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ithout even a particle of Moss around the roots. 
In'cultivation, our Epidendrons may be just tied on a 
piece of wood, and hung in any convenient place, where 
it can he watered occasionally. In winter it may be 
hung against the window in any place protected from 
frost. Our variety,; is found in damp woods from 
Carolina to Florida, and westward. In conclusion, we 
may say that the student of woodland botany, or th e 
amateur cultivator can find no more interesting class 
for study than the Orchids. Their oddity and beauty, 
their strange chances of form and habit, cannot fail to 
excite curiosity, whether one looks at them only from 
an aesthetic standpoint, or with the interest of a scientific 
investigator. E. L. Taplin. 
EUCRYPHIA PINNATIFOLIA. 
One of the most beautiful shrubs of recent introduc¬ 
tion is that represented in the accompanying engraving, 
which fairly indicates the general character of the 
foliage and flowers. The species has been in England 
for the past three or four years, but was first ex¬ 
hibited by the introducers, Messrs. Veitch & Sons, at 
the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on Au¬ 
gust 10th, when a first-class certificate was awarded for 
it. The sprays submitted to the Floral Committee and 
that represented in our engraving were gathered from 
specimens of the shrub growing in Messrs. Yeitch’s 
nursery at Coombe Wood, where it proves quite hardy 
and flowers most profusely. It is unquestionably a 
grand addition to our list of really ornamental shrubs; • 
and being hardy, at least in the south of England, is 
also a great point in its favor, and further north, where 
possibly it may not endure the winters unprotected, it 
could be successfully grown in a conservatory or winter 
garden. 
Eucrypliia pinnatifolia is one of a small number of 
species constituting a genus that is represented in both 
Chili and Australia; but the one now described is a 
native of the former country, where it has been found 
in various rocky districts, but is rather scarce. The 
flowers are large, pure white, and usually borne in pairs 
near the upper portion of the branches, affording an 
agreeable contrast to the dark-green pinnate leaves. 
The stamens are thickly clustered in the centre of the 
flowers, and that character, combined with the form of 
the flowers, is somewhat suggestive of the Mock Orange. 
These blooms also possesses a powerful and pleasant 
fragrance. This shrub is likely to obtain a permanent 
place in the gardens of this country when its merits be¬ 
come more generally known .—Journal of Horticulture. 
