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nately we lack details as to this precious acquisition, wliich has 

 never left the garden of Messrs. Veitch at Exeter, except to shin© 

 for a moment in the exhibition. 



ORCHIDEA. 



[Annalee de la Societe Centrale d'Horticultare, Paris, 1850. Translated by H. Meigs.] 



M. Pescatore, of St. Oloud, had 424 Orchids flower, in 1849. 

 Among them many of great beauty, and some very singular spe- 

 cies. The Orchid Bollopkyllum harbigerum is very curious. It is 

 covered with brown hair, which is set in motion by the least cur- 

 rent of air. Hoidletia hrocklehurstiana is, without contradiction, 

 one of the most beautiful of Orchidea, for its figure, beauty, and 

 odour of its flower. The leaves are over 12 inches broad; each 

 false bulb bears two bunches of flowers, each stem and flower 

 being about 20 inches high, furnished with a dozen flowers. It 

 flowers twice a year here regularly, in July and August. It is 

 very easily cultivated. Plant it in a very large pot well drained, 

 filled with turfy earth, mixed with fragments of earthen ware 

 During its growth, water it abundantly, and when the bulbs 

 are well nourished, give it some weeks repose. AngrcBcum bilo- 

 hum, a charming little plant, uniting in tufts, giving a pretty 

 effect. It bears 15 to 20 white flowers, in the form of a star. 

 That the flowers may present themselves well, they should be 

 planted in a basket filled with turfy heath soil, mixed with frag- 

 ments of earthen ware, hung up. The L(Elia aufumnalis has rose- 

 colored flowers. Ponthieva maculata is very beautiful, varied 

 colors with green spots. 



Lentil. — Its culture is successful in England, on recent ex- 

 periments. It succeeds when planted in alternate rows with 

 beans. Its quality as food is now highly praised, and its culti- 

 vation earnestly recommended. 



Mr. Krugef , of Lubbenan, announces that he has cultivated 

 the hlack lentil with success as well in reference to its quality as 

 its quantity. He also praises two kinds of peas One called 

 Princess 01 ga, and the other Emperor of Russia, both of good 

 quality and yield. The Princess, an early— the Emperor, a late 

 pea. He mentions a giant bean, very good either green or ripe ; 

 pods a foot long. 



