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We may also mention Bulbophyllum macranthum (t. 13), a singular 

 plant imported from Singapore by Messrs. Loddiges, who flowered it in 

 March, 1844 ; Aerides virens (t. 14), a Javan species which flowered with 

 Messrs. Loddiges in the previous year ; Lacsena bicolor (t. 50), sent to the 

 Horticultural Society, from Guatemala, by Mr. Hartweg; and Epidendrum 

 verrucosum (t. 51), which flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, and afterwards 

 proved identical with E. nemorale. 



The Miscellaneous Matter to this volume contains descriptions of 

 Lselia virens (p. 1) a Brazilian species which flowered with Messrs. 

 Loddiges ; Warrea cyanea (p. 2 ) from the same collection ; Schomburgkia 

 undulata, a beautiful species sent from La Guayra by Linden, which 

 flowered with Mr. Rucker ; Miltonia cuneata (p. 26), which flowered with 

 Messrs. Rollisson, at Tooting ; Lycaste crinita (p. 39), a yellow-flowered 

 species from Messrs. Loddiges; Pilumna laxa (p. 73), which flowered 

 with Messrs. Loddiges; Oncidium spilopterum (p. 75) a handsome species 

 also from Messrs. Loddiges. Four of these novelties were figured in the 

 succeeding volume. 



How extensive was Messrs. Loddiges' collection at this period may be 

 inferred from a Review of a new edition of their Catalogue which appeared 

 in the Gardeners' Chronicle for 1844, in which it was stated that it contained 

 1916 different kinds, a great increase over the previous edition. 



The beautiful Lycaste Skinneri was now coming prominently to the 

 front, and Paxton's Magazine of Botany for 1844 commenced with a plate, 

 from a plant which flowered in the " excellent collection of Mrs. Wray, 

 of Oakfield, Cheltenham." It is remarked :— " The species has been brought 

 to this country in great numbers by G. Ure Skinner, Esq., after whom 

 Mr. Bateman has named it. Its native place is Guatemala, and Mr. 

 Brewster, the gardener to Mrs. Wray, informs us that Mr. Skinner found 

 it growing on rocky and mossy banks, in very moist places. Mr. Brewster, 

 who has been particularly successful in cultivating it, grows it in an open 

 basket, filled with moss and leaf-mould, in a temperature ranging from 

 50 to 70 . No doubt much of its luxuriance is due to the use of leaf- 

 mould ; which, as we have before suggested in this Magazine, is likely to 

 prove a valuable medium for many Orchidaceous plants. And heie, in 

 the twentieth century, we are discussing the value of leaf-mould as a 

 compost for Orchids. Truly there is nothing new under the sun. 



The beautiful Dendrobium Dalhousieanum was also described and 

 figured in this volume (p. 145). It had been sent to the Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden, by the Countess of Dalhousie, after whom it was named, and from 

 Calcutta it was sent by Gibson to Chatsworth, where it flowered. It is 

 now known to be the plant previously described by Roxburgh as D. 

 pulchellum. 



