and when hanging from the roof of the house the whole plant has a very singular 
e. 
. ie ne grown on blocks of wood, with a little live sphagnum 
moss about their roots; if the moss should become decayed it must be removed and 
renewed by fresh. They will also grow on rough blocks of wood without moss, but 
when cultivated in this way they require the more frequent application of moisture 
to keep their roots active. We have seen them thrive well in baskets, planted in 
rough fibrous peat, but grown in this way they do not look so well. They should 
be hung up as near to the glass as possible, in the full light, as they require ie 
little shade. They will do either in the Cattleya or East India house. A goo 
supply of water must be given during the growing season, but less when ge 
growth is completed. These plants are not easy to increase, as they do not like 
to be divided. : 
ORcHIDs AT CHISLEHURST.—When calling in July last on W. Vanner, Esq., at 
Camden Wood, Chislehurst, we were pleased to find some beautiful Orchids in bloom 
in the show house, which is a square lofty structure, with tables round the sides, 
and chairs and seats in the centre. The Orchids are here shown off to the best 
advantage, intermixed with foliage and flowering plants, the flowering Orchids being 
brought into this house as they come into bloom. We noticed some fine plants of 
Lelia purpurata in full beauty, one variety with rose-coloured sepals and_ petals, and 
a beautifully veined rich dark amethyst lip, was especially fine. Cattleya Mendelu 
was well represented, one plant having six spikes of bloom—a grand plant and the 
picture of health. Lelia elegans was also in bloom, a fine large variety, with a very 
richly-coloured lip. We also saw here two specimens of the finest varieties of 
Odontoglossum hastilabium we have ever met with, having large branching spikes, 
one with seventy flowers upon it; the sepals and petals were creamy white, barred 
with purple, the lip white, with a purple base. This is a grand exhibition Orchid, 
as it lasts a long time in perfection. 
In the next house were some fine plants of Odontoglossum Alexandre; one 
variety in particular was very fine, having rose-coloured sepals and a very large 
finely spotted lip. The Bull’s-blood variety of Masdevallia Harryana was in good 
form; also WV. Harryana leta and M. Harryana Ulacina, a very pretty light- 
coloured variety, with rosy lilac flowers. 
in flower, as well as many 
another year.—B. S. W. 
Sobralia macrantha was also very finely 
other good things in bud, or making good growth for 
