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best flowers, and all I have seen are evergreen. Almost all 

 the Coelogynes have bulbs from three to six inches high, from 

 which the flowers proceed with the young growth ; they make 

 their leaves after they have done blooming : the flowers of 

 some are very large, measuring as much as three inches across. 



These plants are all best grown in pots, with peat and moss. 

 Some of them will do on blocks, but pot culture is to be pre- 

 ferred. They require good drainage, and an abundance of 

 water at their roots in their growing season ; some are best 

 grown in the East Indian house, and others will do in the 

 cooler house with Cattleyas, but after they have finished their 

 growth a cooler house will do. During their period of rest 

 they should have but little water. They are propagated by 

 dividing the bulbs. 



C. ciliata. — A very pretty species, and well worthy of 

 cultivation, for autumn blooming ; it is a compact-growing 

 plant, making bulbs about four inches high, with light green 

 leaves ; produces its flowers in great profusion, which are in 

 colour yellow and white, with some brown markings. 



C. cristata. — A magnificent Orchid from Nepal, dwarf and 

 of evergreen habit ; leaves six inches long ; the flowers proceed 

 from the base of the bulb, on a drooping spike, six or eight 

 together, each flower being three or four inches across ; the 

 colour is a beautiful white, with a blotch of yellow on the lip. 

 It blossoms in February and March, and will continue in per- 

 fection four or five weeks if the flowers are kept free from damp. 

 Mr. R. S. Yates, of Manchester, grows a house full of this fine 

 species for cut flowers. This is the finest of the genus, and 

 ought to be in every collection. I have seen it with as many 

 as sixty spikes on it at one time. This occurred on a speci- 

 men grown by Mr. Baker, gardener to A. Bassett, Esq. The 

 Cattleya house is the most suitable place in which to grow it. 



C. ciistata citrina. — This is a very distinct variety ; it in- 



