84 ORCHID -growler's manual. 



about six inclies high ; foliage a beautiful dark velvety colour, 

 with white markings through its entire length ; flowers white, 

 with a little yellow in the centre, produced in winter, on a 

 stem about ten inches high, and lasting a long time in 

 perfection. A useful plant grown in five and six-inch pots, 

 several plants being put in a pot so as to make a good 

 show ; even without any flowers the plants themselves are by 

 no means unattractive. 



G. Dominii. — A beautiful hybrid, raised from seed in this 

 country, and as regards foliage, one of the best I have seen. 

 The leaves are larger than those of G. discolor, having a dark 

 bronzy velvet-like appearance, with several prominent lines 

 running their whole length, of a lightish colour — nearly white, 

 and interspersed with smaller veins ; a good addition to this 

 class of plants, contrasting, as it does well, with the Ancec- 

 tochilus. 



G. macrantha. — A very neat and pretty terrestrial Orchid, 

 and being a native of Japan, will be a valuable acquisition to 

 the cool-house : the leaves are dark green, beautifully netted 

 with a lighter shade of the same colour ; it also bears large 

 and pretty rose-coloured flowers. 



G. Ordiana. — This may be only a variety of G. Dawson- 

 iaua, but is a very desirable plant ; in habit and shape of leaf 

 it resembles that plant, but the colour is a vivid green, instead 

 of deep brown, the leaves being lined with golden veins. 



G. ijicta. — A distinct species, growing about three inches 

 high ; foliage an inch and a half long, light pea-green, with a 

 paler band running through the entire leaf. I have not seen 

 this flower, but it is worth growing on account of its foliage ; 

 a rare kind, whose roots are not so thick as those of G. dis- 

 color, it therefore requires more care. 



G. puhescens. — A charming dwarf species ; foliage green, 

 enriched with white markings, in appearance something like 



