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■singly, white and purple or white and yellow. Peru. Cool house. 
Pots. Autumn.— grandlflora, vemista. 
Mesospinidiu.m. —Evergreen plant with short pseudo-bulbs, 
•and drooping racemes of small rosy flowers. Peru. Cool house, 
suspended in baskets. Autumn.— smiguineum. 
Mii.toni.4. —Evergreen, small pseudo-bulbs. Flowers singly or 
■two to six on a scape, yellow and brown or white and purple. Brazil. 
Pots. — Clowesi, intermediate; spectahilis and Moreliana, cool 
house. 
JIoRMODES.—Deciduous epiphytal Orchids, with peculiar flowers, 
white or yellowish, spotted broM'n. Mexico and tropical America. 
Pots. Intermediate house. They require a marked resting period. 
—luxatum ehurneum, pardinum. 
N.\nodes. —Epiphytal, dwarf, very interesting, and distinct. 
Flowers ■with yellowish sepals and petals, and large purplish deeply 
fringed lip. South American Andes. Cool house. Basket.— 
Medus(K. 
Odontoglossum. —Evergreen Orchids with ovoid or flattened 
pseudo-bulbs, narrow leaves, and racemes of handsome flowers, 
white, yellow or rose tinted, spotted and barred with brown. New 
'Grenada and Mexico. Pots. Cool house. Flowering at all seasons, 
•especially winter and spring. Very useful, easily grown, and 
popular plants.— Andersonianum, blandum, Cervantesi, cirrhosum, 
citrosmum, basket, very little water in winter, flower summer ; 
x;ordatum, crispum (Alexandrse), Edtoardi, purple, violet fragrance ; 
gloriosum, grande, Halli, Insleayi leopardinuni, maculatmn, 
odoratum, Oerstedti magus, Pescatorei, pulcliellum, very fragrant; 
Rossi majus, Sanderianum, triiimp>lmns, Uro-Skinneri.. The fol¬ 
lowing require an intermediate house and flower from spring to 
autumn :— Phalcenopsis, Roezli, and vexillarium. 
OxciDiUM.—Greatly varied evergreen Orchids, with pseudo¬ 
bulbs and panicles of showy flowers, principally shades of yellow 
marked with brown and red. Tropical America. Intermediate 
iiouse. Pots or baskets, a few on blocks.— ampliatmn majus, 
-spring and summer ; dteirojAtorum, autumn ; coyicolor, spring and 
•summer, cool house, basket ; crispum, block ; cucullatum, spring, 
«ool house ; dasijstyle, ■winter, cool house ; flexuosum, Forbesi, 
autumn, block, cool house ; Jonesianinn, autumn ; mncrantlwm, 
spring and summer, cool house ; Marshallianum, basket, cool 
house; ornithorhynchian, autumn and winter, b.asket; papilio 
■majus (Butterfly Orchid), basket; sarcodes, spring ; sphacelatum, 
iigrinum, varicosum Rogcrsi, winter. 
Orchis. —Tuberous terrestrial Orchids. Leaves often spotted, 
•dense spikes of small rose and purple flowers. Pots ; loam, leaf 
soil. Cool house, greenhouse, or outdoors. Spring and summer.— 
foliosa, maculnta superba, 
P.apiii.vr.y.—Small pseudo-bulbous plants, plicate leaves, droop¬ 
ing racemes of strangely coloured fl iwers. West Indies and tropical 
America. Pots. Warm house. —cr/sfofn. 
Peristeri.a.. —A strong-growing Orchid with large pseudo-bulbs 
and broad leaves. Flowers in tall racemes, wax-like, white. Trop. 
America. Pots, loam and leaf soil. Intermediate house. Summer. 
Requires a good rest after growth.— data (the Dove Plant). 
Pii.aius.—Terrestrial Orchids of strong growth, ■with bold leaves 
^and flowers in racemes, white, yellow, brown, and rosy crimson. 
Widely distributed in the tropics. Intermediate house. Pots ; 
loam, leaf soil, and manure. Winter and spring. Need a resting 
period.— grandifolitis. 
Pii.aL.-ENOPSis (Moth Orchids).—Most graceful and beautiful 
■plants, requiring care in culture. Epiphytes without pseudo-bulbs, 
lia^ving broad green or marbled leaves and panicles of handsome 
white and rosy crimson flowers. India and Malayia. Warm house. 
Need a regular supply of moisture. Biskels, sphagnum. Winter 
■and spring.— amnbi/is, grandiflora, Sqhilleriana and Stuartiana. 
PiLU.MN.a.—Small epiphytes, with pseudo-bulbs and drooping or 
•erect racemes, white, fragrant. Central America. Cool house. 
Pots. Winter.— nobilis. 
Pj.eioxe findian Crocuses).—Charming little deciduous Orchids 
with small pseudo-bulbs and bright green leaves. Flowers produced 
before the leaves, mauve, rose, and crimson. Winter and spring. 
Himalaj’as at 4009 to 10,000 feet elevation. Intermediate house. 
Pots or pans ; peat, loam, and sphagnum.— humilis, lagenaria, 
maculata jmcecox, Wallicliiana. 
PuOME.v.EA.—Epiphytal Orchids with small pseudo-bulbs and 
drooping racemes of flowers, yellow, spotted crimson. Brazil. In¬ 
termediate house. Pots; peat. Summer.— citrina. 
RESTRERi.a.—Epiphyta', stems in tufts, few leaves, and small 
flowers beautifully streaked and dotted, very peculiar and interesting. 
Trop. America. Cool house. Pots.— antennifera. 
S.\€COLABiUM.—Evergreen pl-ints in the style of Aerides, with 
stems and distichous leaves. Flowers small in dense racemes from 
the axils of the leave*, white, spotted rosy purple or crimson, 
fragrant and verv beautiful. Tropical India and Mala} ia. Warm 
house. Baskets. Spring and summer.— ampuliaceum, JUumei, 
giganteum, guttatum. 
SoiOMisur.GiiiA.—Tall spindle-shaped pseudo-bulbs, and long 
racemes of rose and white flowers spotted brown. Tropical 
America. Intermediate house. Baskets or pots. Summer.— 
tibicinis. 
ScuTiCARi.A.—Epiphytal, with drooping quill-like leaves 2 to 
4 feet long. Flowers large, yellow spotted with brown. Tropical 
America. Intermediate house. Baskets— '■teeli. 
SoiiitALiA.—Terrestrial, strong-growing, slender stems and 
plicate leaves. Flowers large, showy ; crimson and purple ; 
several from the apex of each stem. Tropical America. Inter¬ 
mediate house. Pots ; peat. Summer.— macrantha, 
SoT’iiROMTis.—Evergreen, with small pseudo-bulbs, and dark 
green leaves. Flowers singly, or a few together, produced freely. 
Brazil. Cool house. Baskets or blocks. Spring.— grandiflora, 
one of the most useful Orchids grown, flowers scarlet ; vinlacea, 
purplish. 
St.aniioi’EA. —Epiphytes, with ovoid p*eudo-bulbs and dark 
green leave*. Flowers in drooping racemes, produced from base of 
plant*, wax-like, very showy, of short duration, white or yellow 
spotted and blotched with crimson, orange, and reddish brown. 
Tropical America. Warm house. Baskets. Summer. Require a 
good resting period.—grandiflora, insignis, oculata, tigrina, 
Wardiana. 
Tht7Ni.a.—D eciduous ; stems in tuft*, terminating in flowers, 
white, marked with yellow or streaked with cr mson. Himalayas. 
Warm house. Pots ; peat and sphagnum. Good rest needed.— 
alba, Bensonice, Marslialliana. 
Trichocentrum.—E piphytes, with small pseudo-bulbs, leaves 
and flowers, the latter brown and purple. Brazil. Intermediate 
house. Baskets.— albo-purpureum. 
Triciiopieia. —Evergreen ; ovoid pseudo-bulbs, with thick 
leaves. Scapes from the base; flowers with Urge funnel-shaped 
lip, shades of crimson and purple. Tropical America. Inter¬ 
mediate house. Pots. Spring and summer.— coccinea, suavis, 
tortilis. 
Uropedium. —A peculiar plant, much like a Cypripedium 
without the pouche i lip. Very interesting. New Grenada. 
Warm house. Pots ; peat, loam, and sand. May.— Lindeni. 
Vanda. —Handsome plants, with stems like Aerides, and dis¬ 
tichous leaves. Flowers in small racemes ; blue, white, or yellow, 
spotted with brown, lip often crimson. Tropical India and 
Malayia. Warm house. Pots ; peat and sphagnum. Flowers at 
different times.— ccerulea, (blue), Parishi, suavis, teres, tricolor. 
Vanilla. —Tropical Orchids, with long climbing leafy stems, 
chiefly interesting for the long pod-like fragrant fruits. Warm 
house. Pots ; peat and sphagnum.— aromatica. 
Zygopetalum. —Useful evergreen epiphytes; pseud i-bulbs, 
and terminal racemes of brown, purple, and greenish flowers. 
Intermediate house. Pots. Winter.— crinitum, Mackayi, maxil- 
lare. — L. Castle. 
AURICULAS—A HINT TO BEGINNERS. 
The advantage of ha^ving Auriculas in a place where we can 
get among them at any time has been felt during the past week, 
when I have been able to overhaul between two and three hundred 
plants in my small house, while those in frames could not be touched 
for snow and frost. This overhauling has suggested to me one 
hint that beginners in the cultivation of this flower may find useful. 
I say nothing of top-dressing further than this, that the ambition 
of having bulky plants and large trusses wiU in time give place to a 
desire for a healthy stock and refinement of bloom, to neither of 
which rich top-dressing conduces. A slight addition of a simple 
mixture of loam, leaf mould, and sand will give a fresher look to the 
collection, and induce rooting at the collar ; beyond this I do not use 
anything, and even this sparingly. One thing I strongly urge 
beginners to do at this season, the critical one in Auricula-gi’owing. 
when many a plant may be lost or saved. Examine carefully the 
neck of the plant and the .stem a little under the surface of the 
soil. Beyond a seeming tardiness in starting into growth, there 
may be little to indicate anything wrong. The Auricula disdains 
to make much show of its ailments, a source of danger to the 
inexperienced, and a plant may be almost hopelessly gone before 
such a one detects symptoms quite patent to the practised eye. 
Should a thin white streak at the collar be observed, or a d.arkish 
speck, however small, be seen on the stem, proceed carefully to 
ascertain the cause. You may possibly discover more than you 
suspect or desire. With a sharp knife probe cautiously, and scrape 
away every particle of the brownish wasted bark or stem. Do not 
squeamishly fear to learn the whole truth, but clean out thoroughly. 
Then rub the wound liberally with powdered charcoal, add the 
above top-dressing, not too damp —I sometimes defer this fora 
