purple. It should be grown eitlier in a basket or on a block of wood, this being 

 tbe most natural way in which to cultivate it, as in its native habitat it is found 

 growing on the branches of trees. The compost required is a good fibrous peat, 

 with a little moss added, when grown in a basket ; if grown upon a block it will 

 be sufficient to secure it by means of a piece of wire, no soil being needed. Of 

 course, grown in this way, the plant requires a far greater amount of moisture 

 during the growing season, than if grown in a basket. To grow this plant to 

 perfection, as well as all the deciduous section of the genus, it must have decided 

 periods of rest and growth. During the growing season it should have an abundant ' 

 supply of heat and moisture, and as the pseudo-bulbs become mature, they should 



be gradually ripened off by diminishing the supply of water, and giving them 



the full benefit of air and sunshine. The East India House is the best place 

 in which to keep it during the growing season, and when at rest it may be placed 

 in a much cooler temperature. During this period very little water should be 

 given ; in fact, only just sufiicient to keep the stems from shrivelling. After the 

 flowering season is over, which is during the late spring and early summer months, 

 it will begin to make its new growth ; it should then be moved back into warmer 

 quarters. 



Cambridge Lodge, Flodden Eoad, Camberwell, the residence of E. J. 

 Measures, Esq. \_Concluded from Plate 298]. — There is a separate house for 

 Cymbidiums, in which there, are many fine specimens of C. Lowianiim, three feet 

 across ; and we should imagine that these plants, when in flower, must produce a 

 grand effect. There are several varieties of C. Loivianum, as well as C. Hooheri- 

 aniun, a rare species, and C. giganteum; also two well-grown plants of the rare 

 C. Parishii, a most beautiful species, a figure of which will be found in our first 



volume, plate 25. In the next house was a fine show of Oncidium Jonesianum 



with twenty spikes of its showy white and spotted flow^ers. In the Cattleya 

 house is a fine assortment of well-grown plants, O. Boivringiana, at the time of 

 our visit, being in bloom. We noticed a fine specimen of C. Triance alba, which 

 bore thirteen spikes last year and is growling well ; C. Mossice Reinechiana is 

 another rare plant in excellent health, besides man}- other fine and rare Cattleyas 

 in this house. In. the cool house were a great many Odontoglots, such as 0. 

 vexiliarlum, O. Alexandre, and other species, all promising well for the next 

 flowering season; the plants of 0. Eoezlii are also doinff well. There is a most 

 complete collection of Cypripediums — nearly all the new hybrids and species in 

 cultivation, such as G. cenantliuni superhum, C. Morganice, which are two of the 

 finest and most distinct kinds; C. SchrodercB, C. grande, and the rare C tessdatum 

 porphijreum—a. splendid hybrid. This collection bids fair to become ere lon^ one 



of the very finest in the country. The plants are well looked after by the 



gardener, Mr. Simpkins, who receives every encouragement from Mr. Measures and 

 his son, Ernest, who are both great enthusiasts in this noble family of plants. 

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