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exquisitely beautiful and finely- woven fringe of the flowers insensibly but decidedly 
enhances their charms, and it is, without doubt, a most desirable acquisition to the 
greenhouse or frame. The specimen in which we observed its extraordinarily 
prolific nature, is yet blooming in the nursery of Messrs. Low and Co., Clapton. 
Vanda lamellata. Among the first importations of the orchidaceous plants 
collected by Mr. Cuming, in Manilla, most persons will remember a Vanda-like 
Epiphyte, with close, rather long, and attenuated leaves. This having produced 
its flowers with Messrs. Loddiges, proves to be a Vanda, and is called V. lamellata. 
The colour of the flowers is chiefly brown, with a trifling admixture of yellow. 
They are exceedingly pretty, and the plant is certainly a worthy addition to the 
genus. 
OPERATIONS FOR JULY. 
A liberal supply of heat, light, and water, is, at the present period, a 
desideratum for nearly every kind of plant. The former of these influences is 
universally requisite ; the two latter must, in some instances, be greatly modified. 
Active developments being by this time almost concluded, it is of the first import- 
ance that they should be duly ripened, and the flower-buds of the ensuing season 
efficiently organised, and prepared for expansion at the natural time. 
Plants, of whatever description, that are cultivated in pots, will now require a 
more than ordinary quantity of moisture ; but this should nevertheless be applied 
cautiously, as it is only necessary to preserve them from actual withering, compa- 
ratively little extension being now effected. It is not, therefore, the real demands 
of the plant for appropriation, as the necessity for counteracting the action of a hot 
and arid atmosphere that calls for an increased command of water. 
Solar light is of the highest possible advantage, during this and the two 
following months, to those plants which can endure its immediate rays. Succu- 
lents, greenhouse plants, and nearly all hardy, or half-hardy herbaceous species, 
delight in its unmitigated influence ; although the two former classes, from being 
treated artificially, must be very gradually (if at all) introduced to the open air. 
On the other hand, most stove-plants and orchidaceae thrive best in a partially 
shaded house, since the epidermis of their organs is too delicate and sensitive to 
receive the direct rays without experiencing irreparable injury. 
With the single exception of shade, the whole of the plants comprised in those 
groups which are kept in houses may be similarly treated. They should be regu- 
larly and freely syringed in the evening of each day, and only as much air 
admitted as will prevent the temperature from becoming too high. In this 
suggestion we must be understood to mean, that a free circulation of air should, if 
possible, be generally maintained, but that ventilation should not be had in requi- 
sition unless the atmosphere of the house is too hot. 
