every greenhouse, but that it will be planted out in sheltered 
places in gentlemen’s demesnes, near streams or ponds, where 
it will readily grow during the summer months; for amongst 
other experiments which Mr. Leach is trying, is that of growing 
it in a pot placed in another filled with water, and in this position 
it seems to thrive admirably, as we can ourselves state from the 
condition of a plant, for which we are indebted to the kindness 
of Mr. Leach. 
Disci grandiflora is a native of a ravine on the top of Table 
Mountain at the Cape of Good Hope, and as far as is known at 
present, no other habitat has been found for it, a remarkable 
instance of the very local distribution of some plants. It is 
what is called a terrestrial Orchid, and as the thermometer often 
sinks there to S2°, it can be grown in any greenhouse from 
which frost is excluded. The spike is thrown up about 
eighteen inches or two feet high, and the very beautiful and 
high-coloured flowers are freely produced. The colouring of 
the Plate is so accurate, that it is unnecessary to describe it. 
There seem however to be two varieties; in the other, the green 
tips to the sepals are wanting, and the rich crimson spotting of 
the labellum is not perhaps quite so brilliant. We have only to 
add that the general acknowledgment of the gardening world 
is that it was one of the most interesting subjects of the year, 
and, although an old plant, was far more so, not only from the 
peculiarities of its cultivation, but from its intrinsic beauty, 
than many so-called novelties. 
Our artist has given an outline sketch of a growing plant, in 
order to show its character; it will be thus seen to be very free- 
flowering. 
