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Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, and it is now in my own 

 collection. This plant, when in bloom, is worth travelling 

 miles to see. It sometimes produces as many as nine spikes 

 of its beautiful flowers at one time ; the plant is seven feet 

 in length and four feet across, and is in perfect health. 



L. Turneri. — This is another magnificent plant of the 

 L. elegans section, from which, however, it seems quite dis- 

 tinct in its larger flowers, richer colours, and especially in 

 the difi'erent form of the lobes of the lip. The flowers measure 

 upwards of six inches across ; the sepals and petals are of 

 a deep rose pink, slightly veined with a darker hue ; the 

 lip is bright deep magenta in front, its upper parts white, 

 slightly tinged with rose. It is a native of Brazil, and is 

 without exception one of the finest plants known amongst 

 Orchids. It was named in honour of the late J. A. Turner, 

 Esq., of Manchester, and is figured in Warner's ** Select 

 Orchidaceous Plants^ 



L. Wolstenliohnm. — A magnificent variety of L. elegans, 

 producing large light amethyst flowers, the sepals being 

 dotted at the edges with purple, and the petals margined 

 with the same colour ; lip deep purple. It is very distinct in 

 appearance, and was bloomed by J. Day, Esq., and named 

 after Mrs. Wolstenholm, his sister, who is an enthusiastic 

 lover of these beautiful plants. 



L. xanthina. — Not a very showy kind, but worth growing 

 on account of its colour, which is pale yellow ; flowers during 

 May and June, and lasts in beauty three weeks. 



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L. doming ensis. — A pretty species, and the only one of 

 the genus I have seen. It is evergi-een, and compact in 

 growth, with short bulbs ; leaves about three inches long ; 

 the flower spike proceeds from the top of the bulb, and 



