rim of the pan or basket. This plant delights in a plentiful supply of water at 
the roots—in fact, it should never be allowed to get dry, as it requires but little 
rest. It is propagated by division of the pseudobulbs. 
Few insects attack this plant. The scale is the most frequent intruder, and this 
is easily removed by the use of a sponge and clean water. 
Frrcusuice House, Paistey.—We have been in the habit of visiting the gardens 
of T. Coarss, Esq., for many years past, and have always been surprised to see 
the Orchids grown by Mr. Thompson, the gardener who has charge of them. There 
is no house specially devoted to the cultivation of this class of plants, but they are 
grown in different houses intermixed with stove-flowering plants, foliage plants, and 
ferns, and in no instance have we seen East Indian Orchids grown to greater 
perfection. We have from time to time witnessed the progress of the specimens we 
are about to enumerate—in fact, we have seen them grown on from quite small plants 
purchased some ten or twelve years ago, and the size to which they have attained 
during this time, viz., up to the first week in September, 1881, will no doubt astonish 
some of our readers, and convince them it is not true that Orchids cannot be 
cultivated unless they have houses set apart for their especial benefit. In order to 
show the error of this conclusion, we will name a few of the specimens that we 
saw growing on one side of a span-roofed house, with stove plants on the centre 
stage. Aérides suavissimum, grown from a small plant, is now a fine specimen 
three feet high, having four stems, and in perfect health, the foliage reaching down 
to the pot; it bore twenty spikes of its long racemes of flowers, many of them having 
thirty-seven flowers on a spike, and was one of the most beautiful objects that have 
come under our notice. There is also another plant produced from the same specimen, 
bearing twelve spikes of its lovely blossoms, which were in full beauty. A. Warnertt 
is a well-grown specimen, having several stems two to three feet in height, and this 
blooms freely every year. A. virens, is also a fine plant, with three stems three feet 
in height. A. affine is a wonderful specimen of good cultivation; it 1s generally of 
slow growth, but in this case it has not proved so. A. crispum again, is well 
cultivated, having two stems nearly three OE high, and perfect, and there is also 
a second plant of the same, three feet in height. A. Fieldingit is a fine specimen. 
Vanda tricolor, a well-furnished plant, and V. suavis four feet high, with three 
stems, are both beautifully grown. A plant of the curious long-tailed Angraecum 
sesquipedal, from eighteen inches to two feet in height, has four stems, and 18 
undoubtedly the best grown specimen we have seen. Phalenopsis Schilleriana, & good 
8 aipeesn with seven of its beautifully-marked leaves, is growing suspended over the 
centre table. There are other choice Orchids, such as Cypripediums, Coelogyness 
&e. We also noticed, grown in two other houses, intermixed with various plants, 
penny As aio of Lelia Turnerii, LD, elegans, L. anceps, Cattleya mdr Pe 
1ers, e also well-grown examples of Calanthe Masuca, of Dendrobium, a 
roe Si Orchids; but space will not admit of these being here enumerated.— 
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