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where the conditions under which the plant grows in a wild state are 
pointed- out, and these afford one of the safest guides for the cultivator to 
follow. Vandas, like many other genera, do not all grow under identical 
conditions ; some affect a cooler climate than others, and these peculiarities 
cannot be neglected by the cultivator with impunity. It is evident that 
Vanda coerulea grows where the extremes of temperature between summer 
and winter are much greater than those to which the Malayan species are 
subjected, and where also the winter temperature descends much lower, 
Mr. Woodall’s treatment is more in accord with the natural conditions 
under which the plant grows than that adopted in some collections, and 
the success attained is seen in the illustration, and in another photograph 
sent, showing one of his magnificent baskets with several spikes of flower. 
The following is Mr. Woodall’s note :— 
“The plant of Vanda ccerulea shown in the plate is interesting as well as 
beautiful, because the plant from which it was cut endured for nearly three 
years the most varying treatment while trying to find out what suited it 
best. It speaks volumes for the hardiness and vigour of this species to be 
able to say that after enduring the heat and moisture of a warm stove for a 
year-and-a-half, it has now recovered so thoroughly as to be able to produce 
a spike of bloom, to which a First-class Certificate was granted last August. 
The secret—if there be one—of success with this lovely flower is air; 
abundance of it whenever possible, with sufficient moisture in the atmos- 
phere to counteract the excessive drying caused by ventilation. Warm 
vinery treatment from Mid-March to Mid-October, a winter near the glass 
in the Cattleya house, and in the end of January or in early February a dry 
cold rest ina house where Primulas and such like plants are happy, will 
ensure success in any pure air. I much suspect this is an sas bast 
especially dislikes the smallest taint of smoke in the air.’—E. 
WOODALL. i 
We have also received from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., South Woodford, | 
a beautiful photograph of the plant with four spikes, for which he received 
a First-class Certificate on the same date as Mr. Woodall’s plant. Mr. 
Fowler states that his plants are grown in the East Indian house, over a 
large water tank, with plenty of ventilation. 
Sheer kee One ete as 
CATTLEYA ELATIOR. 
This is a very rare little Cattleya, of which a few plants are scattered 
about in various collections, though not under its correct name—indeed, its 
history has never yet been properly written. It was described in 1831 by 
Dr. Lindley (Gen. and Sp. Orch., p. 117), who briefly mentioned it as a 
Brazilian plant which he had met with in cultivation, after which it appears 
to have been completely lost — of, for in 1844 Lindley ee it as a 
