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grown in a pot in peat, with good drainage. When the plant 

 becomes tall it should be trained round some sticks, which 

 is the best way to make it flower. The flowers, which are 

 produced in long racemes from the top of the stem-like 

 growths, are of a bright orange scarlet ; the same spike will 

 keep in beauty for three months. I have known Mr. S. 

 Woolley, of Cheshunt, to have the same plant in flower for 

 twelve months. 



E. Stamfordianum. — A small-flowering species from Guate- 

 mala, producing its flowers in great abundance on a branch- 

 ing spike ; they are of a greenish yellow, thickly spotted 

 with brownish purple. It blooms in April and May, lasting a 

 considerable time in perfection. There are two varieties of 

 this plant : one has much brighter coloured flowers than the 

 other ; the best form is characterised by its longer and thinner 

 bulbs. 



E. syringothyrsus. — An extremely handsome cool-house 

 species. The slender stems attain a height of about, three 

 feet, and are clothed with distichous leaves, which are about 

 six inches long, and light green. The flowers are produced 

 in branching panicles, which bear from seventy to eighty 

 flowers; sepals and petals light purple; lip white, and pink 

 in front. Native of Peru. 



E. vitellinum. — A small-growing plant, but one of the best 

 of the genus. A very distinct Orchid, the pseudobulbs and 

 leaves are glaucous. It blossoms during a greater portion of 

 the year, some plants throwing up their spikes in summer and 

 others in winter, lasting six weeks or more in good condition ; 

 sepals and petals rich orange scarlet ; the Up bright yellow. 

 This is best gi'ow^n in the cool-house with Odontoglossums, and 

 requires plenty of moisture at the roots. Native of Mexico. 



E. viteUinuni majus. — This is of the same colour as 

 E. vitellinum, the only difi'erence being in the flowers, which 



