Lyeaste costata is a showy and beautiful evergreen species. Its pseudobulbs are 
_ some three inches high, bearing broad, plicate, deep green leaves, which vary from 
a foot to eighteen inches in length. The peduncle springs from the side of the 
bulb, near the base, bearing a single flower on the top, quite a number springing 
from the same bulb. The sepals and petals are yellowish white, the lip being 
white, and fringed on the sides. It blooms during the months of January and 
February, and continues in full beauty for several weeks. 
The treatment we have found this plant to thrive under is to grow it in the 
cool house, but the warmest end of the Odontoglossum house should be selected for 
it. It should be grown in well-drained pots, and the best material to use for 
potting is a mixture of fibrous peat and sphagnum moss. During the growing 
season the plant enjoys an abundant supply of water. This must, however, be 
considerably reduced when growth is completed, giving at this time just sufficient — 
to keep the bulbs and leaves in a healthy condition. The flowers begin to appear 
soon after growth is completed, when a slight increase of the water supply will be 
advantageous. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM N&VIUM MAJus.—A grand example of this rare Odontoglot was 
recently flowering in the collection of M. le Comte de Germiny, Chateau de Gouville, 
France; the plant in question bore twenty spikes of its pretty flowers, and great 
eredit is due to M. Vincent, the able gardener, for the way in which he cultivates 
his Odontoglossums. -O. nevium majus never has of late years become very 
plentiful in collections. It is a lovely Orchid, and should be sought after by 
cultivators who value a distinct and beautiful plant.—B. S. W. 
