slike to
stand in a long house open from end to end is a question none the less
puzzling because every gardener is ready to explain it. Loving fresh air
so well they cannot object to the brisker circulation. But their whims
must be respected, and after building a house ninety feet long we must
divide it into compartments.

I name a few among the rarities here. Of Odontoglots:--

_Wilckeanum._--Upon internal evidence Reichenbach pronounced this a
natural hybrid of Od. crispum x Od. luteo-purpureum. It was one among
innumerable instances of his sagacity. A few years ago M. Leroy, gardener
of Baron Edmond de Rothschild at Armainvilliers, crossed those two species
and the flower appeared in 1890. It was Od. Wilckeanum; but for the sake
of convenience this garden hybrid is called Leroyanum.

_Wilckeanum pallens._--A form still rarer of this rare variety;
yellow-ivory in colour, heavily splashed with brown; lip white, with a
brown bar across the centre.

_Wilckeanum albens._--Very large, white instead of yellowish; spotted and
blotched with brown.

_Ruckerianum._--Sepals and petals white in the centre, edged with violet,
yellow lip; all spotted with reddish-brown.

_Ruckerianum splendens._--Larger and more finely coloured in all respects
than the normal form. The violet margin is broader.

_Vuylstekeanum._--Those who saw the original plant of this noble species
at the Temple Show some years since have not forgotten the spectacle
assuredly. Petals and dorsal sepal pale yellow; lip and side sepals
brightest deepest orange.

_Mulus._--A natural hybrid of Od. luteo-purpureum with Od. gloriosum no
doubt. It bears a strong spike, branched, with many large flowers, bright
yellow blotched with pale brown. But the colouring varies greatly.

_Josephinae._--Named after Miss Josephine Measures. White, with a rosy
flush; sepals and petals spotted with chocolate at the base.

_Hunnewellianum._--Small, but very pretty. Sepals and petals pale yellow,
profusely dotted with brown; lip white, with a single brown spot.

_Elegans._--Assumed to be a natural hybrid of Od. cirrhosum and Od.
Hallii. The ground colour, faintly yellow, is almost concealed by
chocolate spots and patches; lip white, with a large blotch in the centre.

_Crispum virginale._--Very large and pure white, saving the yellow crest.

_Crispum Measuresiae._--Sepals and petals broad, white, spotted and
blotted with reddish brown. Lip unusually large, with a single gre