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could be wished by their most ardent admirers. Above all the rest, both 

 in position — for it was suspended from the roof of the tent — and in 

 splendour, shone a magnificent plant of Dendrobium fimbriatum, which 

 cast on all sides a rich and almost metallic glow from its golden blossoms ; 

 so charmingly fringed round the labellum. Literally hundreds of flowers 

 clothed both the old and young stems of this specimen, which was not 

 more remarkable for its inflorescence than for the regular manner in which 

 its half pendulous stems were arranged round the basket in which it was 

 planted. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, furnished this plant." Messrs. 

 Rollisson also exhibited Dendrobium coerulescens (a form of D. nobile), 

 Epidendrum alatum, Leptotes bicolor, and an unnamed species both of 

 Cyrtopodium and Acropera. Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., 

 brought Aerides odoratum, with nearly twenty racemes, " the much- 

 coveted " Phalsenopsis amabilis (now P. Aphrodite), Saccolabium guttatum, 

 bearing five long racemes, Oncidium Lanceanum, Chysis aurea, two 

 Stanhopeas, Vanda teres, and Cattleya Mossise. George Barker, Esq., 

 of Birmingham, exhibited Cattleya Aclandise, Epidendrum aciculare, 

 Cyrtochilum stellatum (now Miltonia flavescens), Oncidium pulchellum, 

 Maxillaria cristata (now Paphinia), and Odontoglossum cordatum. " The 

 long-looked for Schomburgkia tibicinis, having at length flowered in the 

 •stove of Sir T. Acland, was exhibited by Mr. Craggs." Peristeria pendula 

 was shown by Mr. Edmonds, gardener to His Grace the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Chiswick, and Oncidium flexuosum, "evincing superior cultivation," 

 came from Mr. Bruce, gardener to B. Miller, Esq. The notice concludes : 

 ■" In these notices of Orchidacese, and in all that have preceded them, it 

 has been the intention to particularise and briefly describe only such as are 

 worthy of general cultivation and regard, and of which the specimens 

 shown furnish proof that they can be easily or successfully managed." 



These extracts give us some very interesting glimpses into the state of 

 •Orchid culture at this period, but we must pass on, and it may be added 

 that as progress now became so rapid, and events followed each other with 

 such rapidity, we shall only be able to glance at a few of the more 

 important details, and thus indicate in some measure the steps by which the 

 " cult " has attained its present development. 



The Botanical Register for 1842 commenced with a description and 

 .figure of Cattleya granulosa, a new species of which a single specimen was 

 said to exist in the garden of the Horticultural Society. It is said to have 

 ■been sent by Mr. Hartweg, from Guatemala, but this is evidently a 

 complete mistake, for the species has long been known as a native of 

 Brazil. The remarkable Cirrhopetalum Medusae was also described and 

 figured for the first time (t. 12), when Lindley remarked, "Certainly, if 

 •ever there was a Medusa this must be her prototype, before her Gorgon- 



