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antarctica, although it will grow under the dry atmosphere of the 
conservatory, soon becomes infested with thrips ; in fact, it is 
difficult to keep clean. In a cold hardy fernery it may be described 
as “ growing like a weed,” and is never attacked. 
For pillars in large conservatories few plants are more effective 
or useful than Asparagus plumosus nanus and A. plumosus. The 
former certainly grows the more rapidly, but it is questionable if 
it is the more beautiful. These varieties also do well in baskets, 
the shoots hanging gracefully over the sides of the baskets. Both 
are useful plants in a small state, and are easily increased—the first 
by division, and the latter by cuttings. The soil must be open 
and porous, and thorough drainage ought to be secured. The 
plants do well in good loam, leaf mould, manure, sand, or any 
gritty material. For cutting purposes Adiantum cuneatum will 
eventually have to give place to A. plumosus and A. p. tenuissimus, 
which last so much longer. The more these plants are syringed the 
more luxuriantly they appear to grow. The plants bear feeding 
liberally, and soon show their appreciation by luxuriant growth if 
the right kind of chemical manure is used. In large houses it 
would be difficult to conceive a more pleasing effect than the 
pillars or supports of the roof covered with Asparagus, and the 
roof itself with Cobsea scandens variegata and Tacsonia Van 
Volxemi. The shoots must hang down at various lengths, to give 
the best effect that it is possible to obtain. 
These are but a few of the many plants that can be used for 
grouping and effective purposes in houses of a permanent nature, 
though many have had to be omitted that may in the opinions of 
others be deserving of mention by them in these columns.— 
Wm. Bardney. 
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Cypripedium Godseffianum. 
When a plant of this Cypripedium was exhibited by Messrs. 
J. Yeitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, at the Drill Hall, 
Westminster, S.W., an award of merit was adjudged for it by the 
Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. It is said 
to be the result of a cross between C. villosum Boxalli and 
C. hirsutissimum, the former being the pollen parent. The dorsal 
sepal is a dark shining brown with a green margin, the petals being 
reddish purple spotted brown ; the lip is a pale purplish shade. 
Fig. 40 represents a flower of this Cypripedium. 
L.elia cinnabarina. 
The paragraph referring to Lgelia cinnabarina at page 201 of 
your last issue has surely not done justice to the flowering 
capabilities of this distinct and beautiful Orchid. It is there 
described as bearing from six to ten flowers. If this is really the 
usual number of flowers borne on a spike we must be in possession 
of a more floriferous variety. I have a spike here showing eighteen 
flowers and buds ; those open are of a beautiful orange scarlet, 
equal in colour to harpophylla, but larger flowers than this species. 
I find it more suited for pot culture than baskets. It also requires 
careful watering when the young growths are showing.—J. Easter, 
Nostell Priory Gardens. 
Dendrobium Ainsworthi. 
The great charm of this Orchid lies in the contrast between the 
pure white sepals and petals with the richly marked lip, and 
although the variety roseum is a magnificent flower it cannot in my 
opinion compare with the type for beauty. This variety has bright 
rosy magenta sepals and petals, and both were raised in the collec¬ 
tion of the late Dr. Ainsworth by crossing D. nobile with D. hetero- 
carpum. It is similar in habit and shape of the flowers to the 
former kind, and thrives under similar conditions of culture.— 
H. R. R. 
CCELOGYNE LAMELLATA. 
This distinct Coelogyne was sent by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
to Kew in August last, with the information that it was received 
from a gentleman whose name and address have been unfortunately 
mislaid. It is the second species known from the New Hebrides 
the earlier one being C. M’Donaldi, F. Muell. and Krdyizl. in 
“ (Ester. Bot. Zeitschr,” xliv., page 209, which is obviously allied 
to the present one, though the sepals are not described as keeled, 
the keels of the lip only five, the sepals and petals as having some 
dusky spots, and the lip yellowish flesh colour. The present 
species has the sepals, petals, and column uniformly pale whitish- 
green, and the lip white. Almost the whole lip is corrugated. 
The lower half of the front lobe bears five strongly corrugated 
keels, which extend to the base of the lip, while along the side 
lobes four additional ones extend, two on either side. The next 
two pairs of nerves on either hand also bear a number of tubercle- 
like swellings.—(“ Kew Bulletin.”) 
ANGRiECUM SESQUIPEDALE. 
This Orchid has now become so common that it is found in 
almost every collection of this class of plants. Perhaps no Orchid 
ever caused such a sensation as this when it was introduced, and it 
has since become famous. It is one of the Orchids Darwin was 
especially interested in on account of the exceptional length of the 
spur, and a plant in bloom always attracts attention. 
This wonderful Angraecum was found in Madagascar by a 
French botanist near the close of the last century, and when the 
history of the plants of Madagascar was published in 1822 Angrse- 
cum sesquipedale became known to science. Botanists and horti¬ 
culturists were anxious to introduce it, and many attempts were 
made, but these were not successful until 1855. Mr. Ellis, a mis¬ 
sionary in Madagascar, was fortunate to bring home three living 
specimens to his garden, where one of them flowered in the spring 
of 1857. There was still great difficulty in reintroducing the plant, 
and for many years it was rare and expensive. In its native country 
it is said to grow on the trunks and branches of trees, where it 
has abundant light and air, and in the hottest and lowest districts. 
The flowers are produced on peduncles 10 to 12 inches long. 
When they first appear they are green, and this colour continues 
until the flowers are almost fully developed, when it turns to an 
ivory white. As the flowers begin to fade they become pale yellow. 
The flowers are not very fragrant during the day, but at night they 
have a strong odour, which is not very pleasing. The colour and 
the fragrance of the flowers at night indicate that they are then 
fertilised by an insect in its native home. My plant had sixteen 
large flowers fully developed at one time ; these measured 6 inches 
across, and the spurs were 12^ inches long. 
The plant is easy to cultivate. It requires a strong moist heat, 
and is grown in the stove. It also requires abundance of light, but 
must be shaded from strong sunlight during the summer. It grows 
well planted in a basket with crocks and sphagnum moss, and sus¬ 
pended near the roof glass. Water must be given during the 
