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brighter shade of the same colour ; lip deep rich crimson 

 purple with yellow centre. It blooms during the spring 

 months. 



C. velutina. — This is quite a new plant in our collections, 

 having been first flowered by A. Williams, gardener to J, 

 Broome, Esq., of Didsbury, Manchester. The plant resembles 

 C. hicolor in growth ; sepals and petals pale orange, spotted 

 and streaked with purple ; lip orange at the base, white with 

 violet veins in front, where the surface is velvety. The flowers 

 are very fragrant, which is an additional recommendation. It 

 would appear to be a native of Brazil. 



C. Wagneri. — A splendid free-flowering Cattleya, in the 

 way of C. MossicB, and with flowers equal in size ; sepals and 

 petals white ; lip also white, with rich yellow in the centre. 

 A fine plant for exhibition, producing blossoms in June and 

 July, and lasting about three weeks in perfection. A very 

 rare plant. 



C. Walkeriana. — A truly elegant dwarf species from Brazil, 

 about four inches high, with large rose-coloured flowers ; 

 the lip, which is a richer rose than the other part, having a 

 slight tinge of yellow. There are generally two flowers pro- 

 duced on a spike, each measuring five inches across. It 

 blooms twice a year, in February and June, on the young 

 growth ; and the blossoms last four or five weeks in beauty, 

 which is longer than those of any other Cattleya; it is also sweet 

 scented, and will fill the house with perfume. I always grow 

 this plant suspended from the roof, in a place where there 

 is plenty of light, but not too much sun, on a block of wood, 

 surrounded by a little sphagnum moss. This plant is well 

 grown and flowered in the late collection of T. Jones, Esq., 

 Manchester. 



C. Warneri. — One of the finest of all Cattleyas. It grows 

 in the same way as C. lahiata, and produces blossoms equal 



