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have thick fleshy roots, and push from underground stems, 

 forming beautiful round dwarf plants ; the flower spikes, 

 which issue from the centre of the foliage, attain a height of 

 from six to ten inches ; some of the kinds have delicate white 

 flowers, especially G. discolor, which is one of the prettiest 

 white winter-flowering plants grown, very useful for bouquets, 

 as well as for other purposes. Of this genus there are many 

 fine species yet to be introduced to our gardens. Some are of 

 easy culture, while others are difficult to manage, but with care 

 all may be had in perfection, and when this is attained, they 

 amply repay any trouble that may have been bestowed. If grown 

 in small pots, and intermixed with An(Ectochilus, they have a 

 fine appearance, the foliage of the Goodyeras forming a beau- 

 tiful contrast with them ; they do not, however, require the 

 same attention — on the contrary, they will do in any close 

 house where there is a little warmth. I grow many of them 

 in five and six-inch pots for blooming in the winter season, 

 placing about six plants in a pot ; they should be grown 

 strongly, so as to ensui^e abundance of bloom. The soil I use is 

 peat and sand, with a little loam, and I give a Hberal supply 

 of water to the roots during the growing season. They are 

 propagated by cutting up the plants so as to have a piece of 

 root attached to each piece ; they may be grown where there 

 is no Orchid house, as mixed stoves suit them perfectly. 



G. Dawsoniana. — A very ornamental- leaved species, which 

 has been distributed under the name of Anactochiliis 

 Dawsonianus. The leaves are blackish-green on the upper 

 side and very glossy, with lines of beautiful golden purple 

 traversing them from base to apex ; the under side is of a 

 uniform dull purple. The flowers, which are white, are freely 

 produced and become useful for bouquet-making. Native of 

 the Malay Islands. 



G. discolor. — A beautiful plant from Brazil, which grows 



