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finished for the season, the plants should be placed in a bright 

 position in a cooler house. S. eburnea, ivory white ; S. insignis, 

 yellow and purple; S. Lowii, yellow and white; S. tigrina (the 

 best), red, yellow and white, very brilliant ; and S. Wardii, 

 golden yellow and purple, are the best to grow. 



TRICHOCENTRUM 



T. ALBo-puRPUREUM and T. tigrinum are the most important 

 members of this genus, and they are dwarf, with flowers about 

 two inches across. The former is brown and white, and the latter 

 greenish yellow, purple and white. The plants should be grown 

 in a warm, moist house, in baskets hung near the roof glass. 



TRICHOPILIA 



The Trichopilias come almost into the first-class division, as 

 they are very attractive when in bloom, their flowers being of good 

 size, pendulous, and produced freely from the base of the last 

 pseudo-bulb. To grow them well and show them off to advan- 

 tage, they should be placed in peat and sphagnum, in baskets, and 

 suspended in an intermediate house, with the exception of T. 

 suAVis, which will do well in the cool house. Careful watering 

 is at all times necessary, as excess of moisture or sodden compost 

 are fatal. 



The best species are T. Backhouseana, white and yellow ; 

 T. cocciNEA, green, crimson and white; T. fragrans, white and 

 green ; T. Galleottiana, yellow ; T. sanguinolenta, green, 

 red-brown and white ; and T. suavis, large, fragrant flowers, 

 white, freely spotted, and shaded with rose ; there is a white variety 

 of Z. suavis — T. s. alba. 



