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the gardening world. 
Protection from Cats.— Subscriber: In many 
places these energetic members of the genus Felix 
are a worse torment than some of the plagues sent 
upon Pharaoh and his hosts. Wire netting is the 
neatest and surest barrier, but this means trouble and 
money. Pieces of thorny branches placed over your 
AN ORCHID HOUSE AT 
CRAIGCLOWAN. 
We have on sundry separate occasions made 
references to the fine collection of Orchids got 
together by Thomas Roy, Esq., Craigclowan, Perth; 
much smaller that a better idea of their relative 
merits as to form can be gleaned where only a por¬ 
tion of the house is shown. 
It will be seen that a large proportion of the 
flowers have broad overlapping segments, such as 
Orchid lovers and connoisseurs desire. As we 
An Orchid House at Craigclowan, Perth. 
beds will save the seeds and plants for a time. A good 
dog might be trained for service. 
Lilac—In the south of Scotland Lily-Oak is the 
commonest and best known name for the Lilacs. 
and we are now in a position to illustrate a view 
taken along one side of the principal house in which 
the cool Odontoglossums are grown. Mr. Francis 
Nicoll also sent a view of both sides of the house, 
which made a finer picture, but the view being taken 
from a greater distance, the flowers appeared so 
recently stated, many of the flowers are white, others 
being blotched and tinted in a varied and beautiful 
manner. Miltonias, consisting of many and vari¬ 
ously coloured forms of M. vexillaria, are shown 
on the front tiers of the staging, forming a fringe to 
the Odontoglossums. Only a portion of the length 
