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is preferable, suspended from the roof upon a block of wood.” The result 
of such advice must have been disastrous. 
Another striking introduction was the beautiful Dendrobium formosum, 
which had long been known to science. Lindley observed (/.c., t. 64) :— 
‘“‘ This magnificent species flowered at Chatsworth in May, 1838, and the 
drawing on the opposite page was then made from a specimen given me by 
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. As a white-flowered epiphyte, it is 
almost unrivalled among Asiatic Orchidacez, the Phalznopsis amabilis 
being the only one that can enter into comparison with it.” 
Dendrobium Jenkinsii was also described and figured for the first time 
(t. 37), Lindley remarking :—‘‘ This pretty plant has been sent by Dr. 
Wallich to many persons in this country, and is now by no means un- 
common. The accompanying drawing was made in September, 1838, from 
a plant in the possession of Messrs. Loddiges, and I have since received it 
from other places.” 
In the Miscellaneous Notices in the same volume, about eighty 
Orchids of various kinds were described, of which over half were new, and 
several of these are noteworthy. Lelia majalis (p. 35), the Flor de Mayo 
of the natives of Mexico, was received by the Horticultural Society from 
Hartweg, who found it growing on oak trees at 8000 feet elevation on the 
mountains near Leon, “where it sometimes freezes.’ Many plants are 
said to have been given away, but, added Lindley, ‘‘it proves exceedingly 
difficult of cultivation.” The author overlooked its identity with his earlier 
L. grandiflora. Lelia flava (p. 88) flowered in the collection of Sir Charles 
Lemon, at Carclew, in the autumn of 1839. It was then thought to have 
come from Mexico, but we now know it to be Brazilian. Cattleya superba 
(p. 36) was sent by Mr. Schomburgk, apparently asa single plant, to Messrs. 
Loddiges, but whether it flowered with them is not stated. Odontoglossum 
Clowesii (p. 93) will perhaps be recognized as the now well-known M iltonia 
Clowesii. Lindley described it as ‘‘a very handsome Orchidaceous plant, for 
which I am indebted to the Rev. John Clowes, of Broughton, a most zealous 
and successful horticulturist, who received it from the Organ Mountains of 
Brazil a few years since.” The remarkable Huntleya violacea (p. 19)—now 
referred to Bollea—flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, who had received it 
from Mr. Schomburgk. Dendrobium Paxtoni (p. 43) “‘ was found at Pundun, 
at the foot of the Khoseea [Khasia] hills of India, by Mr. John Gibson, at 
that time employed as collector to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at 
whose request it was named after Mr. Paxton.” It was sent to Lindley from 
Chatsworth in April 1839. 
Lastly may be selected for notice, Aganisia pulchella (p. 45), a Guiana 
plant which flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, and Quekettia microscopica, a 
Brazilian plant from the same collection, each of which represented a new 
