Plate 185 . 
BARKERIA SKINNERI SUPERB A. 
We live in an age of revolutions, and probably in no science 
have greater changes taken place than in horticulture,—one of 
the most notable and recent of which has enabled* us to figure 
the very beautiful Orchid which forms the subject of our pre¬ 
sent Plate. 
Mr. Bateman, of Biddulph Grange, one of the most celebrated 
of our Orchid growers, forwarded to the Floral Committee of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, on the 25th of August last, a 
fine plant of Epidendrum vitellinum , together with a short paper 
as to the method of cultivation by which a result so unusual 
had been obtained. From that paper we condense the follow¬ 
ing remarks. 
The first plants which came into his possession were received 
from Oaxaca about thirty years ago, and were in good condi 
tion at the time of their arrival, but perished shortly under the 
hot regime to which they were subjected. Dr. Lindley and 
Mr. Skinner (who found it growing in Guatemala, at an eleva¬ 
tion ranging between 58° and 38°) advised that it should be 
subjected to cooler treatment, and showed the necessity of not 
subjecting all Orchids to the same treatment. Messrs. Jackson, 
of the Kingston Nursery, and Messrs. Yeitch tried, in 1860, the 
effects of growing some of the Guatemala Orchids in a cool 
house, and were astonished at their success. Mr. Barker and 
Mr. Day, names well known amongst Orchid growers, tried the 
same with like success; and Mr. Bateman was induced himself 
to erect a house, about 20 feet long by 10 high, and he states 
* For in our announcement of our plans we stated, that while giving a 
greater prominence to Florists’ flowers, we should figure whatever we thought 
desirable for general culture, except stove plants. 
