104 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
plants in charge of my sister and of an ordinary gardener, who came once or 
twice a week. I availed myself of this opportunity to visit Kew Gardens, 
where I made some useful observations and enquiries in the Orchid houses. 
I was recommended by one of the men employed there to get a Lough- 
borough boiler, and so on my return a considerable improvement in the 
heating arrangements of my greenhouse was made, the old and inefficient 
gas-stove being replaced by a Halifax boiler (similar to the Loughborough 
No.1), with 4-inch piping. Ialso put slates upon the stage at the end adjoining 
the east wall, upon which I placed gravel, and I thenstood my Orchids upon 
inverted pots over it. This enabled me to water freely and frequently 
between the plants, and thus to create, as far as possible, the necessary 
moist atmosphere in their immediate neighbourhood. Upon the pipes, near 
the Orchids, I had placed two evaporating troughs. 
About twice a year (in spring and autumn), I had a competent Orchid 
gardener from Messrs. Veitch & Sons, of Exeter, to advise as to my plants, and 
to do any necessary re-potting, &c., which at other times I did myself. The 
good health and condition of the plants I then had was generally remarked 
upon by him, though such plants as Primulas, Geraniums, and Begonias, 
and even a few Cacti, were growing in the same house and doing well. 
(To be continued.) 
EULOPHIELLA PEETERSIANA. 
WE have now the pleasure of recording the flowering of this remarkable 
Orchid, in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking. 
Its history was given at pages 67 and 101 of our last volume, and somewhat 
later we recorded that the Burford plant was growing vigorously, and might 
be expected to flower when the proper season came round, which event 
has now taken place. The scape comes from below the leaves, as in E. 
Elisabethe, and is over three feet high, and the flowers and_ buds number 
about twenty, the lower ones only being expanded at the moment of 
writing. They are over three inches broad, the petals and sepals being 
very broad and round, and bright purple in colour, with a much darker 
blotch at the apex. The lip is white with a broad purple border, and some 
orange streaks in the throat. It is a most remarkable and very handsome 
Orchid, and we congratulate Sir Trevor and his able grower, Mr. White, 
on their success in flowering it. If it proves as easily grown as E. 
Elisabethe it will prove a great acquisition. Should the flowers keep in 
good condition we believe they may be exhibited at the next meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society. Mr. White states that the plant isa free grower, 
requiring plenty of heat and shade, and abundance of water when growing. 
It should be potted firmly in peat and sphagnum, but not too deep. 
