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with mauve, the Up dark mauve, marked with deeper coloured 

 lines. It generally blooms in January and February, and 

 lasts four or five weeks in perfection if kept from the damp. 

 The plant succeeds in a pot well drained and surfaced with 

 a httle growing sphagnum moss. 



SCHOMBUEGKIA. 



Of this genus only a few are worth cultivating where space 

 is at all limited, though the blossoms of many are individually 

 very attractive ; the fact is, they are too shy in flowering, and 

 they, as a rule, produce long spikes with but very few blossoms 

 on them. In growth they resemble Cattleyas or Lmlias, ex- 

 cept that they are less compact. The pseudobulbs are erect, 

 twelve inches or more in length, with generally from one to 

 three leaves on the top ; and their flower spikes proceed from 

 the top of the bulbs, and are from three to five feet long. 

 They succeed on blocks or in baskets suspended from the 

 roof, in moss or peat mixed together, in the Cattleya house, 

 or they may be grown in pots equally well if that system is 

 preferred. A liberal supply of water is necessary during 

 the gi'owing season ; but after they have completed their 

 growth, it should be withheld until they begin to show flower. 

 Propagation is efi'ected by dividing the bulbs. The following 

 are the best and most showy species I have seen : — 



S. crispa. — A pretty species from Brazil, with pseudobulbs 

 a foot high, and spikes from three to five feet long, on the 

 apex of which are situated its yellow and brown flowers. 

 This does best in a pot or basket, and will grow to a con- 

 siderable size ; it blooms during winter, and will last three 

 weeks in perfection if the flowers are kept dry. 



S. Lyonsii. — A handsome kind, the pseudobulbs of which 

 grow about a foot high, from the top of which its flower 

 spikes are produced, and which grow three or four feet long ; 



