106 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
another curious species coming into flower, found in few collections. 
The Intermediate and Cattleya houses will soon be in all their beauty, 
So numerous are the plants flowering in these departments during the 
spring and early summer. Cattleyas are now coming in season, and several 
very showy species are already pushing up their buds through the sheath. 
C. intermedia, Mendelii, Mossiz, the brilliant C. Lawrenceana and 
C. Skinneri, will all be opened before the end of the month. The free- 
growing Coelia Baueriana is now throwing up its spikes, also the beautiful 
Epidendrum x O’Brienianum and E. elongatum are still in bloom. The 
lovely Eriopsis rutidobulbon is showing for bloom, and thrives fairly well 
grown in baskets close to the light. The richly-coloured Lelia cinnabarina 
is showing its long spikes, and L. purpurata will show its buds in the 
sheath during the month. Anguloas are now blooming, A. Clowesii, 
with its sweet-scented flowers, and A. uniflora, being very good. Two 
small-growing Lycastes now coming on are L. consobrina and brevispatha, 
also the incomparable Maxillaria Sanderiana is now showing its spikes, 
and may be in bloom before the month is out. Miltonias will soon be 
in season. M. xX festiva and the handsome M. vexillaria are both 
beginning to push up their first spikes. Odontoglossum citrosmum is 
already opening, and we would advise all who possess this plant, to place 
it when in bloom in a dry atmosphere in order to keep the flowers longer, 
because in a growing temperature the blooms too quickly become spotted. 
Among Oncidiums, throwing up their spikes, are O. Batemanianum, 
sarcodes, concolor, Harrisonianum, and dichromum. Trichopilia coccinea, 
tortilis and suavis are already in bloom and are very beautiful, and the 
prettty Epiphronitis X Veitchii is still in flower. Pleurothallis scapha, and 
various other botanical species might also be mentioned. 
The Warm house is just now the most gaily decorated department, 
for Dendrobes alone are forming a most charming display, and numerous 
are the varieties flowering during this month. It is regrettable that many 
of them present such cultural difficulties, and it is sometimes surprising 
to notice how two plants coming from the same district, grown under 
similiar conditions or treatment, will differ, one thriving fairly well and 
the other not at all. Besides the well-known species we have now in 
season, D. amcenum, cariniferum, the beautiful D. dixanthum, Foelschii, 
hercoglossum, infundibulum, Jamesianum, Jenkinsii, the valuable D. 
Lowii, O’Brienianum, Parishii, and the quite distinct D. purpureum, 
Broughtonia lilacina and sanguinea are also ‘pushing up their spikes, 
with Alrides multiflorum var Hughii, and the rare Angreecum descendens. 
Several Ccelogynes are also sending up numerous spikes, as the old C. 
Massangeana, always a free blooming species, C. Houlletiana, tomentosa, 
uniflora, and conferta, and will show their flowers before the end of the 
