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in all but the colour of the flowers : the sepals and petals are 

 broad, white, faintly shaded with lavender ; the lip pure white, 

 with a lilac blotch in the centre. 



C. Dominiana lutea. — An elegant hybrid variety ; sepals 

 and petals delicate blush, lip white in front, suffused with 

 yellow, the disc yellow, streaked with rose. 



C. Dowiana. — This superb species was sent home from 

 Costa Eica in 1864, and flowered the following autumn. In 

 habit it resembles C. labiata, and thrives well under the same 

 treatment. It produces stout pseudobulbs, and leaves about 

 a foot high ; the flowers are very large, sepals and petals 

 bright nankeen colour, lip rich bright dark purple, beautifully 

 streaked with gold. C. Dowiana is undoubtedly the most 

 gorgeous of its family, bearing spikes of five or six flowers 

 each. We find this plant not so free in blooming. Only a 

 very few people grow it well. I have bloomed fine plants, 

 but have found them best grown in baskets as near the 

 light as possible. 



C. Edithiana. — A most splendid species from Brazil, with 

 dark green foliage a foot high ; in growth like C. MossicB ; 

 the flowers are very large, measuring in diameter from six 

 to seven inches ; sepals and petals Hght mauve ; lip also 

 mauve, striped with white, upper part buff. The flowers are 

 produced in May and June, and remain in perfection three or 

 four weeks ; the only example I have seen of this, which will 

 make a fine exhibition plant, is in the coUection of R. Warner, 

 Esq., at Broomfield. 



C. Eldorado. — This species is comparatively little known 

 amongst Orchid-growers, a fact which is much to be regretted. 

 It is a very beautiful object, and a valuable addition to the 

 cultivated forms of this grand genus. In growth it very much 

 resembles C. quadricolor ; the sepals and petals are pale pink, 

 Hp of same colour outside, purplish-crimson towards the front, 



