"volet 

 the 



very 



miicli stained witli orange at the base, both 



the throat and on 



upper margin, lower part bordered with rose colour 



It blooms during May 



and June, and 



fl 



continue in perfection for four or five weeks, if they are 



hept free from damp 



This 



ety requires the same treatment as the speci 



It should be potted 



in good fibrous peat, from which all the fine p 



ha\ 



been shake 



to which 



add 



some 



living sph 



moss 



and 



some 



dules of charcoal to keep 



open 



and 



porous 



The pots must be drained well, for drainage is one of the most essential 



F 



points in tlie management of Orchids, and witli Cattleyas in particular ; for altliougli 



tliey like abundance of water wlien growing, it must pass rapidly awaj 

 -quickly decline in health. 



or 



they 



Cattleya Warneri. — We have received from E. G. Wrigley, Esq., of Duckcnfield, 

 •■a wonderfully fine flower of Cattleiia Warneri. It is, without exception, one of 



the finest and largest we 



have 



seen. The flower measured nine inches across, the 



sepals 



were 



three 



inches in diameter, 



of 



a 



deep rose colour ; 



lip 



This blossom was of fine substance and form. Mr. Wrigley may be 



orange, 

 congratulated 



on flowering such 



a splendid variety of this Cattleya. With the above also came 



ii very good example of a Cattleya Mossice. 



