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in the East Indian house, potted in peat and sphagnum, with 

 good drainage. They like plenty of water during the growing 

 season ; but after having finished their growth, less will 

 sufiice. They are propagated by dividing the pseudobulbs 

 just as they begin to grow. 



D. filiforme. — A charming species, which grows about 

 six inches high. The flowers, which are produced in June 

 and July, are of a yellowish green hue, and are prized for 

 their gracefully drooping habit. When arrived at a good size 

 it makes a nice exhibition plant. This is beautifully flowered 

 by Mr. Stone, gardener to J. Day, Esq., a great number of 

 the elegant flower spikes hanging round his large specimen. 

 Native of Manilla. 



D, glumaceum. — ^Another pretty species, with small ever^- 

 gi'een foliage, and producing gi-aceful spikes of greenish white 

 flowers, which are delicately scented ; it flowers in spring, and 

 continues three or four weeks in perfection. Native of the 

 Philippine Islands. 



Epidendrum. 



Many of the species of this large genus are scarcely worth 

 cultivating, excepting for botanical purposes. Some of these 

 small-growing and small-flowered kinds are, however, sweet 

 scented. Growers of Orchids have been more deceived in 

 buying Ejndendrmns than any other group of these plants. 

 The bulbs of many kinds are so nearly alike that it is very 

 difl&cult to tell what they really are until they flower, and 

 they often require to be kept several years before this occurs ; 

 and then, instead of something good, they produce frequently 

 only dingy gi'een flowers about the same colour as the leaves. 

 Some of these insignificant flowers are nevertheless very fragi'ant, 

 and will perfume the whole house in which they are grown. 

 There are, however, some beautiful species among them, the 



