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gardener to Lord Londesborongh ; a plant upwards of two 

 feet high, with foliage to the base, every leaf perfect, and 

 bearing strong spikes, each supporting eighteen large flowers. 

 Native of Northern India. 



V. ccerulescens. — This elegant little species is of recent 

 introduction. The leaves are narrow and strap-shaped, bilobed 

 at the ends, and dark green. The spikes are erect, bearing 

 from ten to twenty flowers ; sepals and petals pale blue out- 

 side, lilac within ; lip small, dark blue at the sides and on the 

 disk, but paler in front. It blooms during March and April, 

 lasting a long time in perfection. Native of Burmah. 



V. cristata. — A distinct Orchid from Northern India ; 

 sepals and petals greenish white, the lip large and crested, 

 spotted and striped with dark brownish black It produces 

 its flowers from March to July, and lasts in bloom for six 

 weeks or two months. 



V. Denisoniana. — In habit of growth this plant much 

 resembles V. Bensoni, yet the leaves are broader and 

 somewhat longer ; they are strap-shaped, unequally bilobed 

 at the apex, and dark green. The flowers are medium-sized, 

 thick, and fleshy ; sepals and petals white, tinged with green ; 

 lip white, and furnished with a short spur. This is the first 

 white Vaiida which has yet been discovered, and is named in 

 honour of Lord Londesborongh, an enthusiastic admirer of 

 this order. Native of Burmah. 



F. gigantea. — A fine massive plant, with noble dark green 

 foliage, three inches broad, and of graceful habit. The 

 flowers of this plant have not given general satisfaction to 

 Orchid growers, but I think, as it acquires size and strength, 

 it will prove a much finer species than many imagine. The 

 large plant in my collection produced, last season, two long 

 spikes, each bearing twelve flowers of large size and good 

 substance, the colour yellow, with brown blotches and crimson 



