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fairly established, though it has not yet been bloomed in this 

 country, so far as I am aware. Native of Borneo. 



V. insignis. — This very beautiful and extremely rare plant 

 has long been an inmate of our gardens by name, but that 

 name has been given in mistake to a variety of V. tricolor, as 

 the recent introduction of the true plant has proved. The 

 flowers of this species are as large as those of F. tncolor ; 

 sepals and petals chocolate brown, spotted with deep blood- 

 red, yellowish white on the outside ; lip large, spoon-shaped, 

 its side lobes white, the centre rich purple. It is exceedingly 

 handsome, producing its blooms in May and June. Native 

 of the Malay Islands. 



V. limbata. — This rare and beautiful species is distinct 

 and compact in growth. It never grows more than one or 

 two feet high, and produces its spikes from the axles of the 

 leaves, having from twelve to thirteen flowers. Sepals and 

 petals brown, blotched and spotted with a darker shade of the 

 same colour ; lip rose colour. This species flowers in June, 

 and lasts a long time in perfection. Native of Java. 



F. Fioxhuryliii. — A good old species from India, with white 

 and purple flowers, which appear during the summer, and last 

 five or six weeks in beauty. There are two varieties of this 

 plant, one being much handsomer and having a darker 

 coloured lip than the other. 



F. suavis. — A truly magnificent Orchid from Java, of 

 strong-growing habit, and very free in flowering. It pro- 

 duces fine spikes of flowers, each being large, of a 

 creamy white, spotted with crimson, and blooms at different 

 times of the year, lasting a long time in perfection. This 

 makes one of the finest plants for exhibition. One of 

 the finest and most distinct varieties of it was exhibited at the 

 Manchester Exhibition in 1869, by G. Gottschalcke, Esq. ; 

 it was remarkable for its broad leaves and stout stem, the 



