particularise aud briefly 

 describe only such as are worthy of general cultivation and regard, and of 

 which the specimens shown furnish proof that they can be easily or successfully 

 managed. 



The Pelargonia were, as formerly, very gorgeous ; those specimens of which 

 the lower branches had been brought down to a position nearly horizontal, look- 

 ing infinitely better than such as had all their shoots supported erectly. Mr. 

 Cock, Mr. Catleugh, and Mr. Gaines were again the most successful exhibitors; 

 their collections were of the same style of growth, compact, uniform in size, and 

 covered with a mass of bloom ; these collections were enriched with some new 

 flowers of great beauty of form and brightness of colour. The six kinds Mr. 

 Cock exhibited were, Orange Boven, Florence, Clarissa, Lady Carlisle, Brides- 

 maid, and Comte de Paris. The three kinds were, Victory, Lady Murray, and 

 Florence. Mr. Catleugh's were, Lady Bridport, Orange Boven, Coronation, 

 Una, Bridesmaid, Comte de Paris, and Lady Mayoress. The three kinds were. 

 Priory Queen, Touchstone, and Joan of Arc. Mr. Gaines's were Lord Auck- 

 land, Alicia, Seedling, Grand Duke, Fosteri rosea, and Beatrice. A great many 



