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plants, but A. Veitchi will always take a bigli place amongst the best, 
and some would prefer it to any of the others. 
They all need a stove temperature, a moist atmosphere, and moderate 
shade, as the leaves are liable to be scorched if unduly exposed to 
bright sun. Good lumpy turfy peat, with a little sand and pieces of 
charcoal, makes a suitable compost, draining the pans or shallow tubs 
plentifully, and supply water liberally. 
INDIAN EXPERIENCES. 
(Continued from, page 312.) 
CiSSUS discolor is another beautiful object in these forests during 
the season of moisture, making its appearance as suddenly as the last 
ing excursion with a friend, and happening to be in a part where this 
Saccolabium grew rather abundantly, and was then in flower, we sent a 
cooly to collect a few plants to take home with us ; but picture our dis¬ 
may when lie returned to camp after a pretty long absence with a huge 
round basketful of plants all in full flower on his head, a broad grin on 
his face, and looking mightily pleased at his success as a plant collector. 
The sight was a sad one notwithstanding the rare beauty of the flowers 
and their exquisite scent. The massive wreaths of bloom were huddled 
together with leaves and long roots torn from the trees, and overhuDg 
the rim of the basket in profusion. What could be done with this load 
of wealth .’ Only this, a few plants were selected to be taken home and 
the rest left in the jungle to perish. 
But, perhaps, the most wonderful instance this district of Wynaad 
affords of the climatic privation, if I may be allowed the term, to which 
a plant may be subjected without the intervention of death, is yielded 
Fig. 02.— Anthuriuji Veitchi (Baron Schroder’s specimen). 
named plant, and quickly festooning Bamboo clumps and forest trees 
with its creeping stems and velvety leaves, both of which totally dis¬ 
appear with the ailvance of the dry weather. Dcndrobiums may be 
found growing on the branches of deciduous trees on lofty hillsides fully 
exposal, and looking as lifeless as a Heath that has passal a winter in a 
London drawing room, but only waiting for the transforming influence 
of the south-west monsoon rains for a renewal of its vigour and beauty, 
making the traveller feel that it is indeal a privilege to sec these plants 
growing in a state of nature. Saccolabium guttatum I have found fre¬ 
quently under circumstances differing but very little from the fore¬ 
going, with the exception that it is generally at a somewhat lower eleva¬ 
tion. It is mostly seen on the branches of dwarf deciduous trees in low 
jungle, its sweet-scented and beautiful flowers betraying its hiding 
places. I can remember being once greatly grieval at the destruction 
of a large number of plants of this beautiful Orchid. I was on a shoot- 
by the Impatiens Jerdonae, a plant found abundantly on the plateau 
of the Bramagberry Hills, a range dividing the Collectorate of Malabar 
from the Province of Coorg, and rising to an elevation of a little over 
5000 feet alxive sea level. It is also found in considerable quanti¬ 
ties on the Neilgherry range, whence, 1 believe, it was first intro¬ 
duced into England by the late Mr. G. Mclvor. The Bramagherrv 
range is well within the influence of the south-west monsoon, and 
subject to a very heavy rainfall from the middle of June till the end of 
September, probably not less than an annual average of 200 inches 
falling between the above dates. The plant grows on the branches of 
trees, which on this plateau are rather stunted, and from the nature of 
the climate are clothed with Mosses and Lichens. It flowers during 
the month of October, and lasts a considerable time in beauty, literally 
clothing the branches with a mantle of its lovely scarlet and yellow 
blooms, making the woods or sholahs look gay beyond description. 
