will be welcomed by all plant growers as being superior in beauty to all those 



which have preceded it. It has been named in compliment to Mr. B. S. Williams, 

 of Holloway. Our drawing was taken from a plant that had been blooming during 

 the months of December, January and February in the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. 

 It seems to be of free growth, the pseudobulbs being like those of C. vestita 

 Turneri, the spikes of flowers being also of similar character and developed at' the 

 same time of year. 



Calantlie vestita Williamsii is a deciduous plant, with pseudobulbs from five to 

 eicfht inches in hei^^ht, and leaves a foot high and of a light ejreen colour. The 



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flower- spikes, which are produced from the base of the bull), arc two feet or more 

 in length, and bear many flowers ; the sepals and petals are white, faintly margined 

 and striped with bright rosy crimson ; the lip and column are of a deep rosy 

 crimson, with an intense crimson eye. It continues to flower on for three months, 

 when the l)ulbs are strong. 



This novelty requires the same mode of treatment as that recommended for 

 Calanthe Veitchii at Plate 31 of our first volume, where full cultural instructions 

 arc given. 



Orchids at Downside, Leatherhead. — It is always a great treat to see the 



Orchid collection of W. Lee, Esq. We always find something to note for the 

 advantage of our subscribers, who, like ourselves, are interested to read of things 



they have not already seen. What we are now about to describe was certainly a 



grand sight, namely, a house full of Phalcenopsis , of which there wxre many hundi-ed 

 spikes of blossom hanging in profusion over and amongst each other, and thus 

 showing ofl" their various tints of colour to advantage. There was first the white 

 P. amahilis with capital spikes, and then P. grandijiora, an extraordinary largo 

 kind with well formed flowers. Of P. Stuartiana, with its white spotted flowers, 

 there were many varieties, diff*ering in their spotting; and there Tvere also two fine 

 plants of P. Brymeriana, a beautiful and rare kind. The most prominent, however, 

 was P. Schillenana, with many spikes including some beautifully coloured forms, the 

 mauvc-coloured flowers of which, hanging amongst the white forms, produced 

 quite a charming ensemUe. The middle and side tables were one mass of colour, 

 while on one side, for the whole length of the house, at the back of the Phalcenopsids 

 was placed a row of the chaste and beautiful white-flowered Angi^cecum citratuni, 

 displaying as many as thirty spikes, each from eighteen to thirty inches long; these 



charming flowers overhanging the Phalcenopsis produced a most exquisite efi'ect, well 

 worthy a long journey to see. We may without presumption congratulate ^Ir. Lee 

 on having produced so grand a picture. 



There were besides the foregoing many other Orchids in bloom. Amongst other 

 we were glad to see the Lycastes accommodated with a very nice house, and 



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making quite an attractive show. These most useful flowers were arranged on a centrol 

 stage, and included several pure white forms which, intermixed with those of hig 

 colours, were remarkably cff'ective.— B. S. W. 



