that from this, erected at an expense of about £35, he had de¬ 
rived more enjoyment than he ever derived from houses of ten 
times greater dimensions. The plants which occupy it are 
Odontoglossums, Lselias, Lycastes, etc., and the progress which 
they had made was quite as remarkable as in that of Epidendram 
vitellinum , which he had selected for exhibition. This cool 
house, he says, should always face the north, and must be kept 
damp as well as cool, particularly during the summer months, 
and while the sun is vertical ought to be shaded with tiffany 
for a few hours in the day; while means of heating it to the 
required temperature in cold weather ought of course to be at 
hand. 
BarJceria SJcinneri superha , the first of these cool-house Or¬ 
chids that we have selected for illustration, is a very superior 
variety of the old and well-known B. SJcinneri ,—“ in size of spike 
and flower,” so writes to us Mr. Veitch, 46 and in brilliancy of 
colour, far surpassing it; it seems always to have branching 
spikes, which the old variety has not; it is also of strong growth 
and constitution. Mr. Skinner received it through a friend of 
his, whom he told where to find it.” In the new field of Orchid¬ 
growing now opened to so many, it will be sure to occupy a 
conspicuous place. 
