330 THE COTTAGE GARDENER. [August 28. 
five-lobed; filaments join corolla near the base; anthers, 
arrow-headed. 
Dark purple Mormod (Monnocles atro-purpurea ).— 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4577.—This is a stove orchid, 
first introduced in England by John Wilmore, Esq., of 
Oldford, near Birmingham, with whom it flowered for 
the first time ; and a coloured portrait of it appeared in 
The Botanical Register for June, 1836. Mr. Wilmore’s 
plant was discovered on the coast of the Spanish main, 
we believe, by Mr. Henchman, who was exploring that 
coast, for Mr. Low, of Clapton, in 1834, when this plant 
is recorded to have been introduced. Recently, that is 
in 1849, M. Warczewitz discovered it in Panama, and 
sent it over for public sale, and this second introduction 
flowered with J. D. Llewellyn, Esq., of Penlergare, a 
very zealous grower of the tribe, in one of the most 
unique orchid houses in the country, a plan or view of 
which is, we believe, published in the first volume of the 
‘‘Journal of the Horticultural Society.” 
The name Mormodes was founded by Lindley, to convey 
an idea of the very strange appearance of the members of 
the family, and is derived from Mormo, a ghost, or some 
frightful looking object,—a name which was allowed at the 
time, by the best judges of such things, to be very appro¬ 
priate, but which has since turned out to be not only the 
most fitting, but also the most fortunate of all the names 
the professor has founded in this Order, and they are 
many. The Mormods, or Goblins, occupy a middle space 
between Catasetum and Cycnoches, two families endowed 
with a spirit, whicli, in romance, is only and exclusively 
assigned to the fairies, that of transforming themselves from 
one individual shape into another, as goblins can do, accord¬ 
ing to the worthy nurse who took special care that we 
should be taught this branch of unnatural history. 
“ Among the most singular circumstances connected with 
this Order is the manner in which, upon the same spike, 
flowers of extremely different structure are produced. This 
was first noticed, in Demarara, by Sir R. Schomburck, who 
published in the Linn. Transactions (17—551) an account 
of the production of Monacanthus viridis, Myanthus barhatus, 
and a Catasetum, three supposed genera, upon the same 
spike; and he expressed his opinion that the Catasetum was 
the female of these, because he found it producing seeds 
abundantly, while Monacanthus was uniformly sterile. After¬ 
wards, a similar specimen made its appearance in the 
garden of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, 
and has been figured in The Botanical Register , l’ol. 1951. 
And still more lately two species of Cycnoches ventricosum 
and Eggertonianum, have appeared in company. 
“ Such cases shake to the foundation all our ideas of the 
stability of genera and species, and prepare the mind for 
more startling discoveries than could have heen otherwise 
anticipated.”— Dr. Lindley, Vegetable Kingdom, 177, 178. 
All these strange plants, whether they are species or not 
species, ghosts or goblins, strange looking or very beautiful 
looking objects, require the very same treatment. In the first 
place, they delight in the full sun while they are growing, 
and are so fond of water that they will even dip their long 
roots into a cistern of water and feed on it for months. 
When dry they are best kept cool, and when they begin to 
grow in the spring they should be gently introduced to in¬ 
creased heat. 
Moi-modes atro-purpurea has clustered, very pointed, oval, 
pseudo-bulbs, sheathed in imbricated scales, buff’ coloured, 
edged with green ; flower-stem, jointed, round, and a foot 
high ; sepals and petals, nearly uniform, and bent back like 
those of the Cyclamen ; lip, stretched out, with sides curled 
down, covered with short hairs ; the whole of the flower “ a 
nearly uniform dark purple-brown, or between chocolate and 
blood colour.” B. J. 
THE ERUIT-GABDEN. 
The Vine Out-of-doors. —Some queries received from 
a correspondent ( Pitti ), and others, reminds us, that a 
word on the acceleration of out-door vines may not be 
unseasonable. 
As “Pitti” seems to pretty well represent that section 
of our readers who may need advice, we will keep an 
eye to the points contained in his letter. “ Pitti” says, 
“ glass is considered the most appropriate, but how 
should it be applied?” About the appropriateness of 
glass there cannot be a second opinion ; it is not only 
the most appropriate, but is what ought to be expected 
of every ardent amateur, unless in a few of the very 
warmest portions of this island, and even there it 
is by no means needless. Glass is now so cheap, so 
good, and withal so efficient to the end in view, that we 
have no doubt many miles of walling will speedily be 
covered, if only during a portion of the year. What is 
wanted is some plan which shall form a system, com¬ 
bining the culture of tender plants at one period, and of 
plants or other horticultural objects at other periods, 
with facility, and without any compromise of the objects 
sought. We do not suppose that we can fully settle this 
in the limits of a single paper, and for the present must 
attend to the wants of the period; proposing, however, 
to pursue this interesting subject in future papers. 
To “begin at the beginning;” as the time is now 
short, or rather very short days are fast approaching, 
every possible means should be taken to suffer solar 
light to have a free influence on the leaves of the vines. 
In saying leaves, however, it is necessary to make a 
distinction; the foliage on a vine (or any other shrub 
which continues to produce new growths all the summer) 
is not all of one character as to its influence on the tree. 
One character of foliage takes from the root, to repay it 
at compound interest; other foliage absorbs that for 
which time and light will not enable it to furnish an 
equivalent. As we write for the million, and they are, 
as a body, not “ well up in their points” as to these 
niceties, we may as well explain. The vine, everybody 
knows, in its first efforts in the spring to produce foliage, 
produces leaves which may fairly be termed primary 
leaves; these ultimately become the largest leaves on 
the tree: and from these, it would appear, the chief of 
