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coerulea in bloom, one of them having a side branch on one inflorescence 
and two on the other, a character we do not remember to have seen before, 
three plants of the handsome V. X Miss Joaquim in bloom, Stanhopea 
tigrina, and Gongora leucochila. 
In the Phalzenopsis house we noted a good Eulophia guineensis, Phaius 
amboinensis, the pretty blush-white Dendrobium Phaleznopsis Rothschildi- 
anum, and a very fine plant of Aerides Lawrenceanum with four spikes, 
these being twin spikes from two of the leaf axils, a remarkable character. 
Phalzenopsis amabilis was in flower, and the plants of P. Schilleriana and 
P. Aphrodite were growing well, and promise a fine display of bloom at the 
proper season. 
But we must bring our notes to a close. They might easily have been 
doubled, and only by the severest repression have they been kept within 
reasonable limits, so extensive is the establishment and so numerous the 
interesting features it contains. Order and cleanliness are everywhere 
apparent, and the general health of the plants is excellent. Seedling raising 
is one of the principal features, and the extent in which it is being carried 
on gives an excellent opportunity for selection. Messrs. Charlesworth have 
already a brilliant record in this department, and there are indications of 
numerous accessions to the list in the near future. 
EPIPOGON GMELINII, A BRITISH ORCHID. 
Eprpocon GMELINII is a remarkable saprophytic Orchid which has only 
been found once in England. The discovery was announced in 1854 (Hook. 
Journ. Bot., vi. p. 318), as follows: ‘‘ We have just received the welcome 
intelligence (accompanied by recent specimens) that the very curious 
aphyllous Orchidaceous plant, Epipogium Gmelini, Rich, . - - has 
been added to the number of our British native plants. The discovery was 
communicated to me on the gth of this month (September) by the Rev. W. 
Anderton Smith, of Tedstone, from the Rectory, Delamere, Bromyard: 
‘Iam sure it will interest you to know that, a few weeks since, Mrs. Ander- 
ton Smith found a specimen of the Epipogium Gmelini, the first, I am told, 
that has been found in England. For some time we looked in vain for 
other specimens; but on the 23rd ult., I was fortunate in detecting a con- 
siderable mass of it. All. were found at the foot of a very steep bank, close 
to a brook; the soil very wet and stiff. As the banks are very much 
trampled on at present (timber and faggots being drawn along), I decided 
on digging it up, and planting it in a similar spot in our grounds.” We 
trust, with the assistance of a drawing made by Mrs. Anderton Smith, 
from the recent specimens, to give an accurate coloured figure in the 
Botanical Magazine of this rarity.” The figure appeared (t. 4821), and we 
believe stands to-day as the only voucher for a very interesting record. 
