Orchids at Gouville.—The Comte de Germiny, Chateau de Gouville, France, has a noted collection of Orchids, which we recently had the pleasure of visiting. We found many grand specimens that interested us exceedingly, including fine _Cattleyas_, _Lælias_, _Saccolabiums_, _Aërides_, _Vandas_, _Angræcums_, _Cypripediums_, _Phalænopsis_, &c. We gave a short notice of this splendid establishment in our second volume, and now confine our remarks to the specimens we saw in flower. Of _Cattleya labiata pallida_ there were two wonderful specimens, with over one hundred pseudobulbs on each; the first had forty-eight expanded flowers on it, and the other twenty-eight, a most gorgeous sight. Contrasting well with these were several good plants, in full bloom, of _Epidendrum nemorale majus_, with their drooping spikes of showy delicate rose-coloured flowers. These were backed up with a fine specimen of _Sobralia macrantha_, bearing thirty spikes of its rich purple and crimson flowers, of a large size. Then came _Epidendrum vitellinum majus_, suspended on a block, with twelve spikes of its bright orange-scarlet flowers, which always form a fine contrast with the surrounding colours. Near this were fine specimens of _Cattleya crispa superba_, and a specimen of _Cattleya Mendelii_. There were also some fine _Vandas_ in full beauty, as well as _Oncidiums_ with bright yellow blossoms, and _Dendrobium suavissimum_, with orange yellow and brown spotted flowers. A fine specimen of _Epidendrum prismatocarpum_ was showing fourteen spikes. M. Rondeau, the energetic gardener, informed us that they had at one time three hundred and ninety expanded flowers of _Cattleya Mossiæ_, _Mendelii Warnerii_, and others, which must have been a gorgeous sight; also _Cattleya citrina_, different plants, that produced fifty-two of their yellow fragrant flowers. It is always a delight to a lover of good plants to visit a place where gems like these are the pride of the owner; and in this case we found that the Comte de Germiny not only has a good knowledge of his plants, but took the greatest interest in showing them to us.—B. S. W. [Illustration: PL. 109. CYPRIPEDIUM MELANOPHTHALMUM.] CYPRIPEDIUM MELANOPHTHALMUM. [Plate 109.] Garden Hybrid.