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is very damp, and here Zygopetalum rostratum flourishes, as does also 
Galeandra nivalis. ‘*H. J. Ross. 
“Florence, Italy.” 
“* Having been fairly successful in growing and flowering several Bolleas, 
a few remarks as to the treatment they receive here may be interesting to 
your readers. Our plants were imported in July, 1892, and were shortly 
afterwards potted up into a compost of polypodium fibre and sphagnum 
moss—three parts of the former to one part of the latter. The pots were 
thoroughly well drained, and the plants grown close to the roof glass in a 
low structure with Cattleyas and other Orchids. Ordinary Cattleya 
temperature suits them. During growth they should be copiously supplied 
with rain water at the roots, and the atmosphere kept moist, but after the 
growths are made up the amount of water should be considerably reduced. 
Some growers find it difficult to keep these plants healthy for many years 
together, but ours are in good condition up to the present, making strong 
healthy growth. Bollea Whitei is a free flowering species, having this 
season eleven flowers on one specimen. B. Patini, which was described 
at page 322 of the last volume of THE ORCHID REVIEW, is very interesting 
indeed. **D. MASTERTON. 
‘“* Hazelbourne Gardens, Dorking.” 
[As these plants grow in moist and shady situations, and have no 
pseudobulbs in which supplies of nutrient matter are stored up, it is 
obvious that the compost should never be allowed to become dry, even 
during the period of inactivity. They grow freely enough at home, and 
there seems no reason why they should not succeed in our Orchid houses, 
if only the conditions under which they grow in a wild state are borne 
in mind, and imitated so far as their essentials are concerned.—ED.| 
LALIA EYERMANIANA. 
A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for November 18th (p. 628) asks if 
there is any good reason why the plant called Lelia Eyermaniana, by Reichen- 
bach, in 1888, and supposed by him to be a natural hybrid between L. 
majalis and L. autumnalis, should not be called simply L. furfuracea? We 
answer, yes! The two plants are quite distinct, and ought not to have 
been confounded. L. furfuracea is much dwarfer in stature, and the short 
scapes bear one or very rarely two flowers. It has broad, ovate-elliptical, 
nearly sessile, acute petals, and acute sepals, while the keels of the lip are 
covered with a dense white mealiness, not seen in its allies. L. Eyer- 
maniana has tall scapes with numerous flowers, which are usually lighter 
in colour, less acute sepals, and blunt, rhomboid petals, which are attenuated 
