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are some very good varieties, 0. Cervantesi, O. Rossi majus, also 
in flower, 0. Roezli, O. Pescatorei, 0. grande, O. citrosmum, O. 
vexillarium, &c. No. 2 contains a miscellaneous collection, includ¬ 
ing Coologyne cristata now in flower, one of them a splendid plant 
3 feet in diameter, several good examples of Dendrobium nobile, 
1). suavissimum, D. chrysotoxum, D. Parishi, D. Pierardi, and 
D. Wardianum. A fine plant of the latter, with growths 3 feet 
long, is suspended in a basket from the roof. Of Cymbidium 
eburneum good plants are sending up their flower spikes. Cypri- 
pedium Stonei, C. Veitchi, Masdevallia tovarensis, Oncidiums, Tri- 
chopilias, &c., aie aU good. No. 3, the Cattleya house, was gay 
with some twenty good flowering plants of C. Trianaj, amongst 
them being some remarkably good varieties with flowers measuring 
one of the largest specimens. This is growing in a pot 17 inches in 
diameter, and has had 104 racemes of six to nine flowers each, or a 
total of about 800 flowers. Smaller plants in 24 and 32-size pots 
have fifty and thirty racemes each, the total number of racemes out 
at one time having been 700. 
Mr. Walter King, the gardener, has obliged us with the following 
cultural hints, and his success renders his practice very interesting : 
—“ As the following hints on the growing of Ccelogynes are chiefly 
intended for amateurs and beginners, the instructions are as brief 
and simple as possible. Commencing with this lovely Orchid in the 
flowering stage of treatment, I w'ould advise in the first place not 
to cut the old flowering spikes too close to the pseudo-bulbs, say 
about 1 inch, as it will be observed the new breaks come fi-eelyfrom 
Fig. 25.—mb. PHILLIP CROWLEY’S SPECIMEN CCELOGYNE CRISTATA. 
7 inches across. A good specimen of C. crispa, this plant last year 
produced sixty-four blooms. C. Mossise, C. Mendelli, C. Dowiana, 
C. Percivaliana, Lielia purpurata, L. albida, L. anceps, L. majalis, 
and others too numerous to mention in this brief note are well 
grown. 
I cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing the 
pleasure it gives me to record the progress that has been made in 
this locality in the cultivation of Orchids, thanks to Mr. Lewis 
Castle for his exertions in the publication of a sound practical 
work on the subject at a price that brings it within the reach of 
all.—L. T. 
CCELOGYNE CRISTATA. 
Rki'KI'.ence was recently made to the display of Orchids in Mr. 
Phillip Crowley’s collection at Waddon House, Croydon, and we 
are now able to give an illustration, prepared from a photograph, of 
the base of the old racemes. When the flowering season is over we 
give our plants about six weeks’ rest, keeping them somewhat dry, 
and it does not injure them to shrivel slightly. This treatment will 
cause them to break freely, and more water may then be given. 
When the pseudo-bulbs are swelling and in active growth, I find the 
plants like some stimulant, and what we use here is liquid from the 
cow house, but it requires care. One quart of liquid mixed with 
two and a half gallons of water is ample and safe once a week. 
This applies to established plants, newly potted plants would require 
only clear water for the first season. We grow our plants in the 
Cattleya house in a group, as this enables us to syringe between the 
pots and lightly over the foliage. We ventilate freely, guarding 
against cold winds, and closing the house in the afternoon according 
to the w-eather, leaving a little ventilation all night. This will 
greatly assist in maturing the pseudo-bulbs, which is one secret oi. 
