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sufifused with reddish pm-ple and shaded with violet, the throat 

 being orange yellow. This variety is deserving the attention 

 of all cultivators of these plants, on account of the numerous 

 flowers home upon each spike. Native of Mexico. 



L. autumnalis. — A lovely and showy Orchid from Mexico. 

 It produces its blossoms on a spike twelve inches high or 

 more, and often bears as many as nine flowers on a single 

 spike. I have bloomed it with more than that number. The 

 sepals and petals are of a beautiful purple colour ; the hp rose 

 and white, with yellow^ in the centre. The flowers are four 

 inches across. It blooms at the same time as L. ancejjs, 

 lasting about a fortnight in good condition. There are several 

 varieties of this plant, some of them much richer in colour 

 than others ; one fine variety of this species, in which the 

 flower w^as large^ and the colour very deep, was sent me by 

 Mr. Kemmery, gardener to E, G. Wrigley, Esq., of Broadoaks, 

 Bury. 



L. Bnjsiaua. — A fine showy Orchid from Brazil, and very 

 distinct. It grows like Cattle ija criapa, with dark evergreen 

 foliage ; and the flowers are large, produced three or four 

 together during the summer months, and lasting three weeks 

 in perfection ; sepals and petals beautiful light rose, spotted 

 and veined wdth a darker colour ; lip dark crimson. L, pur- 

 purata is often grown for this species, but it is quite distinct. 



L. cinnaharina. — A charming distinct species from Brazil, 

 very compact in growth ; flowers reddish orange, produced on 

 upright spikes, many together. It blooms in March, April, 

 and May, lasting six weeks in beauty. This makes a good 

 plant for exhibition on account of its unusual and veiy distinct 

 colour. 



L, crispilahia. — This very pretty plant is nearly allied in 

 habit to L. cinnaharina, though a very distinct plant, in the 

 colour of both pseudobulbs and leaves. It has been in culti- 



