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ORCHIDS IN VINERIE?. Some reference has already been made to 

 the adaptability of vineries for many Orchids, but it deserves more 

 particular attention. In ordinary early houses ihe Vines are started 

 at a convenient time for starting the Orchids also. The temperature 

 and moisture suitable for one is equally suitable for the other, and 

 later on when the Grapes have been cut and the Vines are resting 

 can be made the resting season of the Orchids. Many fine specimens 

 have been grown in this way, and some of the most remarkable were 

 those exhibited some years ago by Mr. L. Temple, then gardener to 

 W. G. Joy, Esq., Headingley, I eeds. The success of the treatment 

 may be judged from the following particulars of the principal 

 plants : Cattleya crispa superba, 4 feet in diameter, fifty blooms ; 

 C. Harrisonias violacea, 3 feet in diameter ; C. crispa, 3 feet in 

 diameter, thirty flowers ; Odontoglossum grande, 2 feet in diameter, 

 forty-one flowers ; Dendrobium nobile, 4 feet in diameter, 400 

 blooms ; Miltonia Clowesi, 3 feet in diameter, 100 blooms ; M. specta- 

 bilis, 3 feet in diameter, forty-nine flowers ; Oncidium flexuoFum, 

 4 feet in diameter, forty spikes ; Phajus grandifolius, 4 feet in 

 diameter, thirty spikes ; Cypripedium insigne, 3 feet in diameter, 

 forty flowers ; and Dendrobium densifl' rum, forty-four spikes. Most 

 of these were grown in tubs 2 fet t 6 inches wide and 1 foot deep. 

 These were exceptionally fine specimens, but all the following have 

 been found to thrive with similar treatment :-Anguloas Clowesi, 

 Ruckeri, uniflora ; Arpophyllum giganteum ; Barkerias elegans, Lind- 

 leyana, Skinneri, spectabilis ; Brassavola glauca, Brassia yerrucosa ; 

 Cattleyas citrina, Harrisonia?, crispa, and others ; Ccelogyne cristata ; 

 Cymbidium eburneum, giganteum, Hookerianum, Mastersi ; Cypri- 

 pediums insigne, Schlimi, Sedeni, venustum, and many others ; 

 Dendrobiums nobile, densiflorum, thyrsiflcrum, chryeanthum, Hilli, 

 gpeciosum, Wardianum, Pierardi, and others ; Epidendrums amabile, 

 aromaticum, macrochilum, vitellinum ; Laelias albida, acuminata, 

 autumnalis, majalis, supeibiens ; Lycaste aromatica, cruenta, fkinneri ; 

 Masdevallias coccinea, Harryana ; M; xillarias aromaticfl, grandiflora, 

 Harrisom*, venusta ; Odoutoglcssums Alexandras, citrosmum, cordatum, 

 gloriosum, Lindleyanum, Pescatorei, naevium ; Phalsenopsis pulchel- 

 lum, Uro-Skinneri ; Oncidiums bifolium, crigptim, incurvum, leuccchi. 

 lum, ornithorhynchum, serratum ; Pleione humilip,lagenaria, maculata, 

 Wallichiana ; Trichopilia tortilis ; Zyopetalums crinitum, Mackayi, and 

 maxillare. To these were afterwards added A erides cdoratum and cris- 

 pum Warneri ; Calanthes vestita and veratrifolia ; Catileyas elegans, 

 intermedia, Skinneri, MossiaB, labiata, and Trianas ; Dendrobiums 

 mouiliforme and formosum ; Laslias anceps and purpurata ; Odontp- 

 glcssum Alexandras, with Stanhopeas tigrina, oculata, and insignia. 

 It may be remarked that the coolest position should be assigned to 

 the Masdevallias and Odontoglossums at the forcing period of the 

 year, and for this reason they are better in late vineries than in early 



