Plate 329. 



PHAIUS DODGSONII. 



The genus Pliaius is represented by pseudo-bulbous terestrial plants, having broad 

 plicate leaves, and stout erect scapes bearing showy flowers. P. grandiflorus and P. Wallichii 

 are well known to cultivators ; the former has a many-flowered scape, the flowers brownish- 

 red within, white without, produced in winter and spring. P. Wallichii has large orange- 

 yellow flowers, tinged with buff and purple. 



P. Dodgsonii is a handsome new species, quite distinct from any Phaius in cultivation. 

 It was received among an importation of various orchids from the East Indies, and the 

 importer has reason to be proud of the prize thus obtained. The flowers are produced in 

 large corymbs ; sepals and petals pure white ; throat yellow ; lip beautifully fimbriated ; 

 foliage similar to Phaius alba. It was awarded a First-class Certificate of merit by the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society in August, 1871. We arc indebted to Mr. 13. S. Williams for 

 the subject of our illustration. 



Plate 330. 



DIANTHUS CHINENSIS— DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



The well-known Indian Pink has been much improved of late years, and the three 

 fine double varieties so admirably portrayed by Mr. Pitch give a very good idea of the 

 value of some of the newer forms. They were gathered from a bed in the gardens of the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society at Chiswick, where a large, important, and valuable trial of 

 annual Dianthuses was carried out during the past summer. 



■ The Double Indian Pink and its allies come under the denomination of Hardy Annuals, 

 and can be sown in the open ground as early as January or February, according to the 

 weather. The soil should be rich and rather light, the seeds need to be sown thinly in lines, 

 and the plants thinned out to from four to six inches apart. They grow strongly, branch 

 out, and bear flowers with great freedom, and with a continuity wanting in many effective 

 hardy annuals. A gardener of our acquaintance, who has to keep the mansion supplied with 

 large quantities of cut flowers during the summer, states that a bed of the Double Dianthus 

 Chinensis has given him bushels of bloom this season. To the amateur, especially, these 

 beautiful forms have an especial value, being both well suited to small gardens, and 

 cultivated with comparative ease. 



