have obtained some superior varieties as regards colour, although it is difficult to 
surpass the original, of which a fine specimen, bearing a very large number of 
flower-spikes, was flowered by the Comte de Germiny, Chateau de Gouville, near 
Rouen, France, last year. It was a glorious sight, for when plants are in such 
vigorous health the flowers are always large and good in colour. 
Lelia anceps Hilliana is a compact growing evergreen plant, in this resembling 
the type, and it produces its flower-spikes in a similar way and at the same time. 
The sepals and petals are white, the lip delicate rose with a yellow crest, and the 
throat veined with dull purple. It flowers during January, February, and March, 
each specimen continuing in beauty for two weeks. It requires the same treatment 
as L. anceps, and will thrive either in a pot or basket suspended from the _ roof, 
or placed as near the light as possible; just enough shade may be given to keep 
the foliage from burning. 
We find these plants do well in fibrous peat and good drainage. The plant 
should be well elevated above the pot or basket, so that the roots may either find 
their way into the material or over the surface. It is always pleasing to see them 
throw their new roots outside as if they enjoyed their liberty; and it is certainly 
more natural for them to do so, as they are found on_ trees growing outside the 
forests, where they enjoy a free circulation of air, and also receive the heavy dews 
that collect at night, some of the moisture being doubtless stored about them to 
help them through the hot days of the dry season, which is their resting period.- 
Then, when the rains come, they start and flower, afterwards making their growth 
for the next season; it is this succesion of seasons we must endeavour to imitate as 
closely as possible. 
These Lelias, then, are of easy culture if we do but study their wants. We 
find the Cattleya house the most suitable position for them, and give them a good 
supply of moisture at the roots when in vigorous growth, reducing the quantity 
supplied when the growth is completed, and until the plants begin to flower. When 
the blooming season is over, they will begin to push out fresh erowths, and this 
is the best time to repot them if they require it; if not, they will be benefited 
by a little top dressing, which may consist in removing some of the old soil, and 
applying new material, into which the roots will work more freely. 
