tlie pseudobulb after the growth 



completed, and the spikes assume a dr 



character 



The 



pals and petals are white, the lip 



oopmg 

 purple. It blooms in 



December and January and lasts for three week 



in 



beaut} 



There are several 



varieties of 



') 



in the colour of the 



and the size of the floT\ 



These plants, we find, do well on a block of wood, or in a basket 



from the roof of the Mexican house, with 



little shade 



ipended 



a good su23ply of water in the 



g 



season. 



If 



g 



possible, and they require 

 L on blocks they require 



syringing every day during their season of growth — sometimes twice a day, mornino- 

 and afternoon, according to the weather and the state of the atmosphere of the 



house in which they are grown. 



A 



g 



deal depends upon this point 



It 



18 a 



good plan to take the blocks and soak them in water until the blocks and roots 



are 

 often 

 be T\ 



;hly saturated, and when this is done they will not require 



sy 



so 



If grown in baskets with rough fibrous peat or sphagnum moss, they must 



ell drained by 



few 



mixing a lew pieces 



of charcoal with the peat. They will also 



succeed well in the warmest end of the Odontoo^lossum house 



Mr. May, the gardener at Eoseneath, is very 



successful in cultivating these 



LwliaSy and they well repay all th 



that is given the 



The plants must be 



kept from 



they 



are 



iibj 



to the white scale, which can 



ily be kept 



under when taken in time. 



at once eradicated, as delays a 



may be done before the remedy is applied 



Whenever a plant shows signs of insects, let them be 



dangerous, and through 



procrastination much mischief 



*W^ • 



Dendeobiijm CRA.SSINODE Barberianum. — We h 



th 



received a noble example of 



ery fine Orchid from W. Tur 



stem bore twenty-four flowers of 



Esq 







Hall Winsford, Chesl 



The 



laro; 



size, and the specimen from which it was 



cut was the best 



grown plant we have 



seen. 



It had sixteen bulbs 



averaging from 



eighteen inches to two feet in length, all in full bloom at one time, and presented 



a 



most gl 



pectacle 



The 



;pals and petals 



tipped with rich purple, and the lip is white with a 



base. "We are pleased to be able to mention Mr. W. 1 

 with 



oldest of 



of a beautiful clear white, 

 deep orange blotch at the 



so 



irner's name in association 

 and a plant, for he has been well known for many years as one of the- 



our Orchid growers. 



B. s. ^^ 



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