258 ‘THE ORCHID REVIEW. (SEPTEMBER, 1 
The growing of Orchids in the open—and this account refers more par- | 
ticularly to the species of my district—has necessitated my converting a 
large part of the garden into a miniature forest, and the method I employ — 
is to plant cuttings of quick-growing trees of the Erythrina species (these 
cuttings are about six feet long, and are planted about two feet apart ine 
the rows), mixed with Albizzia moluccana, A. stipulata, Brugmansias, and — 
cuttings of forest trees which will form a quick, leafy, though not too dense, a 
crown. Each row is about six feet apart, and occasionally belts or hedges 
of double scarlet and double salmon coloured Hibiscus are run between, 
- about six feet high, for low shade and wind breakers, the wind often 
blowing almost a hurricane, for a day or two, at infrequent intervals. 
Upon these trees, so soon as their growth gives sufficient shade, are tied, 
with areca palm fibre (Arenga sacchifera)—known in England I believe as ‘i 
‘Goematti fibre—Aérides virens, Saccolabiums, Phalaenopsis amabilis 
(grandiflora), Ccelogyne speciosa—of which latter there appears to be many — 
‘varieties—Cirrhopetalum biflorum, Vanda suavis, V. helvola, V. limbata, 
several Cymbidium species, names unknown (one very uncommon variety — 
has round cup-shaped green flowers, with chocolate spots, and the leaves — 
grass-like and thin), Bulbophyllum Lobbii, three pretty Dendrobium 
Species, unnamed heré, and the more botanical order of Dendrobes, such 
as crumenatum and secundum, Erias of sorts, and odd Cleisostomas. 
In pots or planted out in the ground are Phaius maculatus flavus, a very 
Showy terrestrial, with sulphur yellow flowers, and a reddish brown frilled 
lip, P. grandifolius, Cypripedium javanicum, Bletia amboinensis, Calanthe 
veratrifolia, C. vestita rubro-oculata and luteo-oculata, Cymbidium 
lancifolium, and Calanthe Cecilie, with large violet flowers. Cymbidium 
Jancifolium is the only terrestrial Cymbidium I have seen here. Calanthe - 
vestita rubro-oculata is not a true terrestrial, growing for the most parton 
fallen tree trunks, in an advanced stage of rottenness. Also high up in am 
enormous forest tree grows Spathoglottis plicata, with white and light and 
dark purple varieties. Bletia amboinensis has. drooping white flowers, with 
a rolled-up lip of pale yellow, and a faint blotch of purple underneath. . 
This is a’ very robust plant, with fluted stems, but no pseudobulbs, and - 
alternate, large, plicate leaves. Chrysoglossum nebulosum is a pretty Itt” E 
plant, with dull green plicate leaves, spotted with dark violet, and ® 
attractive for its foliage. Then there are several unnamed sorts, with 
attractive flowers, and Macodes Petola var. argentea, Goodyera glauca and 
Microstylis javanica, which they told me at Buitenzerg were new varieties. 
T always submit specimens there for naming, and occasionally send (0 
the Herbarium any new botanical specimen I find which would have 
interest to a collector. Of this latter class there are many I do not trouble 
to grow. Goodyera reticulata, G. colorata, Ancectochilus Reinwaf™” 
