410 orchid-gkower's manual. 



Culture. — Some of the Goodyeras are of easy culture, while others are 

 difficult to manage, but with care they may all be had in perfection, and 

 when this is attained, they amply repay the trouble bestowed upon them; 

 If grown in small pots, and intermixed with different forms of 

 Anqectoohilus, they have a fine appearance, the foliage of the Goodyercis 

 forming a beautiful contrast with them ; they do not, however, 

 require the same attention, but, on the contrary, will do in any close 

 house where there is a little warmth. The soil we use is peat and 

 sand, with a little loam, and we give a liberal supply of water to 

 the roots during the growing season. They are propagated by cutting 

 up the plants so as to have a portion of root attached to each piece 

 of the stem. They may be grown where there is no Orchid house, 

 as a mixed stove suits them perfectly, or some of the sorts may be 

 cultivated in a greenhouse or frame. For further particulars see 

 Anoectochilus. 



G. DAWSONIANA.— See Haemabi.4. Dawsoniaxa. 



G. DISCOLOR — See Haemakia discolob. 



G. DOMINII, Hort. — A beautiful hybrid, raised in Messrs. Veitoh's nursery, 

 and as regards foliage one of the best forms we have seen. The leaves are larger 

 than those of Haemana discolor, having a^ dark bronzy velvet-like appearance, 

 with several prominent lines running their whole length, of a lightish colour — 

 nearly white, and interspersed with smaller veins. It is a useful addition to 

 this class of plants, as it forms a good contrast with Anoeciochilus. — Oarden 

 hybrid. 



G. JAPONIC*, Hort. — This is a very rare plant in cultivation in this country, 

 and we believe it has never been found in a wild state in Japan. It was obtained 

 from a garden and sent to England, where it was thought its handsome 

 Aiweciochilus-like foliage would find for it many admirers. The leaves are 

 stout and oblong ovate, ground colour rich velvety green, tinged with olive- 

 brown, the mid rib being broadly striped with silvery white, which is sufPvised 

 with rosy-pink when the leaf is young. — Japan. 



G. MACRANTHA, Maximoivicz. — A very neat and pretty dwarf-growing 

 terrestrial Orchid, and avaluable acquisition to the cool house. The leaves are 

 dark velvety green with a pale green central band, and beautifully netted over 

 the surface with a lighter shade of the same colour, the under surface being 

 pale green. The flowers grow in short terminal spifkes of two or three together, 

 and are about 1 inch long, of w pretty rosy -pink colour, the petals and lip white. 

 It belongs to the section Osorclds, which has a oylindraceous tubulous perianth, 

 wiih all the parts — sepals, petals, and lip— linear, the upper one united with the 

 petals.^ — Japan. ' ' ' ' 



