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they should lie as well and carefully planted as if being grown under 
glass.—J. Muik, Margam. 
[A wonderful specimen of the old double Camellia is planted out in 
Baron Schrckler’s garden, The Dell, Egham. It is 15 feet high, 30 feet 
in diameter from tip to tip of the branches, and must be of great age. 
Protection is afforded in the winter by a kind of frame.] 
ORCHIDS AT WILTON HOUSE, EOUIHAMPTON. 
Duking the last few years the cultivation of Orchids has been 
largely extended in the gardens attached to Wilton House, the 
residence of J. Buchan, Esq., who is a thorough enthusiast with 
these plants. The collection consists of 4000 plants, all in capital 
condition, reflecting much credit on Mr. T. Osborne the gardener 
in charge. The houses are all substantially built and thoroughly 
adapted for the purpose required. The first, a warm house, is 
40 feet long by 18 feet wide. The stages, which are covered with 
fine gravel, are edged with slate, the central paths are slate, the 
sides of the path being so constructed that they throw off a con- 
-siderable amount of moisture when required. Capital tanks are 
constructed under the stages. In this house were very fine plants 
of Cypripedium villosum, 3 feet in diameter, in the best of 
tealth, growing in pans ; at the time of my visit a short time since 
one had thirty blooms. The quaint old C. hirsutissimum was in 
-capital condition, as also were C. Sedeni, C. caudatum, and C. Lowi. 
Numbers of seedlings of this family raised here by Mr. Osborne are 
very promising. Very notable are Angrsecum Leonis, Dendrobium 
Brymerianum, Calanthe vestita gigantea, a fine variety ; C. Reg- 
mieri, C. Veitchi superbum, Epidendrum prismatocarpum, a fine 
plant with thirty leads ; and Dendrobiums Dalhousianum and albo- 
'sanguineum; also the deliciously fragrant Dendrochilum glumaceum. 
The next house of the same size as previously noted was filled 
principally with Cattleyas and Lselias, between 500 and 600 plants 
in all. A plant of Cattleya amethystoglossa was growdng on a 
'block in moss litter, where it had been for two years in the best of 
health. The flowers had been in perfection seven weeks, thus 
-showing that moss litter is good for this variety. C. Lawrenceana, 
rich in colour ; Ltelia flava, deep yellow ; L. harpophylla, terra 
cotta colour ; Oncidium sarcodes in a pot suspended from the roof 
well flowered ; arrd Epidendrum Wallisi were the most note¬ 
worthy plants. The next house is 30 feet long, and coirtains fifty- 
five plants of Lycaste Skinneri, with the same number of Anguloa 
'Clowesi and A. Ruckeri. There is an exceptionally fine variety of 
Lycaste Skinneri alba, snowy white, of the finest form. Of Den- 
drobium Jamesianum there are several good specimens, together 
withMiltonia cuneata, Masdevallia chimaera, Zygopetalum crinitum, 
and Trichopilia suavis. About fifteen healthy i lants of Cattleya 
■citrina were suspended from the roof flowering freely. A good 
■stock of Odontoglossum Harryanum is flowering freely ; Cymbi- 
■dium eburneum, Coelogyne cristata alba, and Chysis bractescens 
promising well. 
The cool house is ne.arly 100 feet long by 11 feet wide, built 
behind a north wall, and contains 1200 plants, all in excellent 
health. Noticeable were Odontoglossum Alexandra} and 0. 
Pescatorei, some carrying forty blooms many shades of colour ; O. 
Bceptrum, a good variety with a strong spike ; 0. cirrhosam, O. 
triumphans, O. Blunti, 0. constrictum, with twelve spikes ; 
■0. luteo-purpureum, five spikes and fifty-six flower buds; 0. Pes¬ 
catorei, with rich spots ; 0. Sanderianum, 0. gloriosum, 0. Uro- 
Skinneri, and many others equally promising. A collection of 
about one hundred plants of Masdevallias Harryana, amabilis, ignea, 
Veitchi grandiflora, and tovarensis are in the best of health. 
An intermediate house 20 feet long and 14 feet wide, having an 
■east aspect, contained many fine (lants. An extra good variety of 
Cymbidium Lowianum, has tw-enty-five flowers on each spike ; 
Oncidium leucochilum has a fine spike and numerous flowers ; 
O. Marshaflianum is rich in colour ; of Ccelogyne cristata Lemoni- 
ana there are about a dozen fine pans ; with Odontoglossum 
vexiUarium and 0. nmvium majus, the latter a fine piece of this 
scarce variety. 
Suspended from the roof and growing in baskets in a disused 
Melon house, which is reached by descending several steps, into 
which air is admitted from the outside by means of drain pipes 
Tinderneath the floor of the house, is a collection of Phaltenopsis 
Schilleriana, amabilis, Stuartiana, Sanderiana, Luddemanniana, 
violacea, and grandiflora, all in rule health, although small, being 
young plants. The treatment they receive appears to suit the plants 
exactly. The temperature is kept at 70° by night and about 85° 
by day. 
In addition to the Orchids many other plants receive close 
attention. Grapes and Peaches promise well, a general collection 
of greenhouse plants is grown, double Cinerarias being worthy of 
note, while about 400 plants of Chrysanthemnins crown for the pro¬ 
duction of large blooms looked as well as could be wished, com¬ 
prising the leading new and old varieties.— Visitor. 
ORCHIDS AT BIRMINGHAM. 
A PLAN of the large range of houses in the garden of the Right 
Hon. J. Chamberlain, Highbury, is given in Mr. Lewis Castle’s 
useful book, “ Orchids.” No. 0, as shown on the plan, is the 
Orchid show house, and at the present time it is very gay. A path 
runs down the centre, and above the rustic rockwork on each side 
are the stages with a carpet of Selaginella and small Ferns, with 
the Orchids elevated and lightly arranged. Among the most con¬ 
spicuous is a fine variety of Cattleya Lawrenceana and a richly 
coloured form of C. Trianm, said to be nearly equ il to the rare 
C. T. Leeana. Many others of this section are in bloom, ranging 
in co’.oar from the one mentioned to nearly w-hite, some known as 
the Popayan varieties having large open throats ; several plants of 
Cymbidium eburneum and C. Lowianum with arching racemes of 
bloom, both with clean and graceful foliage, which assists in showing 
the flowers to the best advantage. The Chatsworth variety of 
Coelogyne cristata is in fuU beauty, and among Dendrobiums are 
D. crassinode Barberianum, that sweet-scented D. aureum, D. in¬ 
fundibulum, D. Jamesianum, with specimens of D. Wardianum 
well flowered, Odontoglossum Alexandr®, O. maculatum, 0. Roezli, 
and 0. Ruckerianum, with various Oncidiums make a show that 
will last until succeeded by Cattleya Mossi®, C. Meudeli, and 
others already well advanced in sheaths and spikes. A large mirror 
at the end of the house adds greatly to the effect. 
The plants in bloom cannot all be placed in the show house, and 
many are seen in their growing quarters. A Dendrobium house 
recently erected, about 26 feet long and 14 feet wide, appears to 
answer the purpose admirably. A large piece of D. macrophyllum 
giginteum bore flowers 7 inches across. D. chrysotoxum is well 
furnished with spikes. D. albo-sanguineum is well grown, having 
growths 15 inches in length. D. lituifloium and D. transparens 
aie flowering freely. The stages are of open trellis work above a 
moist border of ashes, and are so arranged that they may be raised 
or lowered to suit the convenience of large or small plants. 
The Cypripediums do well in the Phalmnopsis house, a C. 
Spicerianum has ten growths, eight of them being produced in four 
years from two leads ; C. Lowi is bearing three hlooms on a spike, 
and the same answers the description of the chaste C. niveum ; here 
also Angrmeum Leonis and A. Sanderianum, together with Aerides 
and Vandas, are flowering freely. 
There will soon be a display in the large Odontoglossum house, 
as the O. Alexandr® section are well furnished with spikes, the 
chief plants being in b'oom are quantities of 0. Rossi majus, 
0. cirrhosum, 0. pulchellum, and 0. sceptrum. Adjoining this is 
a span-roofed house devoted to Lmlia anceps, L. albida, Cattleya 
citrina, all in large masses. Sophronitis grandiflora, grown on 
blocks of Tree Fern trunks, and Oncidium Marshallianum are 
flowering very freely, and are grown close to the glass ; the spikes 
are dwarf and compact, bearing numerous large and bright yellow 
blooms. Some of the plants have been partly severed, causing 
them to break back from the old growths. In the corridor is a 
handsome specimen of Arpophyllum giganteum, which is mounted 
on a pedestal and surrounded with Ferns. It is 5 feet across, and 
carries eighteen large trusses of bloom. This is a graceful ever¬ 
green species too seldom met with in collections. 
In a lean-to house facing south are remark ible plants of Lmlia 
autumnalis, L. furfuracea, and L. raajalis, Odontoglossum Londes- 
boroughianum, and Oncidium Rogersi. These are growing almost 
touching the glass, and are never shaded. They are in pans and on 
blocks and rafts, and consequently take copious supplies of water. 
The foliage is thick and hard. Mr. Cooper considers this the only 
way to grow them satisfactorily-. Under his treatment the pseudo- 
bulbs increase in size and number each year, and flower freely.— 
G. W. C. 
NATIONAL AURICULA SOCIETY 
(SOUTHERN SECTION). 
Circulars have been issued to all the members of the Society 
informing them of the arransrements for the exhibition to be held 
in the Drill Hall of the London Scottish Volunteers, James Street, 
Westminster, on the 24th inst. I am writing this note on the 14th, 
and a few days ago the prospects of the northern exhibitors getting 
their plants in was problematical. Now things are much more pro- 
