THE ORCHID REVIEW. 175 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
JUNE will again bring us to our summer period, which is always so well 
advertised by the beautiful month of May, and this has again disappeared, 
taking with it the last souvenir of awakening spring. Indoors as well as 
outside everything seems to be favoured by the bright sun, and Orchids as 
well as our garden plants seem to be making headway, and have taken again 
their pleasant dress. 
In the Orchid houses the work has extensively increased by the required 
treatment of our favourites, which have already recovered the effects of the 
late winter, but June will not bring us such a large display of flowers as the 
two previous months. However, in a general collection it is still a gaily 
decorated period, for numerous species remain in flower from four to five 
weeks. 
In the Cool house many plants are still in bloom. Sobralias and 
Cymbidiums contain some really excellent species, and various Oncidiums 
and Miltonias will remain in flower for the forthcoming month, together 
with the well-known Cattleya citrina, now showing its last beautiful and 
scented flowers. 
The Intermediate department is again gaily decorated by the showy 
Cattleya Mossiz, Gaskelliana, and a few late Mendelii and Warneri, also 
the dwarf C. Aclandiz. A few Epidendrums and Maxillarias are also in full 
bloom, together with the old but always showy Lelia purpurata. 
The Warm house also remains fairly well adorned with the late 
Dendrobiums, Devonianum, Pierardi, and the tall Dalhousieanum. 
Cypripediums are also forming a fine display, and the sweet-scented 
Diacrium bicornutum, which always remains in flower for six or eight weeks 
if kept on the dry side, and is accordingly valuable. 
If we once again take our monthly glance round our houses we shall 
certainly notice a few more interesting summer-blooming plants sending 
forth their spikes, but it is surprising to notice how much less productive are 
the summer months compared with the preceding ones in the number of our 
favourites in bloom. Among Cool house plants, a few are still sending forth 
their spikes, and will open during the course of the month. How distinct is 
the rare and pretty Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni, which, when well grown, 
flowers twice a year. Very interesting are some of the cool Cypripediums, 
chiefly C. Calceolus, pubescens and spectabile, which of course can be grown 
very freely outside. Disas will soon be in season, for they are now pushing 
their long spikes. D. grandiflora is no doubt the largest flowering species. 
Some of the hybrids are very valuable for decorative purposes, but D. x 
kewensis is certainly the best, though D. x Premier, D. x langleyensis 
and D. x Veitchii are all remarkable hybrids. Amongst natural species 
