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is highly injurious to them. They will do best in the Mexican 

 house, as near the glass as possible, so that the bulbs may be 

 well matured, it induces them to bloom more freely, and are 

 propagated by dividing the plant. 



T. Candida, — A very pretty kind, producing pseudobulbs 

 several inches long, bearing light green leaves. The flowers 

 are freely produced, usually three on each spike ; sepals 

 and petals white ; lip white stained with yellow in the 

 throat. 



T. coccinea. — A very pretty and distinct species from Central 

 America. The sepals and petals are long and twisted, yellow 

 and reddish-brown in colour, and the lip is deep crimson, 

 with a narrow edge of white. It produces its blossoms in 

 May and June, lasting three weeks in beauty. Of this plant 

 there are many varieties. 



T. crispa. — A charming species, and very rare, resembling 

 T. coccinea in its growth, but the pseudobulbs are larger and 

 the whole plant is more robust. It requires to be grown in a 

 pot, and should be elevated three inches above the rim, in order 

 to show oflf the flowers, which are drooping, to the greatest 

 advantage. The drooping spike is produced from the base 

 of the bulbs, and bears two and three large flowers on each ; 

 sepals and petals light crimson, faintly edged with white ; 

 lip large and slightly deeper in colour than the sepals. It 

 blooms during April, May, and June, and lasts about two 

 weeks in perfection. E. Warner, Esq., of Broomfield, exhi- 

 bited a fine specimen of this plant, with upwards of a hundred 

 ■ flowers, at the St. Petersburgh International Exhibition in 

 1869. This plant has the peculiarity of producing two crops 

 of flowers from the same bulbs every year, as soon as one lot 

 goes ofl" the others appear. Native of Central America. 



T. crispa margin ata. — A decided acquisition to a very 

 pretty genus, all of which are dwarf, compact in habit, and 



