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POLTMNIA GRANDIS. 



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moderate heat, it develops its inflorescence very freely, the short flower-spikes 

 proceeding from the young growths, as many as three or four from each pseudo- 

 bulb, with about an equal complement of flowers to each spike. The flowers, 

 being of thick substance, remain good for a period of three or four weeks. The 

 sepals and petals are of a pale shade of violet-rose, the lip being of same 

 ground, with a double crescent-shaped line of chocolate-purple near the pro- 

 minent yellow crest. In some forms the flowers are much more attractive than 

 in others, and collectors would do well not only to "take in " the plant, but 

 to see to the variety. Orchid species and varieties have become so numerous, 

 through the importations received from a variety of sources, that the question 

 now is not so much, — Have you got such and such a species ? but, — What is 



your variety ? Collection is very desirable, but selection and collection must go 

 hand in hand, in order to make the contents of the orchidophilist's greenhouses 

 and stoves eventually valuable. 



Meadow Bank. J. Anderson. 



POLYMNIA GRANDIS. 



i HIS truly is a noble plant. It is, in fact, one of the most beautiful and 

 effective of all those which have been used for what is called sub-tropical 

 gardening, and should be introduced to their collections by all who have 

 a taste for this remarkable and effective style of gardening. The plant 

 grows erect, with a stoutish grooved stem, which is furnished with luxuriant and 

 most gracefully drooping foliage. These leaves grow in opposite pairs, on stalks 

 of moderate length, and are broadly ovate in outline, boldly divided in a bipin- 

 natifid manner, with their apices and those of their lobes sharp pointed. 



Grown as a single specimen in a sheltered position, and in good, rich soil, 



