. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. pourlraying its profuse inflorescence to some pur-pose. The scarcely-to-be-seen Oncidium Lancea- nnum was doing well, although there were notlarge masses of it. The very rare and very curious,and withil beautiful Zygopetalum rostratum was doingexcellenily for its size ; but where, pray where is aspecimen plant of the rhizomed species to be found ? Ellisii was going along equally rare Aerides Ellisii was present in first-rate condition. This introduction from Cochin Chinaha
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. pourlraying its profuse inflorescence to some pur-pose. The scarcely-to-be-seen Oncidium Lancea- nnum was doing well, although there were notlarge masses of it. The very rare and very curious,and withil beautiful Zygopetalum rostratum was doingexcellenily for its size ; but where, pray where is aspecimen plant of the rhizomed species to be found ? Ellisii was going along equally rare Aerides Ellisii was present in first-rate condition. This introduction from Cochin Chinahas flowers not unlike Larpentoe (falcatum), butthey are more gaudy, there being more of thenankeen colour about them ; its growth is not alllike Larpentx however. Along with these werevirens Dayanum, still one of the very finest EastIndian Orchids in cultivation, but not a bit too goodfor the gentleman whose name it bears, and who hasso long tieen an admirer and cultivator of this favouriterace of [slants. Then Aerides purpurascens quinque-vulneruni, in fine condition, and Vandas Cathcartii. Fig. 90.—flowers of the easter beurre pear, (see p. 521.) No. 7 House. This may be said to form a corridor leading be-tween the so-called Dendrobium-house and the EastIndia-house proper. The chief plants here areOncidium crispum and its allies Gardnerianum,Forbesii, Marshallianum. The second named is thefavourite now-a-days, being sent home as curtum ;at least several Gardnerianums have come out of thecurtum batch. Lxlia alba is here also in consider-able quantity, but nothing like what I afterwards sawat Mr. Hills, Arnot Hill, Nottingham, and whichI hope yet to touch upon, W^hat, however, wasequally interesting to me, and doubtless more to bedepended upon, was a charming lot of Lajlia elegansalba, for purity and elegance the chief of the limited atmosphere, like an oblong Wardiancase, seemed to be administering to the wants of thesubjects resting within it, the kind of food they
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