its graceful spikes of delicate white flowers hanging among the dark green foliage, 
being shown off to advantage in this position. 
Saccolabium violaceum Harrisonianum is a compact-growing evergreen plant, with — 
stout dark green leaves, borne on the erect stems in distichous rows; these leaves. 
are broadly oblong, and keeled beneath. The flowers are produced in dense axillary 
racemes, which are sometimes as much as two feet in length, and bear large pure 
white blossoms that are sweet scented, and are produced in winter, which makes it 
all the more valuable, flowers being especially appreciated at that dull season. The 
individual blossoms last several weeks in perfection if kept free from damp, which is 
always injurious to white flowers. The specimen to which we have been referring 
~was flowered by Mr. Woolford, the gardener at Downside, in a basket suspended 
from the roof of the East India house, where it seemed quite at home, being in 
robust health. It was grown in sphagnum moss with good drainage. The plants 
must always be kept plump, as, if allowed to get dry and to shrivel, they are very 
difficult to. get back into a plump and healthy state; moreover, through getting dry 
they frequently lose their bottom leaves, which is a great disfigurement. As they are 
slow growing plants, it takes a long time to work up a good specimen plant of the 
species of this group of Saccolabium. 
Hasrrats or Coot Orcuips.—There are many Orchids found at high elevations, 
from 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the level of the sea. Odontoglots are found at 
from 6,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea level. Cool Orchids are found in innu- 
merable quantities in these mountainous regions, where the temperature ranges very 
low, sometimes only just above freezing point, but it does not injure them. It 
would not, however, be safe for us to imitate this temperature. We must keep 
on the right side, and not let the temperature go below 40°, indeed, 45° 
_ should be the lowest at night, while in the daytime it may rise higher during 
the winter. We have given full particulars of the various temperatures in the 
Orchid-Grower’s Manual, also of the different houses adapted for the various classes 
of plants.—B. 8. W. 
