GOODYERAS. 10 



seen, I will endeavour to describe. Some are of easy culture, 

 while others are difficult to manage, but with care all may 

 be had in perfection, which, when attained, amply repays any 

 trouble that may have been bestowed. If grown in small pots 

 and intermixed with Ancectochilus, they have a fine appear- 

 ance, the dark foliage of the Goodyeras being very distinct 

 from that of the other ; they do not, however, require the 

 same attention ; on the contrary, they will do in any close 

 house where there is a little warmth. I grow many of them 

 in five and six-inch pots for blooming in the winter season, 

 placing about six plants in a pot; they should be grown 

 strongly, so as to ensure abundance of bloom ; the soil I use 

 is peat and sand, with a little loam, and I give a liberal 

 supply of water at the roots during the growing season ; they 

 are propagated by cutting up the plants so as to have a 

 piece of root attached to each piece ; they may be grown 

 where there is no Orchid House ; a mixed stove suits them 

 perfectly. 



Goody era discolor. A beautiful plant from Brazil ; grows 

 about six inches high ; foliage a beautiful dark velvety 

 colour, with white marking through its entire length, flowers 

 white, with a little yellow in the centre, and produced on a 

 stem about ten inches high in winter, and they last a long 

 time in perfection ; a useful plant grown in five and six-inch 

 pots, several plants being put in a pot so as to make a good 

 show ; even without any flowers the plants themselves are 

 by no means unattractive. 



G. Dominii. A beautiful hybrid, raised from seed in this 

 country, and as regards foliage, the best I have seen. I 

 have not seen its bloom ; the leaves larger than those of 

 discolor, of a bronzy dark velvety-like appearance, with 

 several prominent lines running their whole length, of a 

 lightish colour nearly white, and interspersed with smaller 

 veins ; a good addition to this class of plants contrasting as 

 it does well with the Ancectochttus. 



