with deep purple; the lip is pale rosy lilac, with a very dark rosy purple front 
lobe. It blooms in June and July, and lasts for some time in beauty. 
This plant requires the same treatment as the species itself, that is, it should be 
kept in the Cattleya house, under pot culture, with good drainage, in a compost of 
peat and sphagnum moss. This class of Cattleyas requires to be well grown, and never 
allowed to shrivel, either in the stems or foliage, for if either of these parts should 
fall a victim to neglect in this respect, the possibility is that they will fail to get 
over it. “They must never be disturbed, excepting when they require fresh potting, or 
need fresh material about the roots, for. they cannot endure to have bad sour material 
about them; it must always be sweet and fresh. The plants should never be cut 
unless they are in vigorous health. If it is required to increase them, care should be 
taken in performing this operation, to leave two or three old bulbs as well as the 
new growth. We find it better to cut them partly through, and when they begin 
to make growth the rhizomes may be cut asunder, but even then it will he better 
to leave the plant intact until the next season, and then to separate the parts just as 
they are beginning to make their growth; but with much caution, so that the roots 
may not be injured. After this pot them, but do not put them into large pots as 
they do not need it. Overpotting is dangerous in the case of these plants, for 
they do not require more material about them than just enough to keep them firm 
in the pot. Some lumps of charcoal intermixed with the peat will be beneficial to 
them, as it serves to keep the material open, and, moreover, the roots will be bene- 
fited by it. 
THe Orcurp-Grower’s Manvat.—A new edition—the sixth—of this old and popular 
work, which has been entirely re-modelled, will be published during the present month. 
The following are some of the improvements introduced in the present issue:—The authorities 
for the names have been added, and the family groups to which the various genera 
belong indicated; the flowering period, mode of culture, and the native country are 
given, and a series of references to figures and synonymous names have been - 
included. This more ample information, together with the increased number of plants 
described, has, naturally, much extended the size of the work, which now runs to 
659 pages, containing descriptive particulars of upwards of 1470 species and varicties, 
together with 478 synonyms. A large number of engravings have been interspersed 
throughout the work, some forming single and some double page plates, and 
there are also a considerable number of blocks illustrative of types of the various 
genera. This work now made complete up to the present time, “will be found 
invaluable to Orchid Growers.—B. 8. W. 
