nourish them while making their growth and developing their flowers, and the heavy 
dews that fall during their season of repose help to Support them throughout that 
period. They have no thick fleshy pseudobulbs to nourish them, but they bear 
stout leaves which are sustained by the moisture; and as the foliage of the trees 
partly shades them from the burning sun, we must endeavour to imitate Nature in 
this respect as closely as possible, by shading the glass roofs of our houses during 
intense sunshine. They must be kept moist at the roots during the summer . 
months, but less water will do during the winter, though even then the moss should 
be kept rather moist especially as the plants require go little rest. 
We find these plants thrive best suspended from the roof of the orchid house, 
where they get light to induce their growth to become strong, which is one of 
the chief points to aim at in Orchid culture. The East India house suits them 
well. They must be kept free from insects, such as scale and thrips, which will 
sometimes attack their foliage—attacks which are very detrimental to the plants, 
and which cause many failures with small-growing species. Cockroaches should be 
kept from their roots or they will soon devour them, and thus stay their growth, 
healthy growing roots being necessary to the satisfactory development of all these 
plants. 
L&LIA ELEGANS, VARIETIES or.—H. J. Adams, Esq., Roseneath, London Road, 
Enfield, has been kind enough to send us a very fine flower of a new Lelia elegans in 
the way of ZL. Turneri, but distinct in the form of the lip, as well as in the 
colouring which is not so dark as in ZL. Turneri, though it is a most beautiful 
addition to the several fine forms of this species. The sepals and petals are of a 
light purple-rose colour and veined with a darker rose; the lip is magenta with a 
rose-coloured margin round the posterior part. We have latterly received many 
varieties of Lelia elegans, some with white sepals and petals and a dark magenta 
lip; some with rose-coloured sepals and petals and a dark lip, also many other 
variations of form and colour, They are most useful during the early winter 
season. This class of Orchids, indeed, appears to flower at all seasons, as we are 
seldom without some or other of them in bloom. They produce tbeir flowers 
according as their growth is completed and matured, and this would seem to take 
place at various times of the year. Mr. May, who is Mr. Adams’ gardener, 
informs us that the novelty above referred to was imported last year, as a very 
distinct form, which it has undoubtedly proved to be.—B. 8. W. 
