33° THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
very little more detail. It is scarcely necessary to add more, as the photo- 
graph speaks for itself, and shows the way the characters of the two parents 
are combined better than a long description. It is a most beautiful plant, 
and we may congratulate M. Maron on his success. It will be interesting 
to see it again when the plant becomes stronger. 
THE HISTORY OF ORCHID CULTIVATION. 
(Continued from page 232.) 
THE Mexican Lelias were now coming into prominence, for both L. albida 
and L. furfuracea were described and figured by Lindley in the Botanical 
Register for 1839. Both were discovered in the neighbourhood of Oaxaca 
by Count Karwinski. L. furfuracea (t. 26) was imported by Mr. Barker, of 
Birmingham, who sent it to Lindley in November, 1838, and it is said to be 
“probably not uncommon in collections, large quantities having been 
received by various persons from Mexico, especially by the Horticultural 
Society, who have distributed it among their Fellows.” L. albida (t. 54) 
was sent from the envirous of Oaxaca, by Messrs. Sadler, of that place, to 
Mr. Bateman, with whom it shortly afterwards flowered, and also with T. 
Harris, Esq., of Kingsbury. Lindley remarked that its flowers were as. 
fragrant as a bed of primroses. Plants were also sent to the Horticultural 
Society by Hartweg, together with “ not fewer than 140 species” of Mexican 
Orchids. Leelia autumnalis (t. 27) was said to be “now not uncommon in 
gardens,” a considerable number of it having been given away among the 
Fellows of the Horticultural Society. Its culture seems to have been very 
well understood, for Lindley remarked :—‘ In the garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society its cultivation is found extremely simple. When plants are- 
received they are tied to a block of wood, and kept perfectly dry until they 
begin te send out roots and manifest other signs of growth. [hey are 
then freely syringed two or three times a day, and this practice is continued 
until the growing season is past. They are then removed to a cooler house: 
with a drier atmosphere, in which they are allowed to winter, and when this 
season Is over the above treatment is again renewed.” 
The event of the year, perhaps, was the introduction of another 
Odontoglossum into European gardens. O. Rossii flowered in the collection 
of G. Barker, Esq:, of Birmingham, and was figured in the Botanical 
Register (t. 48), when Lindley remarked :—** A charming plant, sent to Mr. 
Barker from Mexico by his collector, Mr. Ross, after whom it is named. The 
bright white lip, lying as it were in the centre of a rich green, yellow, and. 
blue star of three points, produces a peculiarly beautiful and unusual 
appearance.” The cultural note states :—“ It requires to be cultivated in a. 
warm, damp stove, where it may either be potted in the usual way, or, which: 
