This Lelia has been grown, by Mr. Measures, in a pot with fibrous peat and 
@ good amount of drainage; it was kept moderately moist at the roots during its 
period of growth, and was placed at the warm part of the Cattleya house, on the 
side table, in the same kind of position in which we find all this class of Lelias 
to enjoy themselves, and in which they thrive. Under these conditions we find 
they make fine pseudobulbs and bloom freely. 
One of the main points in their treatment is to afford them plenty of light, 
just shading the foliage from the burning sun with a very thin blind. This, we 
note that Mr. Measures uses as well as ourselves. We cannot find any better 
material, as it is durable. We have used it for many years for all our Orchids, 
and the results have been most satisfactory. This material has also been used by 
many other Orchid growers with success, as it allows a good amount of light to 
enter, and keeps off the burning rays of the sun, which is just the requirement 
of the thin-stemmed kinds of Lelia. They do not bear shrivelling without injury, 
and therefore the stems and foliage should always be kept plump. 
CaTTLEYA GASKELLIANAW—We have received, through the kindness of R. H. 
Measures, Esq., Woodlands, Streatham, a very fine variety of this desirable autumn- 
flowering Cattleya, almost identical in size and colour with C. labiata pallida, 
figured at Plate 121 of our third volume. This is the finest and darkest variety 
we have seen, the varieties mostly running into lighter forms, and taking more 
after the pale varieties of C. Mendelii.—B. 8. W. 
OncipIum varicosum RocErsu.—There is now flowering in the Victoria and 
Paradise Nurseries, a fine example of this beautiful Orchid. The spike has nine 
branches, bearing seventy flowers, and is a very fine variety, identical with the form 
represented in Warner’s Select Orchidaceous Plants, second series, Plate 31. This 
is, without doubt, the most showy Oncidiwm yet introduced; the lips measure two 
and a-half inches across.—B. 8. W. 
