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of Orchid amateurs, although, where these plants are grown 

 for study and scientific purposes, the small microscopic flower, 

 or the large showy-coloured flower, are equally valuable. 

 Such a collection was to be found at the late establishment of 

 W. W. Saunders, Esq., of Reigate, under the care of 

 Mr. Green, and I should be glad to see some more Orchid 

 gi'owers take the matter in hand in the same enthusiastic 

 manner. The Bestrejnas succeed best in the cool-house 

 with Odontoglossums, and should be potted in a mixture of 

 peat and sphagnum ; a moderate supply of water all the year 

 round will be found necessary for their well-being. They are 

 increased by dividing the plants, taking care to have a leading 

 growth or eye to each piece. 



B. antennifera. — This is a very elegant little plant, with 

 slender stems which support a single ovate-oblong dark green 

 leaf. The exceedingly curious and handsome flowers are pro- 

 duced upon short slender stems from the base of the leaves. 

 The sepals are very long, the upper one yellowish-white, 

 streaked with purple, the lower ones reddish-crimson, pro- 

 fusely dotted with blackish-purple ; petals antennae- like, 

 naiTow, clubbed at the ends, and similar in colour to the 

 dorsal sepal ; lip small, of the same colour as the lower 

 sepals. It is well deserving a place in every collection for 

 its extreme beauty, free flowering properties and curious 

 structure. It blooms throughout the whole summer. Native 

 of Columbia. 



Fi, elerjans. — A pretty little plant, which very much resem- 

 bles the preceding in habit. The flowers are not so long as 

 those of Pi. antennifera, but marked somewhat in the same 

 manner. It succeeds admirably in the cool-house. Native of 

 Columbia. 



R, maculata. — This is a free-flowering species, in the way 

 of B. antennifera, with beautiful spotted flowers, and blooms 



