W. Leaf, Esq., of Streatham, and was a most wonderful object. The stems one a 
from twenty to thirty inches in height, and are furnished at the apex with 22, pair 
of broad leathery leaves of a dark green colour. It produces its flowers om the | 
top of the bulb after it has finished its growth. The sepals and_ petals are of a 
lively cinnamon-brown, spotted with rich deep crimson; while the lip is of a bright 
magenta, with the basal lobes of a paler rose colour. The blossoms last some two 
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or three weeks in perfection. 
Cattleya guttata Leopoldii requires the same treatment as that recommended for _ 
other Cattleyas under Plates 3 and 6. Being a tall-growing plant, pot culture will 
be found to suit it best. — ae 
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M. Massancr’s Orcuips.—Chateau de Baillonville, the country seat of Mons. D. 
Massange de Louvrex, is situated in the Ardennes, about 6 miles from Marche, and 
some 80 miles from Brussels. The collection of Orchids at the Chateau Js very 
large, one of the finest in Belgium. In the house devoted to East Indian Orchids eS 
there are some grand specimens of Vandas, Aérides, and Saccolabiums. During a 
visit in July last, we noticed in bloom a very fine variety of Vanda tricolor 
planilabris, the flowers of which were very large, with fine broad sepals and petals, 
the markings being well defined and the colour bright. Here was also a grand 
plant of V. Cathcartii, about four feet high, in perfect health. Cypripediums are, 
moreover, treated with great success in this house; indeed, we noticed some plants 
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of C. caudatum with extraordinary growths upon them, one plant having leaves as_ os 
much as eighteen inches long, and quite distinct. in the character of its growth, 
being almost erect. In the Cattleya house were some fine examples of Cattleya labiata, a 
the true autumn-flowering variety; also C. Warnerii in abundance, and C. Mendel. — 
Zygopetalum Gautier, the best variety, with dark blue flowers, was also open. 
Celogyne Massangeana, had a spike of twenty-three flowers; this species 1S a grand 
subject for treating as a basket plant, the spikes being of a drooping character ; 
we have seen it bearing as many as twenty-seven flowers on a_ spike. There 
were, moreover, in the same house, some enormous plants of Cattleya Triana, marvels 
of cultivation, with good specimens of Lelia elegans, L. anceps, L. Perrinit alba, 
L. elegans prasiata, L. Steleneriana, Cattleya Dowiana, &c., all ‘in perfect health, 
and doing well. In the Odontoglossum houses there was not much in flower, but 
the plants were looking remarkably well and making enormous bulbs. Here we 
noticed the largest plant of Restrepia antenufera we have ever seeny the plant 
probably measured as much as eighteen inches across, and had some hundreds of 
leaves. Masdevalliags were well represented, and there were some good varieties iD 
flower: amongst others was a grand plant of M. macrura, as well as J. Houtteant 
and M. trochilus, forming good specimens. We saw a splendid specimen of 
Odontoglossum citrosmum roseum with nine flower-spikes, a marvel of good cultivation. 
Altogether, we believe, this is the most select collection of Orchids in Belgium, and 
great credit is due to Mr. Wilkie, the gardener, for the way in which he cultivates 
his plants ; his employer, however, spares no expense in providing the appurtenances 
necessary to good cultivation—H. WrturaMs. 
