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THE CERVANTES ODONTOGLOT 
lip is In no means spotted at the b: e; its petals are much more acute; its lip is very slightly heart- 
two 
hairy ; and the concavity at the base of the lip lias a much larger central tubercle. 
In addition to those two speeds the gardens now contain the following, which approach them 
cry nearly, and constitute the nucleus of the white-lipped group, viz. : 
0. ma. J kre. Flowers white ; the base of the sepals, petals, and lip equally stained 
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crimson 
ts at all, 
0. Rmii (alias 0. Ekr< bergii} alias 0. acuminatum). Flowers not half as large as the last; 
sepals green, spotted with crimson; petals and lip pure white, the former only spotted 
with crimson at the base. 
llatmm. Flowers much smaller than in the last j both sepals an 
lip lilac in the middle, white at the edge, and strongly toothed. 
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enumerated 
signify 
nature 
Fibrous peat and 
decayed leaves are among the best substances ; the management of such plants is more im 
On this head Mr. Gordon's directions nrp nmnnrr flip h^t t™ w™ 
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temperature by fire 
sun 
against a rise of temperature by fire-heat, particularly in midwinter ; rather suffer a depression 
of a few degrees of licit in very severe weather than use over-strong fires, which will over-dry 
the atmosphere, and, on the other hand, create too much moisture if water is supplied. Moisture, 
impatient of stagnant 
injurious 
pots 
Win m a dormant state they should receive no more moisture than is sufficient to prevent 
h ves from shrivelling; hence many of the more tender kinds do much better on blocks 
suspended from the roof, where they can part with the superabundant moisture freely, than 
Nature herself indeed sets us an example to Mow in regard to moisture, for we find, 
le atmosphere is saturated with moisture (and a truly moist atmosphere cannot exist without 
dim 
ground or upon rocks in shady places. 
surface 
