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showy as some other Orchids, but are worth growing, as they 

 are easily accommodated, and take but little room. B. Burtii 

 has proved to be a very beautiful one and ought to be in 

 every collection. They will do either in pots, or on blocks 

 with moss ; if grown in pots, peat and moss is the best 

 material. They should be placed in the cool-house with a 

 good supply of water in the growing season. 



B. Beaumontii. — A very singular and interesting plant, 

 dwarf growing ; leaves light green ; producing flowers two 

 inches in diameter, Hght green, marked with brown. Native 

 of Para. 



B. Burtii. — This remarkable and beautiful plant is well- 

 figured in Warner's Illustrated Orchidacae (second series). The 

 leaves measure a foot in length, and from two to two-and-a- 

 half inches in breadth, and are of a dark green colour. 



The flowers are yellow with brownish markings, the two 

 petals having in addition a large dark brown radiating blotch 

 at the base, upper part of the lip white, lower part dark 

 brown. It produces flowers from two-and-a-half to three 

 inches in diameter. It has the peculiarity of throwing the 

 roots out from between the bottom leaves. This species was 

 first flowered in the collection of the late W. B. Hume, Esq., 

 of Winterton, Yarmouth. Native of Costa Rica. 



B. grandiflora. — This extremely curious and very pretty 

 Orchid was introduced some years ago, but is not often to be 

 met with. It is a native of New Grenada, but not of the 

 coolest parts of that country. It has ovate pseudobulbs 

 some three or four inches long, bearing two large broad 

 leathery leaves. The flower spike comes up with the young 

 growth, bearing three or four flowers of curious structure ; 

 the sepals and petals are olive green, striped with reddish 

 brown ; the lip is white, with reddish purple streaks, orange 

 or yellow towards the base. 



