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SACCOLABIUM DENTICULATUM. 
ties of a flower, and assure them that from the smallest blossom they may often 
extract the most exquisite enjoyment. 
The elegant little plant, of which a figure is now given, will aid in establishing 
the accuracy of these observations. Some may be inclined to regard it as abso- 
lutely insignificant, and others, perhaps, will not bestow on it more than a hurried 
glance ; but in our eyes it contains much to elicit admiration. The flowers are 
larger and more showy than those of S. calceolare^ (figured in a previous number,) 
and they are, besides, more prettily marked, and display a greater variety of colour. 
It has, further, a fine, vigorous, healthy appearance, which is not the least of its 
good qualities. 
Mr. J. Gibson, in his exploration of the district covering the Khoseea Hills, in 
Eastern India, found S. denticulatum growing on trees, at an elevation above the 
sea of about 2000 feet, and brought plants of it to His Grace the Duke of Devon- 
shire's seat at Chatsworth, in 1837- It there flowered in the spring of 1838, 
when our drawing was executed, and living specimens still exist in His Grace's 
collection. 
In common with all other species of the tribe, it is most aptly cultivated when 
fastened to a rough block of wood, which can be allowed to depend, on copper 
wire, from the roof or other parts of the orchidaceous house. Sufficient experience 
has not yet been attained in the treatment of epiphytes to enable us to select one 
kind of wood which is superior to another for this purpose : still, as we have before 
said, that which has a rugged and durable bark is the most appropriate. An 
eminent cultivator, with whom we lately conversed, uses oak wood very sparingly, 
because, from the well-known astringency resident in it, he has imagined that some 
plants have been injured. Logs of the common Robinia seem to be preferred in the 
London collections ; and where cork-wood can be procured, it is, unquestionably, 
in all respects the best. 
A powerful excitation, consisting of heat and moisture, is requisite for our plant 
in the summer months ; at which period, and indeed at all times, it should have 
some sphagnum moss secured round the lowermost roots. In winter it may 
be kept nearly dry, and in a state of torpidity. It must be increased by cutting 
off the upper part of the plant, and treating it as an independent specimen. 
