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three leaves on the summit ; flowers about five inches in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals pure white ; lip rich crimson, 

 shaded with purple and margined with clear white. It makes 

 a very pretty exhibition plant, flowering in June and July. 

 The finest variety of this plant which I have seen bloomed 

 in the rich collection of R. F. Ainsworth, Esq., at Lower 

 Broughton, Manchester, under the care of Mr. Mitchell, and 

 it is a plant no collection of Orchids should lack. 



L. Jongheana. — ^A lovely new species, with dark green 

 foliage ; grows about six inches high ; the flowers, which are 

 produced from a sheath, are of a large size and of a most 

 brilliant amethyst colour, lip beautifully fimbriated, having a 

 white and rich yellow margin. This species lasts a long time 

 in perfection. 



L. Lindleyana. — Very distinct both in flower and growth ; 

 the foliage is hke that of Brassavola venosa, and grows about 

 eight inches long ; sepals and petals rosy white ; lip of the 

 same colour, with the exception of the bottom part, which is 

 dark rose. It blooms at difi*erent times of the year, and 

 continues in perfection six weeks. Native of Brazil. 



L, viajalis. — This is a glorious plant from Mexico. It is a 

 dwarf- growing species ; the flowers are large, four inches 

 across, of a delicate rose colour, the lip striped and spotted 

 with chocolate. It blooms with the young growth, and lasts 

 five or six weeks in beauty. This is one of the finest of the 

 genus, and is rather difiicult to flower in some collections, but 

 I have flowered it successively for several years. I keep it 

 rather dry and cool during the winter, with plenty of water 

 during the growing season, and it is best grown near the glass 

 suspended from the roof, with little shade. It has been 

 flowered very finely by Mr. Anderson, gardener to T. Dawson, 

 Esq. 



L. peduncularis. — A charming compact-habited evergreen 



