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the long, drooping spiked Angræcums and Cyrto- 
podium Saintlegerianium, as exhibited by Mr. А.Н. 
Smee, shows а very high development of C. 
punctatum. "The олај cera brin us the very 
гура 
. William Bull’s, from 
his has the жыш of C. barbatum, 
the size of flower of C. Lawrenceanum, with that 
purity of white and crimson in the upper sepal which 
is to be found in C. purpuratum. С. Hyeanum is an 
а каеш ph is probably a green variety of C. 
Lawrence aius Humbloti, exhibited by Sir 
Trevor “ie мт yes to be a very handsome 
species. Mr. B. S. Williams’ Lelia purpurata bella. 
is neat and pretty ; Southgate's variety of Oncidium 
macranthum, the richest yet flowered; Lelia anceps 
virginalis, sent by F. A. Philbrick, Esq., the largest and 
white flowers ; Z ygopetalum leopardinum, a Veitchian 
treasure, is a real acquisition, and must not be 
omitted. Among the certificated plants it is pleasant 
to see that some very fine old species are recognised. 
Among the Orchids is that beautiful and singular 
Angræcum caudatum sent to the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society bi Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in 
October last, and the pretty and кошу flowered 
Oncidium undulatum exhibited by Major Lendy. 
Such fine plants demand recognition cust pre- 
sented. 
(To be continued.) 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
ANGRAECUM IMBRICATUM, Lindl, 
Tuis curious epiphyte flowered in ما‎ 
last in the rich collection of Mr. W. Те wn- 
side, Yéstherhéad, pd is a s ХБОХ plant, 
with a very strong stem and very lea eathery, c Maren 
oblong, ligulate, biar bilobed ари The small 
cephaloid racemes show numerous lanceolate pem 
bracts and flowers which have lanceolate sepals and 
Lip flabellate, retuse, apiculate, convolute, 
with an appressed recurved blunt spur not half so 
long as the blade of the lip, that it nearly touches, 
Column bent backwards, with a beaked rostellum, 
Sepals and petals 
Blade of lip orange, anterior margin 
I yellow. They were the flowers sent by Mr. W. 
plant was introduced by Mr. F. Sander, in 
CATTLEYA GIGAS. 
is magnificent species, figured in а recent 
at the 
i requires to be kept drier than some 
other speci 
OwcrprUM STELLIGERUM ERNESTI. 
A handsome Oncidium, with wrinkled pseudobulbs, 
from the base of which proce eed racemes of about 
eight flowers, each plone in нне flat, with lan- 
ceolate segments of a yellow colour spotted with 
rounded, 
pu шы Jip three-lobed, the two sido lobes 
yellow, the central lobe ovate-acute, lilac. Mr. 
Williams recomm 
and an 
abundance of light and air. Orchid Album, t. 260. 
CYCNOCHES CHLOROCHILON, 
А very old friend, and as extraordinary as it is 
old. The flo 5 inches across, the 
segments oblon 
part of the ever thick, yellow; and facing the elon- 
gated column, which suggests a swan's neck. The 
plants do well in the Cattleya-house, where they get 
all the light possible, shading being required to pro- 
tect them from the а t вип їп ыз After 
flowering they require a period of rest, but the bulbs 
should not be allowed to dew Orchid Album, t. 263, 
CALANTHE VESTITA; 
There are few more beautiful plants than this 
winter-flowering Orchid, and although its merits are 
somewhat lessened by being leafless at this season, 
still its graceful spikes of dee more than compen- 
sate for their absence, and the plants when inter- 
mixed with a few foliage plants or delicate Ferns, so 
as to relieve the base of the plants. They are very 
effective for indoor decoration ; апа; as they w ill 
bear a dry MEME with impunity for some time, 
they are doubly valuable. The genus is easily 
grown, still there are some cultivators who, although 
they sueceed in growing it well up to the blooming 
period, yet fail then to earry it through the flowering 
season satisfactorily. 
I have this season seen two such instances where 
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exceedingly fine, yet there was scarcely à 
to be observed. In some instances the spikes had 
failed just as they emerged from the base of the 
bulbs, and in others the spikes and individual flowers 
were so spottel and disfigured by damp as to 
be unfit for use. In each case the causes of 
‘failure were attributable no doubt to too much water 
at the root, and by too low a temperature, and a dry 
atmosphere during the dull and sunless days of 
November and December. When the bloom-spikes 
-appear a minimum of 60° should be maintained in 
the house, except in severe weather, when it is more 
safe and beneficial to allow it to recede to 55°, with 
a comparatively dry atmosphere, rather than attempt 
to maintain a higher temperature, which only cg 
to distress the plants, if accompanied with dryness 
and if, on the other hand, undue moisture be pre- 
The day temperature need not 
caused by sun-heat, which is particularly beneficial 
С Calanthes at all times, and especially so at this 
season, and when grown under these conditions; for 
this reason the lightest position should be selected 
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changes of temperature moisture should condense 
upon the blooms and spoil them. When, during 
summer, the plants are in active growth, they may 
блага almost as aquatics, provided the drainage 
; but when the bulbs are fully formed and 
the vens begin to fall it is a mistake to continue 
the same treatment арте а ч of producing 
stronger flowering spikes an experiment 
I bave made this winter v ' withholding water alto- 
gether from a few plants, after the flowers com- 
menced to Lm I feel 4 there is little gain in 
strength and much loss in colour and quality of 
bloom, by nag at this релй. unless the plants 
actually ‘flag from dryness. T. Challis, Wilton House, 
Sali 
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IRELAND. 
WINTER. 
X mparative scarcity of yet this season 
brings into stronger relief u 
GLASNEVIN IN 
Palms, Tree Ferns, Bamboos, &c., is well seen, espe- 
cially from the gallery ; and (as seen from the gallery 
also) a group of Cycads is arranged with excellent 
effect. The Filmy Fern-house is, perhaps, un- 
rivalled in the kingdom, as to the size to which the 
Todeas have grown. Their luxuriance is wonderful. 
Foliage plants in other houses are arranged very 
effectively, and lighted up here and there with 
flowers of much beauty. Amongst others the bril- 
liant blue Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, a Tradescantia- 
like flower, blossoming in large clusters, has been 
in flower ; it would be a beautiful companion plant 
to Luculia gratissima, for winter flowering in any con- 
servatory large or small. Hexacentris lutea is a good 
Acanthaceous climber for November, and Hoya impe- 
rialis was also in blossom, having a pendent bunch hd 
about nine thick, waxy, pale pink 
nd Mr. Moore says th 
ople do marvellously little mis- 
е тапу r see little but muddy rem 
grey fogs Mtf their. week-day walks, 
vt such a garden as Glasnevin must be no a 
boon. A special bit of brightness for early winter 
days was lately supplied by a large and well arran 
bank of Chrysanthemums. Although the culture of 
plants of botanical interest is ерге the especial 
object of botanie gardens (an object kept in view 
ыы all others “ Glasnevin), эре is an interest 
apart from ir beau co! gres 
а garden 
of their own to sp pe come well 
within the province o ofa botanic parras even from a 
же, bot аса! poin of v 
mongst eir bel cdi. and 
Glasnevin showing peculiarities 
winter lowering Passion flower Pass 
better known as P. acerifolia, and m: алай seen in 
xoci has two Begins very large s 
glands near the top o е leaf-stalk ; t 
faware 
rare plants at 
а foliage is а 
ora aden 
ry pretty. 
Oxalis gere is ان‎ curious plant v peso 
whose microscopic 
p^ true leaves. At isei и apex 
there is occasionally to be seen a erii бу the typical 
— саб leaf. There is а plan of Selaginella 
with foliage curiously like that of some 
of the “Conifers irons Rajah, ‘our 
years old, gains strength every „ш It is 
grown = га алсала ъа with а maximum 
tempera’ заб 
Мооге нагай its increasing vigor. 
FRUIT | REGISTER. 
LATE PLUMS. 
r and hardy, deserving more extensive 
cultivation. I have just the last gatheri 
(December 13), which have been in the fruit-room 
than a month, and were partly shrivelled ; it - 
cooks a fine colour, and is very good; itis the best late 
I am acquainted with ен 
useful kind, not so h 
uch grown 
and certainly not so Jus as the Wei ч; : 
