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m stove. 



This 



new sp 



will no doubt 



indeed, they thrive well in any wa 



require as a root medium the same material as the rest of the genus, that is, 



rough fibrous 



peat and loam. As they g 



haT 



thick 'fleshy roots, they 



require an abundant supply of moisture during the growing season; but of course a 



supply will suffice after the growth has been completed, when the 



les 



s 



liberal 



ripening pr 



comes on. 



A Wo.N 



Den 



Otley Park, Shrewsbury, has 

 beautiful Dendrohium Paxtoni 



Mr. Bland, gardener to S. K. Mainw 



Cj 



recently flowered 



a grand 



specimen of the 



Esq., 

 :1 and 



The plant is in a 15 -inch pot, has 74 growths 



and produced 123 flower spikes, containing in all 1,216 flowe 



on the plant measures as much as four feet six inches, 



of cultivation, and we are much pleased to be able to record such 



The longest g 



This pi 



a 



example of Orchid manag 



a marvel 

 splendid 



B. S. W 



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t 



I 



Odontoglossum mulus.— D. Tod, Esq., Eastwood Park, Tliorliebank, Ly Gl 



has sent us flowers of 



'5 



last Ap 



The 



pike 



fine variety of Odontoglossum mulus, which bloomed 

 Mr. Tod informs us, bore sixteen flowers. 



and 



this 



is no 



gT 



number for 0. mulus, 



ch generally comes with 



panicle, it must have been a fine sight, as the flow 

 not only very large, but very brightly colour^ 



althouoii 

 a large branched 



of Mr 



Tod 



d,— B. S. W 



variety are 



A Gig AN 



Or 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co,, of St. Albans, have latelv 



received an enormous specimen 



of Cattleya Shinneri, certainly the largest mass 



of 



an Orchid ever imported. The plant was found growing in the crown of a tree, 



'o 



near Cart 

 to a native 



been found 



Costa Rica, where it was 



by whom it has since been cultivated, so that 



ally planted in a garden belong 



native habitat 



theless, a cultivated specimen 



although this plant has 



This 



plant has long been known to botanical travellers. Skinner, Roezl, and others havin^ 



seen it in fl 

 Its dimensioi 



er. It is g 

 are six feet 



ated to have produced 



one time, over 1,500 fi 



twelve hundredweio- 



o 



heigl 



seven feet 



diamete 



its weiixht ab 



pt 



wh 



We understand INIr. Sander is about erecting a house for 



O 



we 



suppose 



establishment. — H. W 



it will figure as 



a piece de resistance of the 



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