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to grow. The best plant I ever saw was grown on a block of 

 wood without any moss, and flowered five or six years in 

 succession ; but in the seventh year it seemed to lose its 

 vigour, and never flowered afterwards, probably because the 

 block began to decay and get sour. I have seen plants do 

 well in pots with peat and good drainage. 



JbJ. BrassavolcB. — This very fine and remarkable species is 

 a native of Central America, and will succeed well in the 

 Mexican house. It derives its name from the resemblance in 

 shape which the flowers bear to those of a Brassavola. The 

 sepals and petals are of a rich yellowish brown, while the Hp 

 is in part white, the rest being of a beautiful mauve. The 

 flowers are four inches in diameter, borne upon long and 

 many-flowered spikes, very durable, and sweet-scented in the 

 evening. The plant in its general habit resembles a large 

 form of E. prismatocarpum. 



E. catillus. — A new and distinct species from New Grenada ; 

 flowers produced in clusters ; sepals and petals cinnabar red ; 

 it succeeds well in a cool-house. 



E. cinnabarinum. — A tall-growing plant, from Pemambuco. 

 It grows four feet high, and blooms from the top of the stem; 

 the flowers, which are bright scarlet, and are produced in 

 abundance in May, June, and July, continue to be produced 

 for two or three months. 



E. cnemidophorum. — This is a rare and pretty cool-house 

 Orchid, a native of Guatemala, where it is found up to an 

 elevation of nearly 8,000 feet. It is one of those plants which 

 the lamented Mr. Skinner had so much difficulty in getting 

 home alive. It is a strong- growing plant, throwing out large 

 fleshy roots, and making stout stems from three to five feet 

 high. The leaves are about eight inches long, glossy, green, 

 and somewhat sharp-pointed. The flower spike is terminal, 

 and about a foot long, producing a cluster of light yellow 



