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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[January, i 9 o4 



THE TROUBLES OF AN ORCHIDIST. 



The woes dealt out to mortals are many from the first, 



But the troubles of an Orchid man must surely be the worst t 



For when the fever smites him with its stony, mailed fist, 



There's no escape left open— he's a full-fledged Orchidist ! 



He'll ponder over price lists ; he'll burn the midnight oil, 



And he'll send all o'er creation for sample peat or soil ; 



He'll argue till he's tired on the merits of his way, 



How and when to sun or shade 'em, 'till there's nothing left to say. 



He has some fine Angrjecums, an Oncidium or two, 

 Fifty-seven kinds of Dendrobes, and a Vanda, real true blue ; 

 He has lots of Catasetums, and a Stenoglottis pink, 

 No end of Epidendrums, and Calanthes, too, I think. 



His Miltonia vexillaria is the finest in the State, 

 And his Cypripedium hybrids are— well, they're simply great ; 

 He imports Odontoglossums and Cattleyas by the score, 

 Has forty Lselia crosses, and Cymbidiums galore. 



The costly Phalaenopsis, and the Isochilus queer, 

 The lovely Sophronitis, and the Spathoglottis dear ; 



Such a charming Microstylis, and an Aerides that's new. 



There's a pot of Bulbophyllum that's enough to drive one frantic, 

 Masdevallia cucullata, and Stanhopea gigantic : 

 There's Sobralia Amesiana, and Phaius rich and rare, 

 And a Chysis langleyensis — but I really must forbear. 



For were I to go further and enumerate the lot, 



These, and many, many others are the symptoms of his plight. 

 And he's happiest among them, be it morn or noon or night. 



Oh, the woes dealt out to mortals are many from the first, 

 But the troubles of the Orchidist must surely be the worst. 



— American Gardening. 



ORCHID CULTURE IN GLASS POTS. 



An interesting illustration of a Cypripedium growing in a glass pot, in the 

 collection of Captain G. W. Law-Schofield, New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall, 

 appears in the Gardeners' Chronicle for December 5th last (p. 383, fig. 154). 

 It is accompanied by the following note : — 



" I enclose a photograph which I have just taken of the roots made by 

 a Cypripedium potted in a glass pot. After hearing that Mr. De B, 



