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and spring months. It is of a drooping, deciduous habit, 

 flowering in the same way as D. superhum, and requiring 

 similar treatment ; its beautiful white flowers last three weeks 

 in beauty. Native of India. 



D. Pierardi latifolium. — From India. The flowers are 

 much finer than in the type plant, though of the same 

 colour; it blooms in April and May. A scarce plant. I 

 have seen it with seventy flowers on a single stem. It 

 requires the same treatment as the former, and is a useful 

 plant for exhibition. 



D. primulinum. — A beautiful free-flowering deciduous spe- 

 cies, from India, of pendulous gi'owth. The flowers, which 

 are white and pink, are produced in two rows along the stem 

 in April and May, and they last in perfection ten days. It is 

 best grown in a basket with sphagnum. A fine plant for 

 exhibition. I have seen as many as sixty flowers on one stem 

 when gi'own in baskets. It is very rare, and of graceful 

 appearance. 



D. primulmum giganteum. — A magnificent variety, the 

 flowers of which are very large, of a pink and white colour ; 

 the lip is particularly fine. A free-flowering plant, which 

 ought to be in every collection. Is best grown in a basket, 

 as it is pendulous in habit. This is grown in some collections 

 under the name of D. cucullatum giganteum. 



D. pulcliellum purpureiim. — A pretty dwarf deciduous spe- 

 cies from Sylhet ; it loses its leaves after it has finished grow- 

 ing, and generally begins to show flower in February all up 

 the stem. The sepals and petals are white, edged with green ; 

 the lip has a bright orange blotch in the centre, and is 

 beautifully fringed. The plant does well in a basket with 

 moss, and lasts two weeks in bloom. 



D. scmguinolentum. — A good distinct evergreen species, 

 the stems and leaves of which are violet or lilac-coloured. 



