I niaclc lilis excursion (November 27), wlien 1 got to tlie town of Comalapa, the gi-oimcl was covcrcd willi
hour frost, the Lirlias, liowever, as has been ¡liready mentioned, were usually screened from thu nortii, and,
where this was not the case, tlie plants had a stunted appeai-ance. The name given to the species by the
Comalapa Indians is ' Coteach KiaJ,' meaning simply ' red flower but by the Indians who speak Spanisli,
it was termed ' La vara del Senor San José,' i. e. ' The wand of Lord San Joseph.'"*
Elsewhere {vide Bot. lie<j. Misc. 87, 1840,) Mr. SKIXNKU slates that, Cliantla, another habitat
of the phiiil, is very cold, tlie usual range of the thermometer being Irom 55' to 65% and expresses his
conviction that to cultivate it successfully in England, a greenhouse temperature would be required. In
this he is nol mistaken, for most of the plants that, on their arrival, were placed in a hoi and damp
atjiiospiiere have already perished, while tliose that were subjected to a cooler treatment llave succeeded
much belter, and in some instances made attempts to flower, although the scapes never arrived at
maturity'. Probably when the plants are more lirmly establisiied we may be spared such bitter mortifications,
yet it is greatly to be feared that the species will always prove wavward in cultivation. A[ present
i( seems to thrive best suspended from the rafters, on blocks of any hard-barked wood.
The Vignette presents a view of three crosses beneath a gigantic tree, on tbe road to Naguisalco.
Mr. SKINNER found them profusely decorated with orchidaceous dowers, as was the tree witli plants of the
same class.
• The nand of San Josci>!i ú usually repríícnied u bearing a quaniilj- of flower«, and from ihe ii
:semblancc to Lcclia iuperbicni ihe
.0 (tiie day ol San /osi). the (roop.
name is gencrolly applied to it by the Indians of the Alios. battle having been gained on ihc 19lJ. of Jtareli, I
of G.iaic[nnl4 sliorlly afterwards gave a in liU lionour, and no™ regard him as dieif Patron Saini.