THE ORCHID REVIEW. 77 
The latest introduction recorded in Aiton’s work is Oncidium bifolium, 
which appeared with Messrs. Loddiges in 1811. The following year it was 
figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 1491), whence we learn that Messrs. 
Loddiges received it from a gentleman who informed them that he brought 
it from Monte Video, and that being hung up in the cabin without earth it 
continued to flower the greater part of the voyage home. We further read 
—“‘It seems to propagate readily by the bulbs, and promises to be a great 
ornament of our stoves.” 
A succession of figures appeared in the Botanical Magazine and the 
Botanist’s Repository, whence we obtain occasional glimpses of the methods 
of cultivation followed. One of the first collections in which special 
attention was paid to Orchids was that of Mr. Woodford, of Vauxhall—an 
‘‘inexhaustible source of curious plants ”—whose gardener, Mr. Watson, 
is said to have been more than ordinarily successful in their management. 
Among species figured from his collection we may note, commencing in 
1801, Brassavala cucullata (Bot. Mag., t. 543); Epidendrum cochleatum 
(t. 572), said to be “now not very uncommon, considering the difficulty 
attending the culture of plants naturally parasitical” ; E. elongatum (t. Orr), 
which ‘ continued in bloom during nearly the whole of the summer”; 
Oncidium carthaginese (t. 777), a “‘ very rare species ”; Cypripedium pube- 
scens (t. gtr, as ‘‘ C. parviflorum”) ; Stenorhynchus speciosus (t. 1374) ; and 
Spiranthes cernua (t. 1568). Mr. Watson recommended that they should 
be placed in a shady position in the bark stove, and that the roots should be 
protected with knobs of old tan, and only sparingly watered, but the air 
should be kept hot and damp. 
Another celebrated collection was that of Mr. G. Hibbert, of Clapham 
Common, where the following drawings were made :—Cymbidium sinense 
(Andrews’ Bot. Rep., t. 216), ‘‘ cultivated in one part loam and three of peat 
or leaf mould” ; C. ensifolium (t. 344) ; Phaius grandifolius (t. 426), noted as 
a magnificent species which flowers annually in the tan bed from November 
to April, in a compost of rich earth and frequently watered ; and Epiden- 
drum fuscatum (t. 441). 
From the collection of Mr. T. Evans, “of the India House,” Stepney, 
we note Satyrium ochroleucum (Andrews’ Bot. Rep., t. 315); Geodorum 
citrinum (t. 626) ; Cyrtopodium Andersonii (t. 651); and Sarcoglottis picta 
(Bot. Mag., t. 1562). 
The collection of Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, afterwards became 
famous, hence it is interesting to note any facts about it in these early days. 
Bletia verecunda was figured in 1806 (Bot. Mag., t. 930), while Ornithidium 
coccineum (t. 1437) and Oncidium bifolium (t. 1491) came six years later. 
Under t. 1437, speaking of the difficulty of cultivating the ‘“ parasitic” 
Orchidez, we read that “ of late years, however, by planting them in a mold 
composed chiefly of decayed wood, and covering the surface with large 
