vi THE COTTAGE 
white-moth flower of the Philippine Islands; this was 
a fine plant, with four spikes of flowers, one of which 
had eight flowers fully expanded : Chysis bractescens, 
a very strong plant, with four spikes of pure white 
flowers: Cattleya Skinneri, a splendid plant, with eight 
spikes of rosy purple flowers : Vanda suavis, a good 
plant, with two spikes of its curious, prettily-marked 
flowers: Leptotes bicolor, a dwarf-growing lovely or¬ 
chid, with numerous flowers : Galeandra Devoniana, 
a rare plant, but rather past its best. 
The third prize, (gold Knightian medal, value 10Z.,) 
was awarded to Messrs. Veitch, nurserymen, of Exeter. 
This collection was also most excellent, especially 
when we consider the distance the plants had travelled 
to the Exhibition (200 miles.) They looked as fresh 
and as uninjured as if they had been grown in the 
Society’s garden. The great lion of this collection 
was the Vanda suavis, a large plant of many branches, 
with two large spikes of noble flowers upon it; it was, 
indeed, a gem of floral beauty of the first water. Den- 
drobium macrophyllum, or macranthum, had seventeen 
spikes of its beautiful, strangely-scented blossoms. 
Dendrobium tortilis was in fine condition, with many 
flowers, as also was Phalcenopsis amabile; indeed the 
whole collection did great credit to those spirited cul¬ 
tivators. 
Fragment of the Orchids. 
Collections of ten species of Exotic Orchids. The 
first prize (gold Knightian medal, value 10/.,) was 
awarded to Mr. Carson, gardener to F. G. Farmer, Esq., 
of Nonsuch Park, near Cheam. This was a fine, well- 
grown collection, in excellent condition. The rare 
Arpophyllum squarrosum, with its spike of small pur¬ 
plish crimson flowers, was in it; it is a neat, pretty 
species. Cattleya Skinneri, with eight spikes of highly 
coloured flowers : Burlingtonia fragrans, a rare species, 
with a spike of ten flowers on it: Acineta Humboldtii, 
with five spikes of flowers, two of which were fully 
expanded. 
The second prize, (gold Banksian medal, value 
71.,) to Mr. Plant, gardener to J. Schroeder, Esq., of 
GARDENER. 
Stratford. This collection had in it the fine epiphyte, 
Saccolabium yuttatum, also Trichopilia tortilis, a fine 
mass, with more than forty flowers upon it: Cattleya 
Skinneri, with seven spikes : a fine, well-grown plant 
of Oncidium ampliatum major, and a good specimen of 
Vanda cristata. 
The third prize to Mr. Dobson, gardener to E. Beck, 
Esq., of lslewortli. He had a neat, well-flowered plant, 
of the pretty Oncidium stramineum, the Saccolabium 
yuttatum, with two spikes, and a large specimen, in 
excellent order, of Epidendrum crassifolium. 
Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing 
Park, had the fourth prize (large silver medal) awarded 
to him. 
Collections of Six Exotic Orchids .—The silver gilt 
medal, value 4 1., was awarded to Mr. Jack, gardener 
to R. G. Loraine, Esq. In this small collection there 
was a fine specimen of Camarotis purpurea. 
Single specimens of Exotic Orchids, showing superior 
cultivation. First prize (large silver medal) to Mr. 
Ivison, gardener to His Grace the Duke of Northum¬ 
berland, Sion House. A fine, large, well-flowered 
plant of Dendrobium Wallichii. Second prize (silver 
Knightian medal) to Mr. Bruce, gardener to B. Miller, 
Esq., for a fair plant of Dendrobium fimbriatum, with 
thirty spikes of its elegantly-fringed flowers. 
HEATHS. 
Heaths. —As our coadjutor, Mr. Beaton, has lately 
announced the utter hopelessness of growing these 
with any chance of success in rooms or windows, and 
in the hands of new beginners, we do not feel the 
necessity of dwelling long on this head; but we know, 
that notwithstanding his acquaintance with these, the 
relatives of his native heather, that he was much 
struck with some new cross seedlings of them, to 
which he drew our attention, in corroboration of what 
he lately stated in these columns, in reference to cross 
breeding heaths. These cross-bred heaths were raised 
with great industry and perseverance by Mr. Story, 
whose name is honourably known in our plant circles, 
and more particularly as the author of the papers on 
heaths, epacrises, and fuchsias in the “ Florist ”—the 
best and most practical rules on these subjects that 
we remember to have seen. Tw t o very fine specimens 
of‘yellow heaths, called Cavendishii and impressa 
attracted much attention, also one called elegans, of a 
Prince, of Exeter. Many other beautiful heaths, 
of immense size and most perfect growth, we must 
pass over for want of space. 
Cape Heaths. —The gold Knightian medal w T as 
deservedly awarded to Mr. Smith, gardener to AY. 
Quilter, Esq., of Crown-hill, Norwood. This collec¬ 
tion was well grown and abundantly flowered. We 
can only notice two or three of the best. Erica nitida, 
a large handsome plant, 3 ft. high, and 3 ft. diameter. 
E. propendens, a finer specimen was never before 
exhibited 3 A ft. high, 3J ft. diameter. The plant was 
so managed, that very little of the pot could be seen. 
E. elegans, a fine plant, heretofore considered difficult 
to cultivate, ft. high, 2 ft. diameter. 
Second Prize (Gold Banksian medal, value 71.,) 
was awarded to Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, 
Esq. This was also well deserved. The heaths were 
well-grown young plants. The gem of the collection 
