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conducive to a dry atmosphere, which is injurious, but that the top 
ventilators are opened a little at night. The temperature is regulated by 
means of the bottom ventilators, shading and damping down. Open stages 
_ are used, and the plants are stood upon inverted perforated pans, so that 
there is always a good circulation of air about the plants. The majority 
were out of bloom, but a few good things were in flower or bud, among 
those noted being a greenish white form of O. ramosissimum, O. Wallisii, 
and O. X Rolfez, a fine plant of Nanodes Medusz with twelve flowers, a 
well-bloomed Stelis muscifera, and a very fine plant, on a raft, of the violet- 
blue Dendrobium Victoria-Regina, with eight flowering growths. A 
smaller plant in bloom hung beside it, and it is now clear that this is the 
correct position for this striking Philippine species. 
Many interesting things were in bloom in the next house, those noted 
including the pretty little Kefersteinia graminea, Cirrhea viridi-purpurea 
with five racemes, Gongora galeata, Coelogyne Dayana, Miltonia Roezlii 
alba, M. Warscewiczii, the pretty Epicattleya matutina, Sophrolelia leta 
Orpetiana, the rare and pretty Chondrorhyncha fimbriata, Epidendrum 
floribundum, cinnabarinum, and Schomburgkii, the striking little Liparis 
rhodochila, Trichopilia Galeottiana, in bud, Dendrobium glomeratum, 
~Oncidium Boothianum, Odontoglossum platychilum with five spikes, &c., 
while a fine plant of Dendrochilum filiforme in a 10-inch pan bore over 100 
graceful spikes, and will produce a fine sight when the flowers are expanded. 
A good plant of Zygopetalum maxillare on a piece of tree-fern stem was 
showing several spikes. 
Passing into another Warm house we found a lot of Vanda teres, V. X 
Miss Joaquim, and V. X Marone, not, however, in bloom, also a plant of 
the remarkable Lissochilus giganteus growing in a large pan of water, 
which has four growths, and seems healthy, but does not flower. The 
handsome L. stylites, however, was bearing a spike of eight blooms, while 
Dendrobium secundum and Phragmopedilum xX calurum were also 
flowering, the latter with four good spikes. There was also a very curious 
West African Bulbophyllum, near B. calamarium, with long dense spikes 
and broad bracts, which has the back of the dorsal sepal covered with a 
sweet exudation like shining dewdrops. It is one of a considerable number 
sent by Sir Trevor’s son, Captain Lawrence. 
The rare Hartwegia purpurea in bloom and a plant of Schomburgkia 
Lyonsii throwing up a fine spike were interesting features of the Cattleya 
house next visited, where also was a fine plant of Brassocattleya Lindleyana, 
in an 18-inch pan, bearing several flowers, B.-c. Hye, Brassolzlia Helen, 
Lzlio-cattleya Fascinator, L.-c. X Fernand Denis, a few Cattleya X Mrs. 
Pitt, C. Warscewiczii, and Dendrobium chrysotis in bud. Plants of 
Cypripedium concolor, growing in a compost of crocks and loam, were also 
