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ROBERT WARNER,
BENJAMIN S. WILLIAMS.

INDEX TO PLATES.

PLATE

ADA AURANTIACA, Lindley53

CATASETUM CHRISTYANUM, Rchb. f.83

CATTLEYA ACLANDIÆ, Lindley69

CATTLEYA CRISPA BUCHANANIANA, Williams & Moore81

CATTLEYA DOWIANA AUREA, Williams & Moore84

CATTLEYA LABIATA, Lindley88

CATTLEYA SCHOFIELDIANA, Rchb. f.93

CŒLIA BELLA, Rchb. f.51

CŒLOGYNE CRISTATA ALBA, Moore54

CŒLOGYNE PANDURATA, Lindley63

COMPARETTIA MACROPLECTRON, Rchb. f. et Triana65

CYPRIPEDIUM FAIRRIEANUM, Lindley70

CYPRIPEDIUM MEIRAX, Rchb. f.95

CYPRIPEDIUM PARISHII, Rchb. f.86

DENDROBIUM FINDLEYANUM, Parish & Rchb. f.92

EPIDENDRUM WALLISII, Rchb. f.74

EULOPHIA GUINEENSIS PURPURATA, Rchb. f.89

LÆLIA ANCEPS, Lindley75

LÆLIA AUTUMNALIS ATRORUBENS, Backhouse49

LÆLIA PERRINII, Lindley60

MASDEVALLIA DAVISII, Rchb. f.76

MASDEVALLIA IGNEA, Rchb. f.62

MILTONIA REGNELLI PURPUREA, Hort. Veitch72

ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRÆ GUTTATUM, Hooker fil.94

ODONTOGLOSSUM CORADINEI, Rchb. f.90

ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISTATELLUM, Rchb. f.66

ODONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE, Lindley79

ODONTOGLOSSUM HEBRAICUM LINEOLIGERUM, Rchb. f.85

ODONTOGLOSSUM LONDESBOROUGHIANUM, Rchb. f.82

ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATUM, Lindley52

ODONTOGLOSSUM MADRENSE, Rchb. f.71

ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI VEITCHIANUM, Rchb. f.68

ODONTOGLOSSUM ROEZLII, Rchb. f.64

ODONTOGLOSSUM TRIUMPHANS, Rchb. f.58

ONCIDIUM PHALÆNOPSIS. Lind. et Rchb. f.96

PESCATOREA LEHMANNI, Rchb. f.57

PHAIUS TUBERCULOSUS, Blume91

PHALÆNOPSIS MARIÆ, Burbidge80

See Note under Plate 87.

SACCOLABIUM GIGANTEUM, Lindley56

SCUTICARIA STEELII, Lindley55

THUNIA BENSONIÆ, Hooker fil.67

VANDA HOOKERIANA, Rchb. f.73

VANDA PARISHII MARRIOTTIANA, Rchb. f.61

VANDA ROXBURGHII, R. Brown59

VANDA TRICOLOR, Lindley77

VANDA TRICOLOR PLANILABRIS, Lindley87

ZYGOPETALUM CLAYII, Rchb. f.50

ZYGOPETALUM ROSTRATUM, Hooker78

INDEX TO NOTES AND SYNONYMS.

UNDER PLATE

Aërides Lobbii Ainsworthii, Dr. Ainsworth’s53

Bifrenaria bella, Lemaire51

Bletia anceps, Rchb. f.75

Bletia Perrinii, Rchb. f.60

Bletia tuberculosa, Sprengel91

Bothriochilus bellus, Lemaire51

Cattleya aurea, Mr. Percival’s70, 84

Cattleya gigas burfordiensis, Sir T. Lawrence’s50

Cattleya labiata, Mr. Gaskell’s75

Cattleya Mossiæ, Mr. De Barry Crawshay’s93

Cattleya Perrinii, Lindley60

Cattleya Skinneri oculata, Mr. Hardy’s94

Cattleya superba, Mr. Schneider’s64

Cattleya Trianæ alba, Mr. E. Wright’s82

Cattleya Trianæ Russelliana, Baron Schröder’s83

Cattleya virginalis, Mr. Percival’s64

Cattleya Warneri, Mr. Southgate’s51

Cattleyas, high-priced94

Cœlogyne cristata hololeuca, Rchb. f.54

Cymbidium tesselloides, Roxb.59

Cypripedium Parishii, Mr. A. Paul’s70

Dendrobium Dearei, Sir T. Lawrence’s93

Disa grandiflora superba, Mr. Heywood’s58

Dodgson, Richard Barton, Esq., death of52

Epidendrum labiatum, Rchb. f.88

Lælia superbiens, Mr. A. H. Smee’s83

Limodorum tuberculosum, Du Petit-Thouars91

Maxillaria Steelii, Hooker55

Mesospinidium aurantiacum, Rchb. f.53

Odontoglossum Alexandræ, Mr. Buchan’s fine variety of68

Odontoglossum coronarium miniatum, Lord Rendlesham’s67

Odontoglossum grande, Mr. Walker’s72

Odontoglossum Jenningsianum, Mr. R. Smith’s68

Odontoglossum Lehmanni, F. C. Lehmann in litt.66

Odontoglossum lyroglossum, Mr. Harvey’s87

Odontoglossum maxillare, Hook. f., non Lindley71

Odontoglossum triumphans, Mr. Gordon’s89

Oncidium Phalænopsis, Mr. E. Salt’s69

Orchids at Bickley60, 64

Orchids at Brentham Park, Stirling65

Orchids at Chislehurst55

Orchids at the Edinburgh Horticultural Exhibition, September, 188262

Orchids at Fallowfield54

Orchids at the Manchester Exhibition, May, 188249

Orchids at New-Hall-Hey50

Orchids at Pickering Lodge, Timperley82

Orchids at Sudbury House, Hammersmith92

Orchids at The Kilns, Falkirk66

Orchids at Woolton Wood, Liverpool80

Orchids in France (Ferrières)63

Orchids in France (Gouville)61

Orchids, Baron Alphonse de Rothschild’s63

Orchids, Comte de Germiny’s61

Orchids, Lord Rendlesham’s94

Orchids, Mr. Lee’s (Downside)71

Orchids, effects of Fog on76

Orchids for the Drawing-room79

Orchids, watering57, 59

Phaius Bensoniæ, Hemsley67

Phaius tuberculosus, Baron Schröder’s81

Phaius tuberculosus, Sir T. Lawrence’s81

Phalænopsis Mariæ, Burbidge87

Vanda densiflora, Lindley56

Vanda suaveolens, Blume77

Vanda tessellata, Lodd.59

Vanda tesselloides, Rchb. f.59

Vanda tricolor, continuation78

Vandas flowering in a small state74

Vandas, Mr. Lee’s (Downside)90

Zygopetalon Lehmanni, Rchb. f.57

Zygosepalon rostratum, Rchb. f.78

LÆLIA AUTUMNALIS ATRORUBENS.
[Plate 49.]
Native of Mexico.

Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs oblong-ovate, terete, furrowed, bearing two or three leaves at the attenuated apex, and sheathed at the base with large brown imbricated scales. Leaves oblong-linear, spreading, smooth, leathery in texture. Scape terete, issuing from between the leaves, and much longer than them, bearing five or six flowers at the apex, jointed, with sheathing scales at the joints. Flowers large and richly-coloured, much more so than in the typical form, sweet-scented; sepals lanceolate acuminate, spreading, of a brilliant purple-crimson, paler towards the base; petals ovate acuminate, subundulate, of the same colour as the sepals; lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes erect, truncately rounded, white, the middle lobe obovate-oblong, of an intensely brilliant purple-crimson colour, bilamellate on the disk, the apex recurved. Column semicylindrical, decurved, rosy purple.

Lælia autumnalis atrorubens, Backhouse, in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.S., xii., 232.

Mr. Bateman has well observed that “the genus Lælia may be regarded as one of the most ornamental of its tribe, since pleasing colours, graceful habit, long duration, and delicious perfume—in short, all the essentials of floral beauty seem to be combined in its various species.” There is, indeed, no doubt that in this genus some of the most showy of our cultivated Orchids are to be found. There are, moreover, species presenting many different hues, varying from yellow to rich purple, and while some of them produce small flowers, in others they are gigantic in size. The subject of our plate, as will be seen from the figure, is a magnificent Orchid, our drawing of which was taken from a well-managed specimen grown by Mr. Stevens, Gardener to W. Thompson, Esq., The Grange, Walton, Stone, Staffordshire. This particular variety was imported in 1878 by Messrs. James Backhouse & Son, of York, who grow it to great perfection.

There are many known varieties of Lælia autumnalis, but the one before us is by far the most beautiful of them all, being superior both as regards the size and the colour of the flowers. The pseudobulbs of this form, too, are much stouter and stronger than those of the type form. This variety, as also does the original Lælia autumnalis, blooms during the autumn and winter months, when flowers are in great request.

Lælia autumnalis atrorubens is a compact-growing evergreen plant, the pseudobulbs of which, with the foliage, attain to about ten inches in height. The flower-spikes are produced from the apex of the bulb just at the period when it has completed its growth; they each produce several flowers, which are of large size and stout substance, and of a rich crimson-magenta or purple-crimson colour, and last two to three weeks in perfection.

This plant grows naturally in exposed situations, and on this account, no doubt, we find that it likes plenty of sun and as much light as possible, just enough shade being given to prevent the foliage from burning. The conditions best suited to it are that it should be planted in a basket or pan, and suspended from the roof of the cool house; or if fastened to a block placed on a damp wall, this will suit it equally as well. It should receive a copious supply of water during the growing season; and in warm weather syringing will be found beneficial to it in the morning, and also when the house is shut up in the afternoon.

Orchids at the Manchester Exhibition, May, 1882.—The Orchids were a marvellous sight, and probably such a magnificent display of these glorious plants was never before seen. The plants, many of which bore grand masses of blossom of many rich shades of colour, were arranged along both sides of the large Exhibition house in the Gardens at Old Trafford, and had been brought together from different parts of the country, as well as from the vicinity of Manchester. Everyone who possesses a taste for horticulture—and especially for the wonderful productions of nature which have been brought from distant lands by our plant collectors, and are transmitted to our exhibitions both by amateur growers and nurserymen, so that the public may be able to see all these treasures at one view—should avail themselves of the opportunity of witnessing this exhibition. The entrance fee is only one shilling, and besides Orchids there is always provided a grand display of other plants, too numerous to mention. It is gratifying to learn that 51,000 persons availed themselves of the opportunity to visit this grand show of 1882. We may venture to add that the Council of the Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society, and Mr. Findlay, the Curator of the Gardens, are doing a great benefit to the horticultural world, as well as to the general public, by bringing such multitudes of fine plants together, while at the same time they secure a good revenue for carrying on the gardens, and afford much gratification to the subscribers, who can thus at their ease feast their eyes upon nature’s beauties to an extent they could not do even if they travelled to the various native habitats of the plants—for even there no one could possibly witness such a diversified display at one point. The best advice we can give to those who are fond of flowers is to go next year and see for themselves, as the specimens are too numerous to be mentioned in our limited space. The show is held annually, and continued during Whit-week, the last being the sixteenth anniversary.—B. S. W.

ZYGOPETALUM CLAYII.
[Plate 50.]
A Garden Hybrid.

Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs oblong, furrowed, two to three inches long. Leaves lorate-lanceolate, narrowed towards the base, nervose, persistent, about a foot and a half in length when mature. Scape radical, many-flowered, as long as the leaves. Flowers large and very showy; sepals oblong, lanceolate, acute, the lateral ones spreading, purplish brown with green margin and indistinct transverse bands, forming broad blotches, which are often obscurely defined; petals narrower, lanceolate acute, directed forwards, of the same colour as the sepals; lip broad, obcuneate, emarginate, bent upwards abruptly at the base towards the column, so as to form a blunt chin, and again bent downwards, having two projecting points or auricles at the back, the front portion narrow at the base, nearly one and a half inch wide, indistinctly three-lobed, furnished on the disk with a raised plaited ruff or frill, the colour in the best forms a deep violet-purple, with darker purple lines. Column stout, with two small incurved lobes just below the anther bed, dark mottled purple behind, and streaked with purple in front.

Zygopetalum Clayii, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.S., vii., 684.

It gives us great pleasure to be able to figure one of the finest hybrid Zygopetalums that has yet been raised in this country, and one, moreover, which is totally distinct from any other member of the genus. The plant will be appreciated by growers of Orchids on account of the uncommon colour of its lip—blue being a colour that is seldom met with amongst Orchidaceous plants, but one which is, nevertheless, in great request.

The present novelty was raised by Colonel Clay, of Birkenhead, some few years ago, and was the result of a cross between Zygopetalum crinitum and Z. maxillare. The hybrid was exhibited at one of the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society, in May, 1877, and was awarded a Certificate of Merit. Since that time we have acquired the stock of this plant from Colonel Clay, and have bloomed several specimens. The form represented by our artist in the accompanying plate bloomed in the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries in March last. We have also bloomed another variety, somewhat different from the foregoing in the markings, the colours being the same; the lip was in this case slightly blotched, and the sepals and petals were suffused with brown.

Zygopetalum Clayii is a free-growing evergreen plant, with foliage reaching to about eighteen inches in height. It produces its flowers at different periods of the year, at the time when it is starting into growth. The flowers are borne in upright spikes from the base of the young growths. The sepals and petals are brownish purple, with a narrow green border, and sometimes distant cross lines of green, while the lip is broad, and of a dark purplish blue. The plant lasts in bloom for about two months.

It is a very free-growing Orchid, requiring exactly the same treatment as Zygopetalum Mackayi, and other familiar species. The Cattleya house will be found to suit it best, and it should be grown in a compost of good fibrous loam with a little leaf-mould added. Being naturally a strong fleshy rooting plant it requires a good supply of water during the growing season. It is best cultivated in a pot.

Orchids at New-Hall-Hey.—When visiting the collection of G. W. Law Schofield, Esq., New-Hall-Hey, Rawtenstall, near Manchester, we noticed the finest variety of Dendrobium lituiflorum we have ever seen. It bore seventy of its lovely showy blossoms, the sepals and petals of which were of a very dark purple colour, and the lip white, edged with purple; this was one of the richest coloured Orchids we have seen. We also noticed a grand variety of D. crassinode superbum, each blossom being three and a half inches across, and of a very good colour. Associated with this was D. MacCarthiæ, which one seldom sees, though it bears some of the most beautifully bright pinkish rose and white flowers that can be imagined, and they are of good size and substance. Of Odontoglossum vexillarium there was a plant which had upon it forty-one of its richly coloured flowers, each measuring four and a half inches across. In the Cattleya house was a very fine Cattleya Mossiæ grandis, with sepals and petals of a delicate rose colour, and the lip large, of a rich magenta, with a lighter margin, each blossom measuring eight inches across. There is here a newly erected house for Cattleyas, which are doing well, and reflect great credit upon Mr. J. Wise, the gardener, who takes very great interest in his plants, everything being kept in good order.—B. S. W.

Cattleya gigas burfordiensis.—We noticed a wonderful example of Cattleya gigas burfordiensis at a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society. It was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., and was deservedly awarded a First Class Certificate. The plant bore four very fine blossoms, each measuring more than eight inches in diameter; the sepals and petals were of a beautiful rose colour, the lip large, three inches across, and of a deep amethyst colour, edged with dark purple-rose, the throat being orange, and the upper portion folded over the column of the same rich rosy purple colour as the lip. The plant was in a very vigorous state of growth, and the flowers stood up well, so as to give it an imposing appearance. It is no doubt one of the finest of the Cattleyas.—B. S. W.

CŒLIA BELLA.
[Plate 51.]
Native of Guatemala.

Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs roundish-ovate, sub-compressed, pale green, the older ones oblong-ovate. Leaves of a light green colour, about ten inches in height, three or four from the top of the pseudobulb, narrow ensiform acuminate, plicate, five-ribbed, convolutely sheathing at the base. Scape radical, short, clothed with bifarious sheathing bracts, four to seven-flowered. Flowers of moderate size, tricoloured, emitting a very sweet odour, the perianth tubular below, funnel-shaped above, the bracteoles oblong, obliquely dimidiate; sepals and petals similar, somewhat fleshy in texture, creamy white tipped with magenta-rose, the upper sepal shorter, oblong obtuse, terminating abruptly at the pedicel, the lateral ones produced behind into a blunt spur adnate to the base of the column; lip yellow, produced at the base, and abruptly replicate, forming a cucullate cavity enclosed within the spur, oblong, three-lobed, the lateral lobes short quadrate, the middle lobe linguiform acute, with a large fleshy orange-coloured convex callosity occupying the disk. Column white, broadly cuneate, three-toothed at the apex.

Cœlia bella, Reichenbach fil., in Walpers’ Annales Botanices Systematicæ, vi., 218; Hooker fil., Botanical Magazine, t. 6628.

Bifrenaria bella, Lemaire, Jardin Fleuriste, iii., t. 325.

Bothriochilus bellus, Lemaire, L’Illustration Horticole, iii., 30.

We have in this plant a representative of a small genus of Orchids, few of the species of which are worthy of cultivation. That now before us is, however, a very pretty and curious plant, as will be seen by a glance at our plate. We believe that Cœlia bella was introduced about thirty years ago by the Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, but at the present time it is extremely scarce. Lemaire, by whom it was described and figured in 1853, in the volume of Jardin Fleuriste above quoted, states that it was introduced about the same period, from the Island of St. Catherine’s, to the Belgian Gardens, by M. Ambroise Verschaffelt, through his collector, M. F. Devos, but Sir Joseph Hooker has recently pointed out that there are specimens of it in Lindley’s Herbarium, collected in Guatemala by Mr. Skinner, and that, like its congeners, it is probably a native of Central America. For the opportunity of preparing our figure, we are indebted to the courtesy of J. C. Bowring, Esq., Forest Farm, Windsor Forest, by whom it is flowered freely every year.

Cœlia bella is a compact-growing evergreen plant, with small globose or ovoid pseudobulbs of a light green colour. The ensiform foliage is also light green, and grows about ten inches high. The flower-spikes proceed from the base of the pseudobulbs, and produce four to seven funnel-shaped flowers on each spike. The sepals and petals are of a creamy white hue, tipped with rich magenta, while the lip is yellow, the whole perianth being very thick and fleshy in texture. The plant produces its blossoms during the autumn months, and succeeds well if cultivated in a pot with plenty of good drainage; fibrous peat should be used for potting, and a liberal supply of water should be given during the growing season, which is just after the flowering period.

The temperature of the Cattleya house will be found to suit this Cœlia, or it may be grown in a moist stove. We have often seen plants of this kind do better in a house wherein miscellaneous stove plants are grown than in the Orchid house, which we believe is owing to their obtaining under these conditions more moisture and light, two things in which most Orchids delight. We mention this in order that cultivators may know and understand that there are various Orchids which can be grown, and grown well, in company with other subjects in an ordinary plant stove. We ourselves have found that many of the species do best in a house where such plants as Crotons, &c., are grown. Dendrobiums especially like this treatment, under which the bulbs attain much larger dimensions, and become better ripened. It is quite an erroneous idea that Orchids all require special houses for their successful cultivation. This certainly is not the case, as some of the finest Cattleyas, Vandas, Dendrobes, Phalænopsis, &c., that we have ever met with, have been cultivated in ordinary plant stoves, where they get a little shade from the burning rays of the sun.

Cattleya Warnerii.—A well-bloomed plant of this noble Orchid was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, on June 13th, by C. L. Southgate, Esq., of Streatham. This specimen was an example of what can be produced by giving a plant the treatment it likes—for such must have been the case in this instance. The plant was in an eight-inch pot, and bore three fine spikes of blossoms, one having six, another five, and the third four flowers upon it, all expanded. The sepals and petals were of a beautiful rose colour, the lip a rich crimson, finely fringed, and marked with orange on the upper part. It was altogether a very striking object, and was greatly admired for the profusion of blossom produced in so small a pot. We mention this plant in order that our readers may know how abundantly it can be bloomed, as we often hear cultivators say that it does not flower freely, a theory which in this case must undoubtedly be wrong. The freeness of blooming evinced by this plant may be owing to the smallness of the pot in which it is grown; it may, therefore, be well for others to follow Mr. Salter’s example in this respect, since he has been so successful in cultivating it.—B. S. W.

ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATUM.
[Plate 52.]
Native of Mexico.

Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs oblong, compressed, usually bearing a solitary leaf, other leaves with equitant articulated petioles investing the bulb. Leaves oblong, acute, five to seven nerved, of a parchment-like texture, and a bright green colour. Scape radical, bearing a many-flowered pendulous or semi-erect raceme, furnished with boat-shaped brownish herbaceous bracts shorter than the ovaries. Flowers prettily spotted, about two and a half inches in breadth, and upwards of three inches in depth; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, green or stained with brown outside, chestnut brown within, marked with green transverse bars at the base; petals oblong undulate acuminate, chrome-yellow, thickly spotted with brownish red on the basal half; lip unguiculate, cordate acuminate, sub-crenate, of the same colour as the petals, with a concave two-valved emarginate purple-veined appendage on the claw. Column white, pubescent, obsoletely auriculate near the apex.

Odontoglossum maculatum, Lindley, Botanical Register, 1840, t. 30; Id., Folia Orchidacea, art. Odontoglossum, No. 11; Pescatorea, t. 28; Reichenbach fil., in Walpers’ Annales Botanices Systematicæ, vi., 829; Bateman, Monograph of Odontoglossum, t. 20; Floral Magazine, t. 348 (as maculosum); Williams, Orchid Grower’s Manual, 5 ed., 237.

The Odontoglossums are amongst the most popular of Orchids. They are not only esteemed for their fine showy flowers but for their long lasting qualities, and they can nearly all be grown in houses with a low temperature. The species we now bring before the notice of our readers is a most distinct and desirable one, which has been known in cultivation for many years. The drawing from which our plate was prepared was taken from a plant that flowered in the collection of W. Salt, Esq., of Ferniehurst, Shipley, Yorkshire, who has a grand lot of cool Orchids, which are, moreover, exceedingly well cultivated.

Odontoglossum maculatum is not only free but compact in its growth. It has thick fleshy pseudobulbs, and light green foliage, and the individual plants produce their sub-erect spikes of flowers at different times of the year, according to the period of the completion of their growth. The flowers are very strikingly beautiful, being of a colour that one seldom sees in Orchids, and they continue for a long time in perfection when protected against damp. The colour, however, varies in different plants. The form originally figured in the Botanical Register has the sepals green outside, and chestnut-brown within; that published in the Pescatorea has the sepals represented as brownish purple in front, paler purple behind, with green tips on both surfaces; and the form figured in the Floral Magazine, if correctly rendered, had the greenish sepals indistinctly spotted with brown.

This species, as do many other Mexican Orchids, likes a light position, with plenty of air on warm days, and a good supply of water during the growing season. Propagation is effected by division of the pseudobulbs in the usual way.

Death of Richard Barton Dodgson, Esq., Beardwood, Blackburn.—We are very sorry to have to record the death of one who has done so much for horticulture as our good friend Mr. Dodgson. All who knew him must feel deeply grieved at the loss of such an amiable and kind-hearted gentleman—for such he was, not only to us, but to all who came into contact with him; of this, the expressions of gratification that have emanated from all who have paid Mr. and Mrs. Dodgson a visit, supply abundant evidence. The reception given by him to Gardeners, Nurserymen, &c., when calling to see his collection of plants, was always a most cordial one, and whether it was to one or a dozen persons it never varied. All who were acquainted with Mr. Dodgson know how fond he was of his Plants, especially his Orchids. In the collection at Beardwood there are some of the finest specimens that can anywhere be seen, and also many rare varieties that are not to be met with elsewhere. This collection has been forming for many years, and it was always Mr. Dodgson’s study to procure the best kinds possible. Many persons will be able to recall the fine specimens exhibited from Beardwood at the Manchester, Blackburn, and Preston Shows, and will recollect that when the Royal Horticultural Society held their large Exhibition at Preston, Mr. Dodgson took most of the first class honours in the classes in which he exhibited. He was most kind and liberal to his Gardeners, giving them every encouragement in carrying out their duties, and they in their turn, were always ready to wait upon him. During his illness he would often express a wish to see his favourite plants as they came into bloom, and these were accordingly taken into his bedroom by his Gardener, and proved a great source of delight to him in the midst of his severe sufferings. We regret that the available space in the Album is so limited or we should have said more. We have figured and described from time to time some fine plants from the Beardwood collection, and we have yet other illustrations taken by our artist, which will be published at some future time. We must again express our deep and sincere regret at the loss of such a devoted patron of Horticulture.—B. S. W.