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house. This, according to Professor Reichenbach, is the 

 true D. moniliforme of botanists, the D. moniliforme of 

 gardeners being more correctly named D. Linauianum. 



D. Jenkinsii. — A beautiful dwarf evergreen species from 

 India, growing about two inches high ; the flowers are very 

 large for the size of the plant ; the colour is a pale buff, mar- 

 gined with yellow ; they are produced from the bulb, one or 

 two together, and last ten days in beauty. This is best grown 

 on a bare block of wood, suspended from the roof. A mag- 

 nificent specimen of this species was exhibited at Kensington 

 last year by Mr. Denny, gardener to Lord Londesborough. 



D. Johannis. — A very pretty North Australian Dendrobe 

 though not so gay as many others we are already acquainted 

 with, yet its peculiar twisted flowers, which are brown and 

 yellow streaked with orange, and the delicate perfume they 

 emit, render it a very desirable plant. It will succeed best in 

 the Odontoglossum house. 



D. lasioglossum. — Although a somewhat small-flowered 

 kind, this species is well deserving the attention of Orchid 

 growers. The stems are long and slender, and it produces 

 two or three flowers together from the joints ; sepals and 

 petals creamy white ; lip yellow in the centre, and brown at 

 the sides, streaked with purple lines. Native of Burmah. 



D. Linawianum. — A delicate species, said to come from 

 China and Japan, but this is probably a mistake arising from 

 its being falsely identified as D. moniliforme, which comes 

 from those countries ; this is probably Indian, as it was 

 originally introduced by Wallich. It is a pretty evergreen 

 upright-growing plant, about a foot or more high, blooming 

 all up the stem on two-year old growths, the colours being 

 a rosy-lilac and white. It blooms during the winter months, 

 lasting two weeks in beauty. This will grow in a basket, but 

 I find it thrives best in a pot, with peat or moss. 



