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richest golden yellow, often spotted with crimson. It flowers all through 

 the dull season of the year, and lasts in beauty from three weeks to 

 a month. 



0. Pescaforei. — This is a lovely species, and, like its congener 0. 

 Alexandra?, blooms at different times during the season. I have 

 recently seen it in great beauty in several places, and its pearly blos- 

 soms are doubly valuable at this dull period of the year. There are 

 several varieties of this species, some nearly pure white, others spotted 

 and blotched with dense purple, but all are beautiful. I measured a 

 flower with Mr Denning in Lord Londesborough's fine collection, and 

 found it fully 3 inches across. This is one of the finest varieties I 

 have seen, its sepals and petals being very broad, and of good substance 

 and colour. This plant roots vigorously in the compost above named, 

 and grows well in the cool house. It was introduced from ISTew Gran- 

 ada about 1851, and is one of the finest species in this beautiful genus. 

 It lasts from three to five weeks in flower. 



0. jndchelhim. — This is a pretty little white flowered species from 

 Mexico, and was introduced some time before 1841. There are several 

 varieties of this plant, some bearing spikes of flowers very little larger 

 than Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley), while others bear flowers 

 an inch in diameter. 



The sepals and petals are of a pure crystalline white colour. The 

 lip is bent nearly at right angles, and has a crest shaped like a W, of a 

 golden or lemon-yellow colouY spotted with crimson. The delicate flowers 

 are borne nine or ten together on erect spikes, among the dark grass, 

 like leaves. It is a profuse bloomer when thoroughly established, and 

 its fragrant flowers come in very acceptably for bouquets. It lasts a 

 month or even six weeks in perfection. 



0. RosslL — This, like 0. Cervantesii, is a very dwarf species. Still, 

 one variety bears very fine flowers ; its blossoms are borne two or three 

 together on a spike 5 or 6 inches long. Sepals of a creamy white 

 colour, spotted or blotched with purplish brown ; petals broad, pure 

 white, barred transversely with purple. Lip pure white, with a golden 

 crest. This pretty little species should be in every collection. It flowers 

 about this time of the year or a little earlier, and lasts about a month 

 in flower. The best variety is known as 0. Rossii superbum in gardens. 



0. triumphans. — This is a very rare plant, and at the same time one 

 of great beauty. It may be considered the best of the yellow-flowered 

 section, if we except 0. grande. The flowers are 3 to 4 inches across, 

 borne on a nodding spike. Sepals and petals of the richest golden 

 yellow, blotched with brown. Lips white, with a golden crest, and the 

 apex tipped with rosy purple. This is a very valuable plant, blooming 

 at diff"erent seasons, but generally during the winter and spring. The 



