98 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (May, 19th 
be found sufficiently near to the roof-glass, and this more especially . “ : 
Cool house, where a number of small Masdevallias, Pleurothallis, and ee | 
of similar requirements are grown. When in bloom they are brought out . 
into a corresponding situation in one of the Show houses. — 
At the present time several of these interesting plants are in bloo - 
bud, including Angraecum Scottianum, with terete leaves and FS q 
attenuated spur, Bulbophyllum barbigerum, with its feathery, 7 ‘ all 
the bright yellow Dendrobium aggregatum, plants of the charming cos 
Promenza xanthina, Maxillaria madida, a curious caulescent el 
Megaclinium minutum and lutescens, Microstylis aie a aa 
introduction from the Seychelles, the miniature Masdevallia simula, 
partridge-like flowers are hidden among the leaves, and others. iret 
Many of the usual showy species are in bloom, including o retell 
chrysotoxum and suavissimum, a good example of Epidendrum v1! : e 
and the rare E. Harrisoniz, the bright rose-purple Disa Luna, ise eal | 
Polystachya paniculata, several Cypripediums, and an umber of ‘Tkecial 
Lzliocattleyas, Miltonias, and Odontiodas. The rare Cattleya ee ees 
is in bud, anda specimen of Ccelogyne Dayana is showing several SPpIkt> 
and will soon form a graceful picture. 
At the present time a number of hardy Orchids in the rock a 
showing for bloom, being scattered about here and there in “ wan 
positions, and where somewhat later several of them will be ae 
objects. Hardy Orchids have always been a feature of interest ‘| f a 
where numerous species have flowered, though chalk-loving species ul 
establish themselves, and a good many others have been introduced w a 
vanish after flowering, owing to the difficulty of providing them ee 
suitable positions. In this connection a note which appeared 1n 
Gardeners’ Chronicle as long ago as 1869 will be read with interest :— 
“One of the prettiest and mo 
Gardens, Kew, 
the collection o 
them 
and the brightness and odd distribution of their colour, render 
details of their life-history, 
those now or recently in fl 
and O. provincialis, whi 
primrose yellow of their 
Orchids, and specially as a 
as unfolded by Darwin and others. ater we 
ower at Kew are some, such as Orchis pee: 
ch are remarkable for the peculiarly delica . 
bloom—a colour not often seen in terrestth t 
‘self’ colour. Mr. Duncan, whose men 
of the alpine and herbaceous departments of the Royal Gardens od 3 
to high praise, finds that he succeeds best with the plants when cultivate a 
pots, by allowing them to §tow, as far as possible, amid grass or o es 
herbage; as they would do under natural conditions. When the plants 4° 
