produced on long drooping racemes from the axils of the leaves, and are not only 
exceedingly beautiful, but are also deliciously fragrant, filling the whole house with 
a delicate perfume. The sepals and petals are of a French-white, spotted with 
small rosy purple spots, and at the end of each is a deep blotch of crimson-purple 
colour. The lip is of a curious form, resembling a horn-shaped spur, greenish at 
the end, with a crimson-purple blotch in the centre, and also faintly spotted with 
rosy purple. The leaves are very thick and leathery, distichously arranged, and 
are very elegant and curving. A distinct character of this species is the 
complicate or pinched-up manner in which the leaves grow at the base, making it 
quite distinct from any other. 
Aérides quinquevulnerum is of easy culture, and enjoys an abundant supply of 
heat and moisture, especially during the growing season. At this time a 
temperature of about 70° or 80° Fahr. will suit it admirably, but it must be 
shaded from the sun’s rays. When resting, which is from about November to 
March, the temperature should be slightly less, with plenty of moisture about their 
roots, excepting in dull weather, when too much should not be given. They 
produce thick fleshy roots, and can be grown either in baskets or pots, the former 
being preferred by many growers. The best soil for them is sphagnum moss, and 
care must be taken to have the drainage well seen to, even more so than in 
many other Orchids, the pots or baskets requiring to be about three parts filled 
with potsherds. As many of the roots proceed from the upper part of the stems, 
and consequently remain in mid-air, an abundant supply of moisture in the 
atmosphere is very necessary. 
CYPRIPEDIUM HYBRIDUM GoWERIANUM.—This is a bold and massive flower, and 
at the same time combining size and beauty in one, as may be imagined would 
be the result of a cross between two such grand species as its parents, namely, 
Cypripedium Lawrenceanum x C. Curtisii. | 
The whole flower is large and equally well proportioned, having a grand dorsal 
sepal, in shape similar to C. Lawrenceanum, white, striped with long and _ short 
veins of purplish brown, and heavily flushed with crimson almost to the apex. 
The petals are more deflexed than in the preceding-mentioned parent, green and 
purplish brown, and studded with several blackish wart-like spots on each. The 
lip is large and helmet shaped, and similar in form and colour to a good variety 
of C. Curtisii. The leaves are oval-oblong, about nine inches in length, and 
tesselated yellowish green, and deep green on the upper surface, the plant producing 
its bloom on a_ stout erect stem. This magnificent hybrid was exhibited by 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co. at the great Temple Show, and who are also the raisers 
of this variety.—W. H. G. 
