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years ; it generally blossoms during the spring months, 

 seldom lasting more than about several days in bloom, and 

 is best grown in a basket or pot, with peat and moss. 



D. fimhriatum oculatum. — A beautiful variety of the pre- 

 ceding, producing its pendent flower spikes from near the 

 top of the stems, and growing from two to three feet high ; 

 it succeeds best in a pot, in peat. The flowers are large, of 

 a rich orange yellow, with a single deep sanguineous spot 

 on the lip ; blooms in March and April, if kept dry, and lasts 

 ten days in perfection. This plant is very commonly mis- 

 taken in gardens for D. Paxtoni. 



D.formosum. — A remarkably handsome compact evergreen 

 Orchid, growing about a foot high, producing its spikes from 

 the top of the stem, and bearing three or four blossoms 

 together, which are frequently three inches across ; sepals 

 and petals white ; lip white, with a bright yellow centre ; 

 they last six weeks or more in perfection. This may be 

 grown either in a pot or basket, with moss or peat. It 

 makes a splendid plant for exhibition. 



D.formosvm giganteum. — A magnificent variety of the pre- 

 ceding, much stronger in growth, and, like it, evergreen. The 

 flowers, which are produced at the top of the stems, measure 

 from four to five inches across ; colour snow-white, with 

 bright yellow on the centre of the lip ; it requires the same 

 treatment as D. formosum, and remains in bloom about the 

 same time. I have seen several fine specimens of this plant, 

 some with as many as twenty-one leading growths, which, 

 when in bloom, make a fine display. I saw this particularly 

 fine in the gardens of the Duke of Sutherland at Trentham 

 Hall, grown by Mr. Stevens. Native of Moulmein. 



D. Gihsoni. — A very pretty evergreen erect-growing Orchid 

 from India, about two feet high ; the blossoms are produced 

 on the ends of the old bulbs ; the sepals and petals are rich 



