purposes and disappointing to those that grow it, this kind, which may easily be picked 
out by those that have grown it, should be avoided. The accompanying figure was taken 
from a specimen which flowered in the collection of CG. W. N ewman, Hsq., Wyncote, 
Allerton, Liverpool. There are some good Orchids grown here by Mr. Newman, who, 
however, does not profess to keep up a collection of them, but they are cultivated 
along with other stove plants, amongst which are some of the finest-grown specimens 
to be found in the North of England, Mr. Mease, the gardener, being most successful 
in carrying off the leading prizes at the Liverpool Exhibitions. 
Odontoglossum cirrhosum is an evergreen species, of a compact habit of growth, 
with light green foliage. It produces branching panicles of flowers, from two to 
three feet in length, at different times of the year according to the period of the 
completion of the growth of the pseudobulbs. The sepals and petals are white, 
heavily spotted with blotches of chocolate-purple, and the lip is marked with the same. 
colours, and also stained with yellow at the base. This plant was flowering in 
November and December. The flowers last for several weeks in beauty. 
This plant requires the same treatment as O. Alexandre. We grow the two 
in the same house, and they associate well together, their graceful drooping masses 
of blossom overhanging the green foliage; while the flowers of O. Alexandre and - 
other kinds, such as O, triumphans, O. Hallii and its varieties, form a_ pleasing 
contrast of colour which is always to be admired. They will thrive well in baskets, 
and when .grown in this way their drooping habit produces a pleasing effect. Most 
persons grow them in pots, with rough peat and sphagnum moss, but they must 
have good drainage, as they require a bountiful supply of water during the summer 
season; in fact, they like to be kept moist at the roots the whole year round. 
They make their growth after flowering, and as there will always be some growing, 
they will bloom at different times of the year. : 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM Na&VIUM Masus.—Mr. Stevens, gardener to W. Thompson, Esq., 
Walton, Stone, Staffordshire, has forwarded us a grand branched spike of this most 
rare and beautiful Orchid. The spike sent had thirty-three flowers upon it, and 
Mr. Stevens informs us that the pseudobulb which produced this spike also had 
another one with seventeen flowers. This is very distinct from the plant we so 
often see named O. neviun majus, but which is in reality O. gloriosum. Accom- 
panying this was a spike of Odontoglossum Alexandre Thompsoni, a splendid spotted 
variety with pure white petals, having a large irregular crimson-purple blotch im 
the centre, whilst the petals are pale rose and heavily blotched with the same 
colour; a very distinct and handsome form.—B, §. W 
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