Lelia anceps Williamsii is a compact evergreen plant, with pseudobulbs and 
foliage ten inches high, of a light green colour. The flower scapes proceed from 
the centre or top of the bulb to the height of eighteen inches, after the growth 
is completed.. The flowers are pure white, with the throat and crest yellow, striped 
with reddish brown. It blooms during the winter months, and lasts two or three 
weeks in beauty. As in the case of the other varieties, the plant is a native 
of Mexico. ° 
It requires the same treatment as Lelia anceps, and should be grown in fibrous 
peat mixed with a few lumps of charcoal; it requires good drainage, and will do 
well either in a basket or pot, with a liberal supply of water in the growing 
season, enough being given when at rest to keep the pseudobulbs and foliage in a 
plump state. It should be grown as near the light as possible, with very little 
shade, just sufficient to keep the hottest sun from scorching the foliage. These 
plants must be kept free from insects; they are subject to attacks of the scale, but 
if well looked after the enemy will soon be dislodged, and success assured. 
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THe Orcutp Exuiprrion at THE VicTrorRIA AND ParapIsE NursERIES.—There is 
at the present time to be seen a grand exhibition of Orchids and Stove and 
Greenhouse Plants at the above establishment. This exhibition, which was opened to 
the public on May the 11th, the day before the Orchid Conference was held, will be 
kept open until the end of June, and has already been visited by a large company 
of the nobility and gentry interested in these popular plants. On entering by the 
large Winter Garden—which is said to be the largest of its kind in the neigh- 
bourhood of London—a grand display of Palms, Ferns, and other foliage plants is 
presented to view, and intermingled with these are some superb specimens of 
Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and other greenhouse plants in season, and the effect is 
most charming. ‘The next house is the Orchid Show house, a structure 100 feet 
by 22 feet, of lofty dimensions, which is well ventilated and shaded, so that visitors 
may inspect the plants with comfort, which is not very often the case in small stuffy 
houses. On entering a glorious sight is presented to view. Let the reader imagine 
two large banks of Palms, Ferns, and choice new and rare foliage plants, one four 
feet wide the other eight feet wide, intersected by a spacious pathway six feet 
wide, amongst which Orchids from every part of the world are tastefully arranged, 
with graceful Ferns and foliage plants as a foreground, and he will have some idea 
of the beauty of this Orchidic Paradise. Some wonderful specimens are to be found 
in this house, for instance :—Aérides Fieldingi, with six drooping racemes; Cattleya 
Mossie, with twenty scapes; Dendrobium moschatum cupreum, with twenty drooping 
racemes ; Odontoglossum vexillariwm, with twenty-four, and Saccolabium guttatum, with 
five scapes ; Cypripedium barbatum, with thirty flowers ; Dendrobium Jamesianum, with 
forty flowers; and Masdevallia Veitchiana, with twenty-two of its brilliant flowers. 
[For continuation, see under Plate 191.] 
