JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
March 10, 1881. ] 
at once after planting ? The same facts apply with equal force 
in my estimation to the young Mardchal Niel Rose. Mr. Hanagan 
has this Rose doing well on the Briar, and no signs yet of going 
off ; but he says, “ I prefer them on their own roots, as I have 
lost two large plants on the Briar by canker.”— Wm. Bardney. 
ANGRvECUMS. 
(Continued from page 154.) 
Three of the best species have already been described ; but as 
there are several other forms of scarcely less beauty or interest, a 
few additional notes are requisite to indicate the chief characters 
of the genus. Some of the most recently introduced species, 
though possessing attractions of no mean order, are, unfortunately, 
still comparatively rare in cultivation, this being due either to the 
difficulty of propagating them, or to the circumstance that very 
few importations are received. However, the majority of those 
mentioned in the following notes are in the collections of the 
chief nurserymen and amateur Orchid growers. 
Angrcecum Kotschyi .—Another of the beautiful species which 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons have brought into notice, and for which 
they obtained the coveted award of a first-class certificate at the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, October 12th, 1880. 
It not only possesses sufficient attractions to render it a worthy 
companion for the best of its genus, but the peculiarity of its 
structure is additionally interesting, and on the occasion named 
the plant exhibited received much attention. Like its allies it is 
epiphytal in habit, being found on trees near Zanzibar. The 
shining green leaves are rather short and broad; the creamy white 
flowers being 1 to 1^- inch across, and produced in pendulous 
racemes about a foot long. Each of the flowers is furnished with 
a reddish-tinted spur 6 or 7 inches in length, but, unlike all other 
Angraecums, it is curiously twisted somewhat in the manner of 
tendrils. This is the peculiar part of the plant’s structure, and 
has given rise to several opinions as to its probable utility to the 
plant. The Rev. G. Henslow, when describing the plants exhi¬ 
bited on the occasion named, referred to it, and hinted at the 
possibility of the spurs not only resembling tendrils in appearance 
but in function also, and that they may possess a certain sensitive¬ 
ness which would enable them to twine round contiguous objects, 
thus supporting the rather heavy inflorescence. The surmise 
appears very reasonable, but further observations are required to 
substantiate it. However, apart from this, Angrmcum Kotschyi 
is a charming and graceful Orchid, and I understand that it will 
be one of the choice novelties Messrs. Yeitch intend sending out 
in the present year, so that growers will have an opportunity of 
adding it to their collections. 
r The species is named in honour of Theodor Kotschy, who 
found it a year or two previous to 1840, and it has been since 
discovered by several other travellers. The plants that have now 
been introduced were, I am informed, originally sent by Dr. Kirk 
to Gerald Waller, Esq., from whom Messrs. Yeitch obtained 
them. 
A. bilobum .—One of the better known forms, which is included 
in most of the large trade collections of Orchids, and occasionally 
seen in gardens where those plants receive more than ordinary 
attention. It is intermediate in vigour and habit, being less strong 
in growth than A. eburneum, and more robust than A. Kotschyi 
or A. falcatum ; but it thrives very well in a basket, and may even 
be grown upon a block, though the former system of culture is 
generally the more satisfactory. The plant is rather compact, 
with dark green moderately broad leaves, two-lobed at the apex, 
and arranged in a distichous manner. The flowers are about 
H inch in diameter, white with a tinge of rose, each having a 
spur 2 inches in length ; they are borne in long pendulous ra¬ 
cemes, and possess a slight fragrance. Specimens were found by 
Mr. Bowdich when travelling in West Africa near Cape Coast 
Castle, and from his widow Messrs. Loddiges obtained plants 
more than forty years ago, thus first introducing it into English 
and probably to European gardens. 
The woodcut does not represent the plant full size, being re¬ 
duced nearly half, but it well indicates the habit and chief floral 
characters that mark the species. 
A. JEllisi .— Comparatively few persons have had an opportunity 
of seeing this handsome species in flower, for although it has 
been in commerce some years it is still rather scarce. A few 
years since, however, there was a very beautiful specimen in Mr. 
Day’s fine collection of Orchids at Tottenham, said to be one of 
those originally introduced from Madagascar by the Rev. W. 
Ellis, after whom the species is named. That plant has flowered 
at least once to my knowledge several years ago, when it was 
greatly admired by all who were fortunate enough to see it. 
To Mr. B. S. Williams is due the honour of placing the plant in 
commerce ; and on April the 6th, 1870, he exhibited it before 
the Royal Horticultural Society, deservedly obtaining a first-class 
certificate. 
The plant is of rather noble habit, having handsome dark green 
leaves 9 or 10 inches in length and 2 inches broad, cut at the 
apex into two unequal lobes, and arranged in the characteristic 
two-ranked or distichous manner. The flowers are pure white 
and possess a very pleasing fragrance ; they are about 2 inches 
across, with narrow reflexed sepals and petals ; the column stand¬ 
ing very prominent, and the pale brownish spurs vary in length 
from G to 8 inches. The spikes are frequently 2 feet long, grace¬ 
fully arching, and bearing about twenty flowers. Though an 
epiphyte it thrives best in a pot, like the other Angrmcums of 
moderately strong growth. 
A. Scottianum— One of the diminutive forms of the genus, but 
none the less pretty on that account for its distinctness from 
allied species, and the delicacy of the flowers impart considerable 
interest to the plant; yet it is still somewhat rare, and I have 
only seen specimens in a few of the largest collections, but that 
is probably due to the fact that the three or four years it has been 
in this country has not been long enough to permit very extensive 
propagation, and I have not heard of any importation during that 
period. When better known it will no doubt be included in most 
collections of moderate extent, as it deserves the attention of all 
growers who do not limit themselves to the merely showy Orchids. 
It is epiphytal in habit, with narrow terete leaves, very dissimilar 
from most other Angrmcums ; they are tapering or awl-shaped, 
about 4 inches long, and one-eighth to a quarter of an inch in 
diameter, channelled in the upper surface and ridged below. 
The flowers are of a moderate size, very delicate in texture ; the 
lip an inch or more across, pure white, with a narrow yellowish 
spur 3 to 4 inches long. The peduncle is slender and usually 
bears but one flower. The species is a native of the Comoro 
Islands, and I believe first flowered in this country at Waltham- 
