66 DENDROBIUM. 



so severely during transmission that it was with difficulty preserved 

 alive; it shortly afterwards again passed into the hands of Mr. 

 James, who succeeded in raising six plants from the old pseudo-bulbs.* 

 Schroederianum, in compliment to Baron Schroeder, of The Dell, near 

 Staines, in whose collection it is now in cultivation, is one of the 

 loveliest forms of Dendrobium nobile ; the maroon blotch on the lip is 

 the deepest yet seen among its varieties, and affords a striking con- 

 trast to the pure white of the other segments. Tollianum was also 

 a waif " picked up " at one of Stevens' sales by the late Mr. Toll, 

 of Stretford Road, Manchester. The many excellent qualities of D. 

 nobile as a garden plant are too well known to need enumeration 

 by us, but among them we may mention its great potency as a 

 hybridising agent, probably destined to produce even more striking 

 results than those already obtained. The profusion in which its flowers 

 are produced render it one of the finest of decorative plants when in 

 full bloom, as the accompanying woodcut amply testifies. The grand 

 specimen in the collection of the late Mr. Rucker, at West Hill, 

 Wandsworth, which bore over one thousand expanded flowers at one 

 time, is still fresh in the recollection of many horticulturists. The 

 varieties elegans, nobilius, and Schroederianum are now recognised 

 as amongst the most superb of Dendrobes; Cooksonianum and Toll- 

 ianum are among the most remarkable of sports. The normal 

 flowering season of D. nobile and its varieties is from January to 

 March, but it is often prolonged by regulating the cultural treat- 

 ment, as to temperature, supply of water, etc. 



D. ochreatum. 



Eudexdrobium — Fasciculata. Stems stoutish, cylindric, with swollen 



joints, curved, decumbent, 6 — 9 inches long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 



acute, 2 — 3 inches long, deciduous. Flowers produced from the young 



leafy stems, generally in pairs, large and showy, 2 — 3 inches across, 



of a rich golden yellow, with a deep maroon-purple blotch on the 



lip ; sepals [and petals uniform, elliptic-oblong ; lip with a convolute 



claw and orbicular concave blade, apiculate, downy above. 



Dendrobium ochreatum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1756 (1835). Rchb. Walp. Ann. VI. 

 p. 287. D. Cambridgeanum, Paxt. Mag. Bot. VI. t. 265 (1839). Bot. Mag. t. 4450. 



Discovered by Wallich in the early part of the present century, 



in the Chittagong district, India, but not introduced till 1837, when 



Gibson brought plants to Chatsworth, which flowered in the spring 



* Gard. Chron. XVII. (1882), p. 433. 



