76 ORCHIDS 



Galadenia. 



Ncotticie, natives of New Zealand and Australia. The 

 g"eneric name is derixed from kalos, beautiful, and adc?/ 

 a gland, and is in reference to the disk of the labellum 

 being beset with glands. Flowers few, loosely racemose or 

 solitary, often erect, pedicellate ; bracts small ; sepals sub- 

 equal, free, narrow ; petals narrow, erect or spreading. 

 The species should be grown in a cool greenhouse. When 

 growing, they require careful \\'atering, and during the 

 dormant state onl)- sufficient moisture should be afforded 

 to maintain the pseudo-bulbs in a normal plump state. 

 They require a compost consisting of peat, loam, and 

 rough sand in about equal proportions. There are about 

 thirt}' species enumerated, but probabh' none are seen 

 in cultivation outside botanic gardens, where the species 

 usualh' found is C. Patcrsoni (K. Br.) and its \'ariety 

 dilatata. 



CALANTHE. 



Numerous ver}- handsome species of the genus Calantlic 

 {R. Br.) are in cultivation. They belong to the Epidcii- 

 drece. The generic name has been \\-ell bestowed, and is 

 from kalos, beautiful, and antlios, a flower. Most of them 

 arc robust - growing, terrestrial ])lants, producing large, 

 broad, many - ribbed or plaited lca\es, which are ever- 

 green or deciduous ; the racemes are long, bearing man)- 

 flowers, and these are distinguished by their spurred lip, 

 ^\•hich is attached to the column, and b)- the eight thick, 

 waxy pollen-masses adhering to a separate gland.'^ About 

 forty species are known, chiefly natives of Asia, a few 

 being American. 



The deciduous section of Calanthes deserve to be special 

 favourites with amateurs, because, in the first place, they 

 produce an abundance of showy flowers, which last a long 

 time in full beauty ; and, secondl}-, they are, as a rule, so 

 easily managed that an\-one possessing a stove ma)' grow 

 them successfull)', and may be sure of an abunda'nce of 

 bloom. 



We doubt if there are an)- more popular Orchids in 

 cultivation than this .section of Calanthes, for we find 

 them extensi\-cl\- gro\\-n in almost ever)' garden where 

 there is a demand for flowers at the clullest season 



