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waxy white, tipped with rich purple ; lip white, with an 

 orange blotch at the base ; best grown in a small basket or 

 on block with sphagnum moss. I saw this plant well grown 

 by Mr. M'Gregor, gardener to C. Walker, Esq., of Lanark ; 

 the bulbs were two feet long and of great size. I had no idea 

 that it would produce such bulbs. Native of Moulmein. 



Z). crassinode alhijlorum. — This is a pure white variety of 

 the original species, which was flowered in the Nurseries of 

 Messrs. Low, Upper Clapton. Native of Moulmein. 



D. crepidatum . — A splendid deciduous drooping species 

 from India. It is best grown in a basket or on a block. The 

 stems grow a foot or more long ; sepals and petals white, 

 tipped with pink ; lip stained with yellow ; blooms in April 

 and Ma3% and continues three weeks in perfection. This 

 species will make a good plant for exhibition, as it may be 

 easily retarded by keeping it cool in winter. 



Z>. cretaceum. — A compact deciduous- growing plant, which 

 produces its white flowers during June and July, lasting six 

 weeks in perfection. This will do either in a pot or basket, 

 with peat or moss. Native of the East Indies. 



D. crystalliman. — A distinct pretty species, said to be 

 related to D. Bensonii ; the stem- like pseudobulbs are stout, 

 but destitute of the knotted joints so conspicuous in the 

 last-named plant ; flowers of moderate size, and freely pro- 

 duced ; sepals and petals white tipped with purple ; lip 

 orange at the base, and also tipped with purple. It is a 

 most desirable plant. Native of Burmah. 



7?. Dalhousiamim. — This is a beautiful Indian evergreen 

 species ; the stems, which are elegantly marked with reddish 

 crimson, grow from four to eight feet high ; it blooms from 

 the old growth in April and May, producing numerous flowers 

 on a spike. The flowers are large ; sepals and petals of a 

 pale lemon colour ; lip the same colour, with a pink margin 



