pseudobulbs, and produce four to seven funnel-shaped flowers on each spike. The 
sepals and petals are of a creamy white hue, tipped with rich magenta, while the 
lip is yellow, the whole perianth being very thick and fleshy in texture. The plant 
produces its blossoms during the autumn months, and sueceeds well if cultivated in 
a pot.with plenty of good drainage; fibrous peat should be used for potting, and 
a liberal supply of water should be given during the growing season, which is just 
after the flowering period. 
The temperature of the Cattleya house will be found to suit this Celia, or it 
may be grown in a moist stove. We have often seen plants of this kind do 
better in a house wherein miscellaneous stove plants are grown than in the Orchid 
house, which we believe is owing to their obtaining under these conditions more 
moisture and light, two things in which most Orchids delight. We mention this 
in order that cultivators may know and understand that there are various Orchids 
which can be grown, and grown well, in company with other subjects in an ordinary 
plant stove. We ourselves have found that many of the species do best in a 
house where such plants as Crotons, &c., are grown. Dendrobiums especially like 
this treatment, under which the bulbs attain much larger dimensions, and become 
better ripened. It is quite an erroneous idea that Orchids all require special houses 
for their successful cultivation. This certainly is not the case, as some of the finest 
Cattleyas, Vandas, Dendrobes, Phalnopsis, &c., that we have ever met with, have 
been cultivated in ordinary plant stoves, where they get a little shade from the 
burning rays of the sun. : 
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CaTtLEYA Warnerit.—A_ well-bloomed plant of this noble Orchid was exhibited 
at the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, on June 13th, by C. L. 
Southgate, Esq., of Streatham. This specimen was an example of what can be 
produced by giving a plant the treatment it likes—for such must have been the 
case in this instance. The plant was in an eight-inch pot, and bore three fine 
spikes of blossoms, one. having six, another five, and the third four flowers upon 
it, all expanded. The sepals and petals were of a beautiful rose colour, the lip a 
rich crimson, finely fringed, and marked with orange on the upper part. It was 
altogether a very striking object, and was greatly admired for the profusion of 
blossom produced in so small a pot. We mention this plant in order that our 
readers may know how abundantly it can be bloomed, as we often hear cultivators 
say that it does not flower freely, a theory which in this case must undoubtedly 
be wrong. The freeness of blooming evinced by this plant may be owing to the 
smallness of the ‘pot in which it is grown ;_ it may, therefore, be well for others 
to follow Mr. Salter’s example in this respect, since he has been so successful in 
cultivating it.—B. 8. W. 
