. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. manner at a parallel period in 1840. Thepresent season has developed a still greaternumber of blooms ; and in April last,it was a most gorgeous object. have recently introduced animmense bunch of this species from aneighbouring island to that before men-tioned, the flowers of which were deve-loppd on the voyage; but, as in manyother cases, the stems are not so those grown in England. The character of the species, itsdrooping stems and flowers, and thenecessitj- there exists for witnessing thelatter ei
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. manner at a parallel period in 1840. Thepresent season has developed a still greaternumber of blooms ; and in April last,it was a most gorgeous object. have recently introduced animmense bunch of this species from aneighbouring island to that before men-tioned, the flowers of which were deve-loppd on the voyage; but, as in manyother cases, the stems are not so those grown in England. The character of the species, itsdrooping stems and flowers, and thenecessitj- there exists for witnessing thelatter either above or on a level with theeye, at once show the propriety of culti-vating it on a wooden block, over theedges of which tlie stems may hang. Asmall wooden basket would, however,be equally suitable. Sphagnum moss,or light fibrous heath-soil, sliould beselected for planting it in, or placedaround its roots ; and it must be wateredvery abundantly and constantly whileits developments are progressing, andkept in a warm, moist part of theorchidaceous .. t ,,V. t N ^\\^^jU
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