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of it was in the collection of S. Mendel, Esq., under the care 

 of Mr. Fetch ; the pseudobulbs were nearly eighteen inches 

 high, and the flower spike six feet long, supporting fifty of its 

 charming flowers. 



C. veratrifolia. — A noble species from India, its spikes of 

 flowers, which are delicate white, frequently attaining the 

 height of two or three feet ; it blooms freely from May to 

 July, and will continue blooming for two months. The 

 flowers should be kept free from damp, for if they get wet they 

 are apt to become spotted. This also makes one of the finest 

 exhibition plants ; it is a very old species, but no collection 

 should be without it. 



C. vestita ruhro-oculata. — A charming free -flowering Orchid 

 from Moulmein ; deciduous, and producing, from October to 

 February, long drooping flower spikes, which have a white 

 downy covering, and rise from the base of the finely-formed 

 silvery green pseudobulbs when the latter are destitute of leaves. 

 The flowers are upwards of two inches across ; the sepals and 

 petals delicate white, the lip of the same colour, with a 

 blotch of rich crimson in the centre. No collection ought to 

 be without the varieties of C. vestita, as they are all fine plants 

 for winter blooming. We have had plants of this species 

 with thirty spikes, and frequently with from twenty to thirty 

 flowers on each spike, continuing in perfection for three 

 months. The finest variety of this plant I ever saw was 

 gi'own by Mr. Green, gardener to W. W. Saunders, Esq., 

 Eeigate. 



C. vestita luteo oculata. — Another charming variety, in 

 which the sepals and petals are white, and the lip of the 

 same colour, with a blotch of yellow in the centre. The 

 flower spikes are produced in the same way as in the last, 

 and at the same time ; it is nearly equal to it in point of 

 beauty, and very useful for winter decoration ; the finest 



