Cattleya Mossice Hardyana is like the type in its habit of growth, hav- 



ing 



similar evergreen foliage, and producing its gorgeous flowers in the same way. The 



sepals and petals are of a pale blush-rose colour, curiously blotched and veined 



with rose-purple, while the lip is a bright rose-purple, margined with dark rose 



and the throat orange-yellow. It blooms during May and June, and lasts about 

 three weeks in perfection. 



The plant requires the same mode of treatment as that given to the other 

 forms of Cattleya Mossice^ . 



Or.CHiDS IN Vineries. — We frequently hear it remarked that Orchids cannot he 

 cultivated in this or that garden for want of a suitable house or houses to grow them 

 in. Now, we have repeatedly alluded to the fact that Orchids do well when cultivated 

 in houses in which other classes of plants besides them are grown. We met with a 

 convincing illustration of this in November last, when calling upon John He v wood, 

 Esq., of the Grange, Stretford, near Manchester. Here we found houses allotted to 

 Orchids, and amongst them one cool plant-house in which there were many fine 

 Odontoglots, and some good specimens of Mpidendrum vitellimnn majus, &c. We, 

 however, wish chiefly to draw attention to the fact, that we also found here two 

 span-r6ofed Vineries, in which there were good crops of Grapes, such as Muscat, 

 Black Alicante, and others ; and beneath these Vines, standing on the curbs, or 

 suspended from the roof, was growing a collection of Dendrobiums, occnp}'ing the 

 w^hole length of the two houses, and among them many fine specimen plants, with 

 well ripened bulbs, and which promise well for bloom. We particularly noted many 

 well-grown plants of D. Wardianum giganteum, D. Devonianum, with very strong 



bulbs, and D. crassinode. There was a fine nlant of D. Ainsworthii, which is still 



rare, and is one of the best hybrids yet raised, as it bears fine handsome flowers, 

 and is free in producing them. Z). thyrsiflorum and D. densiflorum were also well 

 represented ; and there were fine plants of D. noUle, one of the most useful for winter 

 decoration, promising well for bloom. Mr. Elphinstone, the gardener, informed us 

 that these plants had been grown in the same houses for some time past; and 



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they are found to succeed well with the treatment given to the Vines. Any one, 

 therefore, having good Vineries may use them for Orchids as well as for Grapes, as 

 they are at the Grange, thus making a double -use of the houses, and saWng 

 expense. Besides the cool Orchid house already mentioned, there is a good house 

 of Cattlcyas, Lcelias, &c. ; and another full of fine Vandas, and such other Orchids 

 as Phake nopsis , A'erides, Cypripedium, Odontoglossum vexillarium, and many others 

 that requhe a similar temperature. — B. S. W. 



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