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when new growth commences, and if a compost of fibrous peat, 

 loam, and sand is provided, over ample drainage, they will thrive. 



Best Species and Hybrids 



P. Blumei, a Javanese species of large growth ; flowers olive- 

 brown, with a yellow, crimson-marked lip. P. grandifolius, a fine 

 old species, with spikes three or four feet high ; flowers white and 

 chocolate-brown, the lip white and yellow, with crimson veins. 

 P. MACULATus, a species that does very well in the cool house ; it 

 has green, white-spotted leaves, and spikes of ten or a dozen yellow 

 flowers, P. siMULANS has pure white sepals and petals, and a large 

 lip, yellow, spotted with crimson, and with a white, purple-marked 

 apex. P. HuMBLOTi is rosy purple, with a broad, red-crimson and 

 yellow lip, P. Wallichii is a strong grower, with spikes four feet 

 high and yellow flowers marked with red-purple. 



Very fine hybrids have been raised, chiefly by the late Mr 

 N, C. Cookson. The most notable are P. Chapmanii [P. Hum- 

 blotii X P. Phi:ehe\ P. Clive [P. Cooksoni var. Norman x P. 

 s/mu/ans), P, Cooksoni {P. grandifolius x P. Humblotii\ P. 

 Cooksoni [P. simulans x P. Wallichii)^ P, Harold [P. Cooksoni 

 var. Norman x P. Wallichii\ P, Martha [P. Blumei x P. 

 simulans\ P, Phcebe [P. Humhlotii x P. Wallichii)^ P. Ruby [P. 

 Cooksoni X P. Humblotii^ and P, Veitchii [P. grandijolius x P. 

 maculatus). 



Other Species 

 p, bicolor, p. flavus, p. mishmiensis, and p, pauciflorus. 



PHALiENOPSlS 



The popular species of Phalsenopsis are unequalled for grace 

 and beauty by any other Orchids, but there are many that surpass 



