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equally well under this treatment, but flower much earlier. All the plants 
that are grown in pots are brought into the glass-house to bloom, they then 
open with much purer colours and the flowers last longer. I also think they 
are larger. The specimen plants in tubs mentioned above are brought on 
to the verandah to flower, they are thus protected to a large extent from 
sun, wind and rain. Under these conditions I have had them in bloom 
from two to three months. 
These Cymbidiums are regularly watered with the hose every two or 
three days during the hot season. At times the temperature runs up to 95 
and 100 degrees, and in the winter we have occasional sharp frosts, but 
neither extremes make the slightest difference to them, indeed, under the 
climatic conditions prevailing here they are one of the hardiest of garden 
plants. No disease nor insect pest attacks them, not even red spider; my 
only trouble is that the very large plants harbour the shell-back snails, 
which attack the young flower spikes, but the foliage is never damaged. 
I have also two large clumps growing on tree stumps in the open. These 
old tree stems are covered with Elk’s-horn ferns (Platycerium alicorne) ; on 
the top the Cymbidiums Lowianum and eburneo-Lowianum are growing 
along with our native Rock Lily (Dendrobium speciosum). The com- 
bination is charming, as they bloom at the same time. When grown under 
these conditions I have had a spike of C. Lowianum with thirty-three 
blooms. I notice, however, that they thrive best on the shady side. These 
clumps are not protected in any way. 
I have recently imported a number of the rarer and newer Cymbidiums ; 
being small pieces I have them growing in a bush or shade house ; most of 
them have two or three leads and are making good growths. My opinion is 
that Cymbidiums, at any rate in Sydney, very much dislike being coddled. 
When I first commenced growing Orchids twenty years ago, I had the 
Cymbidiums under glass; they made fair growths, but did not bloom 
satisfactorily till I placed them in the open air. Since then they have 
flowered regularly each year and have continually increased in size. 
Further north, in Queensland, most of the Dendrobiums, Cattleyas, 
Lzlias, Cypripediums and the like, thrive in the bush or shade house, but 
the Cymbidiums are the only class that have been a marked success with 
me in Sydney when grown under similar conditions. Dry weather, violent 
changes of temperature, and occasional scorching winds have no ill effect 
on them so long as the roots are kept reasonably moist. 
EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM.—This was one of the few epiphytal Orchids 
known to Linnzus, and the first on record to flower in England, the date 
being 1787. The specific name refers to the fancied resemblance of the lip 
to the she!l of some species of snail. 
