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new names, and many of them nothing near so apptopriate as the 

 old. It appears to me that the meddling parties, either do it, to ren- 

 der new articles necessary, or to (ridiculously) immortalize themselves 

 by a display of their supposed ability above their predecessors. I 

 will just quote a few of them as examples, Coreposis tinctoria, to Cal- 

 liopsis bicolor. Dahlia superflua, to Georgina variablis. Colutea 

 frutescens, to Sutherlandia frutescens. Celsia acutifolia, incisifolia, 

 &c. to Alonsoa, with many others. 



I find too there has been an attempt made to divide our old favorite 

 Tropseolumto two or more genera, I trust that such alterations of the 

 names of plants (excepting with good reason) will never meet with 

 support from the true lovers of Flora. I have two or three other 

 articles in course of preparation which shall be forwarded as soon as 

 my avocations will allow me time to finish them. 



ARTICLE VI.— ON THE CULTURE OF ORCHIDEOUS EPIPHYTES. 



BY A THREE YEARS PRACTITIONER. 



In the summer of 1833, a number of plants in bloom of this sin- 

 gular and interesting tribe, came under my notice in the collection of 

 Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney Nursery, which at once determined me 

 on commencing their culture, having a great deal of glass. I pur- 

 chased one hundred pounds worth of plants to begin with, and had them 

 placed upon a back flue in a vinery, at eight feet from the glass. 

 The period of the vines being in leaf, the plants had the advantage of 

 a partial shade ; in this situation they did well in the summer of 1834, 

 but when the winter approached I found them declining in vigour and 

 looking unhealthy, with all the attention I could give them, following 

 the direction of Messrs Loddiges, and Mr. Cooper of Wentwoith. I 

 immediately had a house erected to grow them in, I have it heated on 

 the hot water system, three feet above the pipes going round the house, 

 1 have a ribbed trellis three feet broad, upon which I have a quantity 

 of plants, they flourish amazingly. At the centre of the house, I had a 

 pit constructed with a wall three feet high, the breadth of the pit is eight 

 fret, and length thirty six, two hot water pipes are laid up the centre, 

 and a floor one foot above, where the top pipe is laid it is of tiles. On 

 this floor I laid one foqt of moss, and upon the moss I placed my plants, 

 growing in pots, wicker baskets, &c, they flourish amazingly too. 

 Since I commenced growing this tribe of plants, I have had considerable 

 opportunities of trying experiments on their culture, as well as ascer- 



