It should lia\ 



about the same treatment as Vanda teres, 



g 



ell 



summer if provided with plenty of moisture over 

 growing period, and having a 



the foliao;e and 



during the 



good 



rest 



durinQf winter, when 



roots during the 

 it needs only just 



sufficient moisture to keep the stems and leaves from shrivelling 



When it be 



g 



to show flower, it should have a little water to plump the stems and encourag 

 them to throw out the blossoms freely and to develope growths for 



the 



summer 



season. 



the light possible. 



"We find it thrive best suspended near the glass, so that it can have all 



OncHiDS AT Eastwood Park, Glasgow, the residence of David Tod, Esq.— This 



cool kinds, and the Cattleyas which 



collection of Orchids is doing well, especially the 



latter are special favourites with Mr. Tod, since they do not require so much heat 

 as some others. There are here many hundreds of Odontogiots, and we noticed 



some 



fine forms in bloom, especially in the large house, in which 



was a grand display 



Of 



of Odontoglossum Alexandrce, many of the plants with well furnished spikes. 



0. Fescatorei there are also some fine examples with vigorous branching panicles, 



and other wonderfully fine specimens 



havino; massive 



pseudobulbs, which had produced 



noble spikes of blooms. Mr. Ewart, the gardener, takes great interest in the plants, 



which 



have much improved during the last two 



years 



There are two other houses filled with 



Odontogiots and Masdevallias. 



Here 



many 



of the Odontogiots are smaller, but they are doing well. 



We noticed two very 



fine specimens of Odontoglossum Andersonianiim showing well for bloom, and these, Mr. 

 Tod informed us, are very fine varieties. By their side stood the rare 0. RucJcem, 

 just coming into flower. The collection also includes many other rare Odontogiots. 

 In another house, half-span roofed, there is a numerous collection of miscellaneous 

 Orchids, including some fine specimens of PhalcBnopsis ScMlleriana and others. 



There are also good plants of Cattleyas of 



most of the leading kinds, as 



well as 



Ljelias and Dendrobiums ; and fine specimens of Cypripediiim caudatum on the front 



staore 



O 



arc doing well, and had 



produced many flower 



spikes. 



In this house 



Odontoglossum Roezlii grows very freely, and is in a clean and healthy condition, 



tlie 



plants seeming to get the treatment they like. 



Mr. Tod par 



ted mth his fine 



specimens of this species last year, but the pieces that are left are making good 

 plants. 



Adjoining this house is a most splendid Fernery, beautifully laid out, ^and 



planted with the best Ferns, Palms, Begonias, &c., which are 



B. S. W. 



m vigorous 



health. 



9' 



