FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



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7. MiLTONiA Karwinskii. Cyrtochilum Karwinskii. Bot. 

 Register, sub t. 1992 ; Oiicidium Karwinskii, Sertum 

 Orchidaceum, sub t. 25. 



Received from Mr. Hartweg, and supposed to have been 

 collected at Oaxaca, in 1839. 



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This beautiful plant \vas originally described from a small 

 dried specimen brouglit from Mexico by Count Karwinski, and 

 was then referred successively to the genera Cyrtochilum and 

 Oncidium ; it is, however, a true INIiltonia, and one of the finest 

 plants in cultivation. Imagine a rod 3 feet long, stiff, and 

 nearly upright, being covered for three parts of its length, at 

 intervals of an inch and a lialf, vvitli large gay white, purple, 

 yellow, and brown flowers, fully 2\ inches in diameter, and an 

 idea will be formed of this charming species. The sepals and 

 petals are bright yellow, barred and spotted with brown ; the 

 lip is white at the point, deep violet at the base, and blush in 

 the middle space. The column is nearly white, and adorned by 

 two serrated hatchet-shaped wings. 



It requires to be treated like an Oncidium, and to be grown 

 in rather a cool temperature, in pots filled with fibry peat and 

 half-decayed leaves, well drained. 



It is one of the most beautiful and distinct Orchids in culti- 

 vation. 



Aug. 14, 1848. 

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