Thrixspermum unguiculatum requires to be grown either in a basket or pot. 
It is best suspended from the roof, as the roots invariably thrust themselves into 
the air, and the leaves and spikes hang over the side, as may be seen from ow 
plate, which shows the natural habit of the plant. It should be grown in 
sphagnum moss, with good drainage, and must be placed at the warmest end of 
the East Indian house, where it should be shaded from the sun in the same manner 
as the Phalenopsis, its thick fleshy leaves being soon injured if care is not taken 
in this respect. These plants are found growing in their native habitats on trees, 
where they are partly shaded from the sun by the foliage overhead, and where 
they obtain a free circulation of air. In our confined glasshouses the plants require 
all the light we can give them, in order to enable them to mature their foliage, and — 
give it substance to endure our long dull days and nights during autumn and 
winter. We have thus a great deal to guard against to successfully cultivate some 
kinds of Orchids. 
These plants should be kept moist at their roots durmg summer, and even in 
.winter they must never be allowed to become dry at the roots, as they have no 
thick fleshy bulbs to support them, so that they always require some nourishment 
ready at hand to keep them in vigorous health. 3 
Orcnips At Brircurrerp, FatLowFietp, Mancuester, the residence of A. 
Heine, Esq.—This collection, like Mr. Hardy’s, comprises some wonderful specimens 
of the noble Orchid family, several houses being devoted to their growth. 
Heine does not care for small plants, and, his aim having been to have large 
specimens, he has accomplished his object and has shown to the people of 
Manchester that he can exhibit some noble specimens. In the Cattleya house are 
some enormous examples of C. Mossie, three feet or more in diameter, showing 
a grand lot of flower sheaths; there are many of this size, and among them some 
very good varieties. Of C. Mendelii there are equally good specimens promising 
well for bloom, and also of other kinds. There are some fine specimens of Lelia 
purpurata three feet across, with many flower-sheaths which will come in splendidly 
for the ensuing Manchester show in Whit week. The plants of LD. elegans are well 
grown specimens. Cattleya Skinneri will be a fine sight when it brings forth its 
beautifully coloured blossoms. ; 
There are some good plants of Vanda in this collection such as V. swavis 
and V. ¢ricolor, which bloom well. The specimens of Calanthe veratrifolia are 
well grown here; Dendrobiwm crassinode has tall and strong growths, also D. 
Wardianum, D. densiflorum, and many other fine plants, which are well looked 
after by Mr. Cragg, Mr. Heine's gardener. There are many fine plants of Lelia 
anceps and DL. autumnalis in bloom, and other Orchids were showing well for 
flower. Mr. Heine ,has imported many of his fine specimen Cattleyas and Lalias 
himself, and is now expecting one to arrive having some 200 bulbs or more—B, 8. W- 
