brown, while the acutely heart-shaped lip is white, blotched with the same chestnut- 
brown colour. It blooms during the spring months, and continues in beauty for 
about six weeks. 
It is one of the Mexican species, and requires cool treatment, such as is given 
to Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandre), and other cool house Orchids. 
It is very easily cultivated, which makes it a boon to cultivators. It is also 
a cheap plant, and can be bought for a few shillings. In its growth it much 
resembles Odontoglossum maculatum, which is often taken for it at certain periods of 
ts growth, but which, when in flower, has a very different appearance. 
GRAND EXxutpirion oF OrcuHIpDs, &c., AT Hottoway.—lIt is our intention to hold, 
during the months of May and June, in the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, a 
large Exhibition of Orchids, as well as a General Exhibition of choice Stove and 
Greenhouse Flowering and Foliage Plants, to which all persons interested in Horti- 
culture are respectfully invited. The Exhibition will be opened to the public on 
the 11th of May, and will be on view daily until June 30th, from 9 A.M. till dusk. 
A large Show House, 100 feet long by 22 feet wide, and an Odontoglossum 
House, 80 feet long, will be specially devoted to the Orchid Exhibition, and visitors 
may rely upon seeing these beautiful plants with the greatest degree of comfort, 
the ventilation and means of ingress and egress, as well as the great width of the 
paths, being all that can be desired. The other Show Houses will be gay with 
our large collections of Stove and Greenhouse Flowering and Foliage Plants, which 
have figured at the leading Shows, both at home and abroad, for many years with 
uninterrupted success. In addition, the large Winter Garden, 100 feet long by 40 
feet wide, will be filled with a fine show of Foliage and Flowering Plants, and 
will form an agreeable lounge to those wishing to avail themselves of this cool 
retreat. : 
