bloomed and exhibited by ourselves at the Royal Horticultural Society's Show at 



South Kensington in April last, and which was deservedly awarded a First Class 

 Certificate for its ivory white flowers with a slight pencilling of purple on the 

 The typical L. Harrisomw although one of the oldest inhabitants of our stoves is well 

 worth cultivating' more extensively; it has creamy white flowers, with a purplish 

 lilac lip, the flowers being larger, and the plant more robust in growth than in 

 tlie present variety, ehurnea, which, however, blooms more freely and retains the 

 purity of its whiteness for some time. There are some yellow- flowered species, such as 

 L. cruenta and L. aromatica, which are worth growing for their colour and fragrance, 



'jaste Harrisonice ehurnea is an evergreen plant eight inches in height, with 



deep gTccn foliage ; the flower spikes proceed from the base of the pseudobulb and 



are about six inches in length. The sepals and petals are of pure ivory-white, 



iind the lip is also wliite faintly striped with crimson; the' throat yellowy striped with 



purplish red. It blooms during April and May, and lasts for several wrecks in 

 fl ( ) wer. 



AVc have found this plant do well at the cool end of the Cattleya house. A 

 cooler situation even than this will do. It must be potted in rough fibrous peat, 

 with good drainage, and must be well elevated above the pot so that its roots can 

 work about the soil. A little charcoal intermixed with the peat helps to keep the 

 Hoil op<>n ; moreover, the roots like to cling to it, and it prevents the material from 

 becoming sour., This plant will also do well in a basket suspended from the roof, 

 .iS it likes a considerable amount of light to ripen its bulbs and foliage; this causes 

 it to grow stronger an<l flower more freely. It requires the same treatment as 

 L. Sklnneri as regards watering during the growing season, but when at rest must 



])e kept drier. 



Ou'HiDS AT Upper Hollow ay.— We were much gratified, when recently calling 



iit tht; Victoria Nursery, to see the excellent condition of the Orchids generally, and 

 tlie fine display of flowers. Some of Mr. WilHams' Orchid houses are provided with 

 a vestibule, which, from its contiguity to the outer atmosphere and the frequently 

 opint doon\-ay, is cooler and drier than the growing houses attached, and into these 

 th.^ bloorniag plants are brought for display, with the result that they are thus 

 ke]it much lunger in a state of beauty. The stock here is large and in first-rate 

 cMiudition, a^^dccd, one would expect it to be in the hands of so skilful a grower. 

 The plan of shnding adopted in this estal )lLshment is much to be commended; the 

 <•anva^ which is of a special construction, is so fixed that it is kept quite clear 

 "f the slab's and a space is thus provid.nl through which the air is constantly passing. 

 In the case of con\ Orchids this is of great importance, as it acts so as to moderate 

 any exce«. of summer heat. We were much pleased to see that Mr. Williams' 

 large specimen plants, now in flower, are legitimately "grown on" and not "made 

 up as has lately been mucli the fiishion, a practice which, it may be hoped, the 

 rule now adopt, d at some exhibitions, to the efi-ect that "made up" plants will 

 ' -qualify, wiU put an end to. Many fine species were in bloom, but as the object 



of this note is not to make a catalogue of them, we will 'only add that the 



C^ttleyas. Tandos, Odontoglots, and Masdevallias were blooming very freely, and were 



represented by many finely grown specimens. -T. M 



