greenish yellow, the interior surface being almost entirely covered with small brown 
linear spots, becoming denser and coalescent towards the tips, the petals pale yellow 
tipped with reddish purple, and the lip white and purple. It blooms in July and 
August, and lasts some time in a perfect state of flowering provided it is kept dry. 
This species will thrive well in the East India -house, grown in a pot or 
basket with rough fibrous peat on sphagnum moss, and with sufficient drainage for 
the water to pass off, in order that it may not become stagnant, and thus 
detrimental to the plant. Clean pots are very essential as well as clean drainage, 
and all the materials used should be good and sweet. Cleanliness is one of the- 
most essential points in plant culture, as may be observed by all who _ have 
anything to do with them. At Orchid sales one often meets with a collection 
to be sold which is in a most deplorable state, the sight of which is bad 
enough to make a faint-hearted grower give up Orchid culture altogether; they are 
perhaps badly potted besides, and in such a rough state as to greatly depreciate 
their value. The same subjects if they were clean, neatly potted, and well grown, 
would generally realise a fair price, as well as afford pleasure to those who admire 
clean and well grown plants. Orchids require all the brightness one is capable of 
bestowing on them, especially when not in bloom. Those who prize their plants, 
and are acquainted with the different kinds, like to have their Orchid houses well 
arranged and kept in perfect order, the floors and stages well cleansed, and all 
rubbish studiously cleared away, as this is an inducement for ‘insects—especially such 
as cockroaches and woodlice, which are terrible pests—to make their appearance, and 
to increase and multiply. ; 
Mr. Brymer’s Carrieyas.—We have received a fine series of Cattleya flowers 
from W. E. Brymer, Esq., M.P., Isington House, Dorchester, consisting of some 
grand varieties of C. Mossie and C. Mendelii. One variety of C. Mossie was the 
darkest-coloured form we remember to have seen, the sepals and petals were very 
high-coloured, and the lip similar to that of C. Mossie Hardyana, figured at Plate 
125 of our third volume; this had three flowers on the spike. C. Mossie aurea 
was also charmingly represented by a fine well-formed pair of flowers. C. Mendelii 
had four flowers on the spike, and a fine large variety it was. C. Warneri had 
three flowers on the spike, the flowers of a very rich colour, and of fine form. 
Mr. Brymer exhibited a wonderful specimen of C. Skinneri at the Royal Botanic 
Society’s Show, Regent’s Park, on May 21st, 1884, which was deservedly awarded the 
Veitch Memorial Prize for the best Orchid in the Show. The plant was fully three 
feet in diameter, and had about twenty-two flower-spikes, the spikes bearing on an 
average six flowers each. Great credit is due to Mr. Powell, the gardener, for the 
way in which he has cultivated this most difficult plant.—B. 8S. W 
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