hundreds of good kinds have been flowered, but none approaching in richness of hye 
or in beauty of marking, to the one now before us. We hope the Messrs. Veitch 
may be fortunate enough to bloom more of the same, as cultivators will be glad 
to procure it for their collections. The plant in question has, we understand, now 
passed out of their hands into Baron J. H. Schroeder’s collection at Staines, 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei Veitchianum has the same habit of growth as the 
type. The flowers on the specimen which bloomed last year, and was certificated 
both by the Royal Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies, formed a close raceme, 
and were large and showy, the sepals and petals being white, heavily transversely 
blotched at the base with a lovely shade of crimson-purple, the lip being also white, 
and spotted around the base with the same colour, while the bright yellow disk 
was striately marked with crimson. This specimen bore several flowers on the spike, 
and we have no doubt that as the plant increases in strength the spikes will 
branch into panicles, as those of most of the plants of O. Pescatoret are branching 
in habit. They are graceful in appearance, and of long duration, which renders them 
most useful for decorative purposes, the more so as even when cut and placed in 
water they keep fresh for a long time. The treatment these plants require is the 
same as that of O. Alexandre and the other cool-house Orchids. 
The greatest pest in the cultivation of cool Orchids, and one which is consequently 
a great annoyance to cultivators, is a small black slug that takes up its home in 
the moss and about the plants, and which often eats many of the young flower 
spikes when they first appear. These should be sought after night and morning as 
it is at these periods they do their mischief. They seem to enjoy the temperature 
of the cool Orchid house. The method we adopt for catching them is to look the 
moss carefully over at once, when the spikes first appear, and be sure there are 
no slugs allowed to remain among it; then we place a wire round the pot, and 
suspend it from the roof, and in this manner we secure the flower spikes. This 18 
done when they are young, which is the favourite time for these marauders to attack 
them. The plants are well worth this trouble, as after watching them for a length 
of time it is most annoying to find the flowers destroyed. 
ObonToGLossuM ALEXANDR&#.—We have received from H. J. Buchan, Esq., Wile 
House, Southampton, a grand spike of a fine variety of this most variable Orchid. 
The flowers are large, and of fine form and substance; the sepals and petals are 
pure white, beautifully serrated; the lip is broad and distinctly coloured on the 
upper part. This is one of the best forms of O. Alexandre we have met with. 
Mr. Buchan has a good collection of cool Orchids, and has been growing them for 
many years.—B. 8. W. : 
Opontoctossom JENNINGsIANUM.—R, Smith, Esq., Brentham Park, Stirling, has 
sent us a splendid inflorescence of this novelty. The flowers are produced ie : 
panicle, which is much branched, and bears numerous blossoms. ‘This speci® 
somewhat resembles a spotted form of O. Alexandre in the markings of the flowers, 
but the form is more like that of O, Andersonianum.—B. 8. W. | 
