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admiration. It grows about a foot and a- half high, and 

 in May and June produces its dense spikes of beautiful purple 

 flowers, which continue in perfection for some time ; it should 

 be in every collection. Native of Madeira. 



0. longicornu. — A really beautiful species. It blooms 

 generally from about December to the end of May ; and as 

 these plants are so easily grown, if not much disturbed or 

 kept too warm, it is surprising that they are so neglected by 

 the majority of Orchid growers. The present plant grows 

 from twelve to twenty inches high, with flower spikes densely 

 set with bloom from sis to eight inches in length ; the lip is 

 striped with lilac, and the upper part a rich deep black, form- 

 ing a striking contrast. Native of the Coast of Barbary. 



0. maculata superha. — This is a very fine variety of our 

 British species, maculata. There are many — or, indeed, 

 most of the native species are very interesting, though they 

 are difiicult to manage, or get the credit of being so, because 

 no one perseveres and endeavours to understand their peculiar 

 requirements. The present plant has bloomed very finely 

 with me upon several occasions, and is well worth general 

 cultivation. It grows about eighteen inches high ; the leaves 

 are dark green, beautifully spotted with purple, and the flower 

 spikes, about a foot long, densely set with the beautiful flowers, 

 which are a rich mauve, spotted and blotched with purple, and 

 which last in perfection a long time ; flowers in May and 

 June, and is a good match plant for Orchis foliosa. 



Platanthera. 



P. incisa. — An interesting and pretty herbaceous Orchid. 

 It grows about a foot or a foot and a half high ; the stem 

 leaves are obtusely lanceolate, and deep green in colour ; the 

 flowers are thickly set upon the spikes, and are of a rich 



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