green 



be purchased at a moderate price, so that any one that has a small h 

 *able to obtain it, and when obtained to manage it. Thus it will be ^ 



it is a most useful plant. Our drawing was taken from a plant which was cidt" f^\ 

 in the ' Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper IloUoway. 



The Pilumna nohilis is an evergreen Orchid, and is furnished with dark V ' - 

 pseudobulbs four to six inches or sometimes more in height, and d k 

 leaves about six inches in length. The flowers proceed from the base of the ^^ 

 bulbs, three to four together in a loose raceme, and are of a pure milk-white 

 with a pair of clear orange -coloured spots, which impart a peculiar brightness to the 

 throat; these flowers, which are very fragrant, are produced during the autiimu 

 months, and each lasts about two weeks in perfection. 



We find the plants to thrive when grown in pots or baskets, with rour.h 

 fibrous peat and good drainage. They need a moderate amount of moisture duriB 



the period of growth, but when at rest less may be given, merely enouoh 



the bulbs in a plump state. They will thrive well in the Odontoglossum house. 



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ELIA ANCEPS.— We wcrc very much surprised when calling on R. P. Percival, Esq., 

 of Southport, to see the well-grown specimens of Lcelia anceps to be met witli in 

 his admirable coUection of Orchids. On the side stage of one house there were 

 230 spikes of this charming Lselia just ready to burst their flower buds, some bein 

 oi.rii, and presenting to view their fine richly- coloured lips, and their rose-coloured 

 sepals and petals. Some of the spikes, too, bore as many as four full-sized flowers. 

 This group must have formed a most gorgeous sight during the duU time of year, 

 namely, during November and December. Some of these plants, moreover, were 

 producmg as many as thirteen spikes, others a lesser number. This species is, as 

 It deserves to be, a great favourite with Mr. Percival. There was among them 

 a fine specimen of L, anceps Percivaliaiia , a most beautiful form, producing 

 fourteen spikes of its chaste flowers, the sepals and petals of which are blush- 

 white and the lip rosy purple. 



There were many other fine Orchids to be seen here. We must congratulate 

 Mr. Percival on being so successful with his Cattleyas, which, when in bloom, must 

 liave been a grand sight, especially the varieties of C. Trianm, C. Mendelii, and 

 Xc rT' ^^^'^^^ "between them, were producing many hundreds of flower-sheaths. 

 Of C. Percivaliaiia there were five plants throwing up their spikes, and they looked 

 very promising and distinct ; doubtless, as in the case of other types of Cattleyas. 

 there will be many forms of this new species.-B. S. W. 



[Since the above was written Mr. Percival has exhibited one of these J'lauB 



south Kensington, and obtained for it a First Class Certificate. The flowers are 

 so larae as in C. Mosdw, but the lip is very richly coloured-a velvety 



-.mson-puq,le with a border of pale rosy purple.] 



