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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
some, the whole flower, except the lip, is of a clear yellow, while in others the 
sepals are dashed over by a peculiar olive tint, which is variable in intensity in 
different examples. The symmetry of form given to the flowers of this plant, by 
the equality of size and regularity of position of the sepals and petals, is by no 
means a usual feature in the Orchid family, wherein grotesque irregularity is 
all but universal. 
This fine and massive-flowered species—one of the most beautiful of the genus 
—is of free-blooming habit, and produces ovate furrowed pseudobulbs, having at 
their apex a pair of light green leaves. The scape, which is produced from the 
side of the young growth, is of a climbing habit, and sometimes reaches from 
8 ft. to 10 ft. in length. The flowers are fully 3 in. across, and have sepals of a 
rich olive-tinted yellow, petals of a clear yellow, and a small, hastate, reddish- 
purple lip, with very prominent white crests, which have a central keel extended 
into a tooth at the top, and furnished with two larger reversed teeth on either 
side. The flowers are produced during the summer months, and last several 
weeks in beauty. 
This plant should be grown in the cool house along with Odontoglossums , and 
thrives either on a block or in a pot. If grown in a pot, perfect drainage is 
necessary, together with a soil of fibrous peat, mixed with a little sphagnum 
moss ; and the pot must not be too large, as over-potting is dangerous. If planted 
on a block, the roots must be covered with sphagnum moss, and the block must 
be suspended from the roof ; but when treated in this way, more water is required, 
especially during the growing season. After the growth is completed, less water 
will suffice, but the pseudobulbs must never be allowed to shrivel.—M. 
NOVELTIES, Etc., AT FLOWER-SHOWS. 
AqF the golden-edged Thyme (Thymus citriodorus aureo-marginatus) shown 
by Messrs. Fisher, Holmes, and Co., at the meeting of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society on June 21, and awarded a F.C.C., will but stand exposure 
to the weather, it will become a charming garden plant, and a formidable 
rival to the golden-leaved variety in the hands of Messrs. E. G. Henderson and 
Son ; of the two, I think the former decidedly the best, and it is interesting to 
note how many of our ordinary plants sport into golden-leaved or variegated 
types. After slumbering for a time, the Pink appears to be asserting itself, for 
at this meeting Godfrey (f.c.c.), heavily and handsomely laced with purple ; and 
at the meeting on July 5, Dr. Masters (f.c.c.), and Shirley Hihberd (f.c.c.), both 
very large, the former broadly and evenly laced with rose, shaded with darker rose, 
the latter, somewhat similar in character, but not so deep in colour, were shown 
by Mr. 0. Turner. The size and substance of the two last named were something 
remarkable. Large-flowered Pelargoniums , Prelate (f.c.c.), and Pompey (f.c.c.), 
were finely shown by Mr. Nye, gardener to E. B. Foster, Esq., Clewer,andin connec¬ 
tion with other certificated flowers of this division, shall be presently described in 
