producing its pure white spotless flowers in the same manner, four or five together 
on a drooping spike; it blossoms during the winter and spring, and lasts for two 
or three weeks in beauty if the flowers are kept dry. It is both a free-growing 
and a free-blooming plant, and will no doubt thrive either in the Odontoglossum 
or Cattleya house. If cultivated in a cool house we should recommend that the 
plants be taken into a warmer structure when they begin to show flower. We 
have always found C. cristata to be greatly benefited by this treatment, as the 
spikes are apt to damp off in too cool an atmosphere ; moreover, on account of 
their pure white colour they seem to absorb the cold damp more quickly and 
readily than many other flowers, and this of course soon disfigures them. 
We have found good fibrous peat the best material in which to grow Celogyne 
cristata, and no doubt the variety we now figure will require the same treatment, 
as the two forms are found growing together in their native country. Pot culture 
will suit them best, as they require a good amount of water at their roots during 
their growing season, which can thus be secured. After the growth is completed 
less water will suffice, but they must always be kept so far moist at the root that 
their bulbs may remain in a plump firm condition. 
ORcHIDS AT FALLowFteLp.,—In this, which is one of the noted collections near 
Manchester, Dendrobium Falconeri was the first plant that attracted attention; it is 
a choice kind, and there was a fine specimen of it with two hundred of its bright 
purple, white, and orange-coloured flowers in full beauty. This was an exceedingly 
well cultivated plant. Mr. Swan, the gardener, informs us that he has had this 
specimen for. several years under cultivation, and that it improves each successive 
season, and has been several times exhibited at the Manchester Shows. We mention 
this in order that our readers may understand that this species can be cultivated 
successfully for years with proper treatment. We also noticed the charming Thuna 
Bensonia, with many spikes of its reddish purple flowers, some of the spikes 
producing as many as eighteen flowers on each spike. When orown in this way it 
forms a grand object of attraction, especially as- we possess but few Orchids of the 
same colour. We also noticed some fine spikes of Oncidium macranthum, bearing 
its bright yellow flowers, and when grown among the plants of Odontoglosswm 
Alexandre, with their pure white blossoms, it produces with other flowers a good 
effect. We also saw in the East India house some fine plants of Aérides Lobbu 
finely in bloom, some of their tacemes of bright coloured flowers being three feet 
in length and branched. 4. crassifolium was in full beauty; it is one of the best 
of its family, and one that should be grown in every collection, as it occupies such 
a small space—B. §, W. | 
