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plant, and succeeds well in tlie cool-house ; it is best grown in 

 a pot with peat, moss, and good drainage, keeping it moist in 

 the growing season ; it is the only one of the genus I have 

 seen. 



HOULLETIA. 



A small genus of Orchids, which are well worth cultivating, 

 on account of their distinctness of colour. Thej grow best in 

 pots, in peat with good drainage, and like a liberal supply ot 

 water during the growing season ; they are propagated by 

 dividing the bulbs just before they begin to grow. 



H. Brocklehurstiana. — A distinct species from Brazil ; it 

 grows eighteen inches high, and has short round bulbs, and 

 broad pale green leaves. The flower spikes are produced 

 from the side of the bulbs ; the blossoms measure from three 

 to three and a half inches in diameter, the petals being orange 

 brown, enriched with darker spots, the lip yellow, and also 

 spotted with dark brown. 



H. chrysantha. — This is a very beautiful species, the bulbs 

 are somewhat flask-shaped, and bear a single broad plaited 

 leaf; the flower spike springs from the base of the bulb, 

 bearing six or eight large flowers ; sepals and petals golden 

 yellow, plain without, but inside profusely blotched with 

 chocolate, lip rich yellow, approaching to orange, freckled 

 with crimson. Native of New Grenada. 



H. odoratissima. — A handsome species from Soath America ; 

 grows eighteen inches high, and has light green leaves ; the 

 flower spike rises from the side of the bulb ; blossoms two 

 and a half inches across ; petals orange brown, striped -with a 

 lighter colour ; lip white, tipped with yellow. 



H. odoratissima antioquensis. — A very fine variety of the 

 preceding, with dark green pseudobulbs and leaves ; spike 

 erect, bearing many flowers ; sepals much broader than the 



