colour. The flowers are produced from the base of the pseudobulbs, on scapes about 
eight inches long, several flowers proceeding from each bulb, They last for a con- 
siderable time in beauty. The sepals and petals are of a pure white, the lip is 
also white with the faintest tinge of yellow about the centre, and the tongue-shaped 
appendage is wholly yellow. It is one of the most chaste and _ beautiful of -all 
the Lycastes, and was well bloomed by Mr. Grossart, Mr. Buchanan’s gardener. 
This plant requires the same treatment as L. Skinneri, that is, to be planted 
in rough fibrous peat, with good drainage, raising the plant well above the pot so 
that its roots may work themselves down among the peat, for they are free-growing 
and free-rooting subjects. They require a good amount of water during the growing 
season, and even when at rest they need to be kept a little moist, as they begin 
to show their flowers as soon as they have completed their growth. When the 
flower buds are three inches high more water should be given to encourage the 
development of the blossoms. They are plants requiring somewhat cool treatment, 
and will succeed well at the cool end of the Cattleya house or the warm end of 
the Odontoglossum house. They begin to grow after their flowering season is over, 
and that is a good time to repot them should they require it. The plants should 
be shaded, for if the full sun be allowed to shine on them during the hottest 
part of the day it will injure the foliage, and cause it to turn yellow, which 
is most injurious to the plants. They require, however, all the light which it is 
possible to obtain for them to induce vigour in their growth and a full bold 
development of their flowers. 
These plants are propagated by dividing them just as they are starting to 
grow, leaving one or two old bulbs at the back of the leading breaks, the divisions 
being potted in the same material as that before recommended for the older specimens. 
The plants must be kept free from insects. The white and brown scale will sometimes 
attack them, and if allowed to increase will quickly disfigure them and injure their 
growth; they may, however, be easily cleaned off with a sponge, the plants having 
such broad foliage. 
