.3°2 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



In 1845 the beautiful Odontoglossum Cervantesii first appeared in 

 cultivation, and was figured in the Botanical Register (t. 36). Lindley 

 remarked :— " Of the beautiful things belonging to the white-lipped section 

 of this genus not one is more perfectly lovely than that which is now 

 figured from a specimen communicated last February from Messrs. 

 Loddiges, who imported it from Oaxaca." And this is how he recom- 

 mended that it should be cultivated :— " It should be potted in turfy heath- 

 mould in the same way that Orchidaceous plants generally are. In summer 

 an ample supply of water should be given, and the temperature kept up to 

 about 8o° by day and about 70 at night. In autumn, as the pseudobulbs 

 become matured, water should gradually be withheld, and for a few weeks 

 in winter little or none will be required, providing the house can be filled 

 with steam for about half an hour every fine day. Although many plants 

 in this Order succeed well on blocks of wood, without any soil whatever, 

 those under pot culture are much benefited by having it renewed 

 every season ; this should be done early in spring when the plants begin to 

 grow." No wonder that the plant quickly disappeared. 



Chloraea virescens (t. 49) was another interesting introduction, and 

 Lindley remarked :— " At length we have the satisfaction of producing a 

 figure of one of those beautiful terrestrial Orchids which, under the names 

 of Pichiguen, Gavilu, Azuzena, Pica de Loro, &c, are most charming 

 ornaments of the subalpine pastures of the Cordillera of Chili. The present, 

 which is one of the finest, has been reared by Mr. Cameron, the intelligent 

 and skilful Curator of the Botanic Garden, Birmingham, by whom it was 

 exhibited at the last May exhibition, in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society." Beautiful as it is, it has rarely if ever been seen in cultivation 



Other interesting plants were: Spathoglottis Fortunei (t. 19), sent 

 from Hongkong by Fortune, and flowered at the Horticultural Society's 

 .garden; Stanhopea bucephalus (t. 24), sent from Loxa, by Hartweg, and 

 flowered in the same collection ; Schomburgkia tibicinis var. grandiflora 

 (t. 30) from the collection of Robert Hanbury, Esq., Lycaste gigantea 

 (t. 34). another introduction of Hartweg's ; Cymbidium Mastersii (t. 50), 

 from Messrs. Loddiges ; Aerides maculosum (t. 58), which flowered with 

 Messrs. Rollisson, at Tooting ; and Stanhopea inodora (t. 65) from Messrs. 

 Loddiges. 



In the Gardeners' Chronicle for 1845 we find a series of five articles on 

 the Culture of Orchidaceous plants by Mr. T. Appleby, late gardener to 

 T. Brocklehurst, Esq., of The Fence, Macclesfield, which shows that the 

 writer was thoroughly conversant with every detail of their treatment, as 

 then understood. There is also a rather amusing note by Mr. George 

 Wood, of Rochford, Essex, who remarks (p. 401) :— " I have no doubt 



