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trouble with, and it may be successfully grown with and like the 

 Miltonias. A. principissa is taller than the foregoing, and has 

 brown flowers, with a white, purple marked lip. 



BARTHOLINA 



One of the most beautiful of South African terrestrial Orchids 

 is Bartholina pectinata, but unfortunately it is expensive, as the 

 price is about a guinea and a half. The manner of growth is 

 interesting ; there is a tuberous root, and from this stock rises one 

 leaf, and an erect flower spike that carries at its apex a single 

 bloom. The chief feature of the flower is its large, fimbriated, 

 violet, green shaded lip. The comparatively small sepals and petals 

 are white, with violet shading. It may be grown in a cool green- 

 house or frame, in pots, in a mixture of light loam, leaf mould 

 and sand. 



BATEMANNIA 



The pretty Batemannia Colleyi will appeal strongly to 

 those whose taste is not wholly on the side of large and showy 

 flowers. It has short, square, furrowed pseudo-bulbs, and ribbed, 

 deep green leaves. In the Spring it produces short spikes of 

 flowers, these being purple-brown and green on the sepals and 

 petals, and white with red marks on the lip. The whole plant 

 rarely exceeds eight inches in height, and grows best in sphagnum 

 with a little peat added. The best position for it is a shady place 

 in the Cattleya House or Intermediate House. An endeavour 

 should be made to always keep the roots just moist and to avoid 

 over-watering. Batemannia Colleyi commemorates a great 



