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It grows some three or four feet high, and blooms from the 

 end of the old stems, which continue flowering for j^ears ; 

 sepals and petals fawn colour, tipped with spots of deep violet ; 

 lip of the same colour. It blooms during the summer and 

 autumn months, and lasts two weeks in good condition. 

 This will do either in a basket or pot, with peat or moss. 



D. sanguinolentuyn superhum. — This plant is a great im- 

 provement upon the previous one ; handsome as that is, this is 

 much stronger in growth, producing longer spikes of very much 

 larger flowers, which are of a creamy white, tipped with dark 

 rich purple. This variety was sent me a few years ago from 

 Borneo, with a consignment of Phalmiopsis. 



D. senile. — This is another of the productions from that rich 

 land of Orchids, Moulmein, and is one of the most cm-ious, 

 the stem and leaves being densely covered vnih white hairs ; its 

 flowers are of a bright yellow colour, produced in pairs, and 

 continue in full beauty for a considerable time. When we get 

 it imported in quantity, it will, I think, become a general 

 favouiite, although its constitution is probably rather delicate. 



D. Tattonianum. — A very pretty Orchid from North Aus- 

 tralia ; it is of easy culture and sweet-scented. It seems to be 

 a small-growing species attaining some three inches in height, 

 and it makes a flower-stem about a foot long ; the sepals and 

 petals are yellow and white, and the lip bluish or mauve. It 

 is a very singular and desirable small-flowering species. 



D. taurinum. — A '^dgorous-gi'owing magnificent species from 

 India, often attaining a height of five feet, with upright stems. 

 The sepals are pure white, and the petals reddish brown, 

 cm^ling and spread out like the horns of a bull, whence the 

 name ; lip white, margined with pui'plish violet. It is best 

 grown in a pot in peat. Of this a fine plant may be seen in 

 the collection of S. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth, under the 

 care of Mr. Pilcher. 



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