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sections of the country Avhich, with perhaps nn exception or two, 

 are not important enough to wurrant description. Mrs. Baldwin 

 has a fairly good collection ; and other private growers are F. T. 

 S. Darlcy, Mrs. R. S. Mason, II. Pratt McKean, Mrs. William 

 Weightman, H. C. Gibson, Clarence II. Clark, and two or three 

 others. 



In Baltimore, besides Capt. Snow, the orchid growers are con- 

 fined to two others, T. Harrison Garrett and Robert Garrett ; 

 both of the latter are forming collections, which in time will very 

 likely become of importance. 



Mr. T. Harrison Garrett's collection was commenced about 

 four years ago, and the plants are, with a few exceptions, small 

 ones, but the selections have been made with care, and there is a 

 l^rospect that the collection will become a noticeable one. Three 

 houses are devoted to it, and the total number of plants is 1,347. 

 They are divided into about 600 distinct species and varieties. 

 The East Indian house contains 51 G plants, the intermediate 

 house 234, and the cool orchid house 597 plants. Among the 

 notable genera are 242 CattlcN'as in 5G species and varie- 

 ties ; 35 Phalicnopsids, in 10 species and varieties; 21 Vandas, 

 in 13 species and varieties; 25 Aerides in 13 species; 70 

 Laelias in 20 species; 198 Dendrobiums in 68 species; 143 

 Oncidiums in 32 species ; 94 Odontoglossums in 36 species. 

 Mr. Garrett is moreover very much interested in our native 

 Orchids, and has collected a large number of species. 



An experiment has been mach; here with a double glass roof for 

 Orchids, and Mr. Grant, the gardener, writes that it has proved 

 highly snccessful, and not only the orchids like it, but thetenderost 

 fern stands the summer's sun without llinching. The upper glass 

 is about an inch from the lower glazing ; and no artificial shading 

 of any kind is used. It is stated that the Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, 

 etc., made bulbs of remarkable strength, which were much shorter 

 jointed, and which flowered witii greater freedom. Double glazing 

 has been used before on other houses, but I have the imi)ression 

 that it has not been well received. This practical testimony in its 

 favor is therefore the more noticeable. 



At Troy, N. Y., A. R. Smith, a most ontluisiastic amateur, 

 grows a small collection to which, like all orchidists who really love 

 their plants, he gives much individual care. The collection of 



