white varieties are turning up to meet the growing taste for white forms of tli& 



different Orchids. 



Dendrohium Wardianum giganteimi is a deciduous plant, sometimes producing 

 growths four or five feet long, with somewhat knotty joints all up the stems. The fohaae 



of a bright green colour, and begins to fall off after it has completed its growth 



The sepals and petals are white heavily tipped with deep magenta-rose, while the 

 lip is of a deep orange-yellow at the base, with two blackish crimson blotches, the 



tip of the lip being bright magenta-rose. It blooms during the w^inter and spring 



months according to the time of the completion of its growth. We have seen it 

 in bloom in the month of October, so by having a number of j)^ants started at 

 different periods, it might be had in bloom for many months, some of the plants 

 being retarded by keeping them dry in a warm house — for it is not safe to put 

 them into a cold house, as this often injures the growth for the following year. 



The plants are best grown in baskets or pans suspended from the roof, where 

 they get all the light, but just keeping them from the burning sun. We find 

 rough fibrous peat with sphagnum moss and good drainage to suit them. They 



must be kept moist ^at the roots during the growing season, but when their growth 

 is completed only just sufficient to keep the stems plump must be allowed them 

 until they begin to show their flower ,buds : then give a little moisture at the 

 roots, which wiU induce them to bloom finer, and to start into growth after their 

 flowers arc over. Sometimes they will start growing during the blooming season^ 

 and if so this should not be checked. 



We find the East India house the most suitable one for them, or they will 

 grow in any house where the heat is kept up during the growing season. When at 

 rest less warmth will suffice. They must be kept free from insects. Sometimes the red 

 spider and thrips will attack the leaves, but these may be kept under by s}Tinging 

 or using tobacco-smoke — the latter sparingly, as too much will be very injurious to 

 the young growths. 



Cattleta TpvIan.^ FORMOSA (Plate 108).~In the remarks on this Cattleya, instead 

 of « the lip rich rose-magenta being beautifuUy friUed and edged with a lighter tint 

 of the same colour. The flowers, which are two and a quarter inches in diameter, 

 have the throat orange veined with a deeper orange, and are produced," &c., read 

 "the lip rich rose-magenta being beautifully frilled and edged with a lighter tint of 

 the same colour, two and a quarter inches in diameter, the throat orange vemed 

 with deeper orange. The flowers are produced," &c., &c. 



