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differ very much from each other in colour. I have seen 

 several varieties in the collection of R. Warner, Esq., and also 

 in those of J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, and T. Dawson, Esq., 

 of Meadow Bank, as well as in various other places. All the 

 sorts of Lycaste have short thick pseudobulbs and flag-shaped 

 leaves. The flowers are produced from the side of the bulbs, 

 on spikes about six inches in length. The various plants 

 belonging to this genus are of easy culture, if properly 

 attended to with respect to water, of which they require 

 a liberal supply during the growing season, especially L. 

 Skinneri and its varieties. I have seen specimens of this 

 species bearing as many as fifty blossoms, and producing a 

 grand effect. They should be grown in a cool-house, potted 

 in peat, with good drainage, and be liberally supplied with 

 water during the growing season ; they should, in fact, never 

 be allowed to get dry at the roots even while at rest. These 

 plants will stand for a very long time in flower in a sitting- 

 room, and will continue in full perfection, without the slightest 

 injury arising therefrom. They are propagated by division 

 after flowering. 



L. citrina. — A fine robust -growing plant, with the habit of 

 L. Harrisonm, and flowering about the same time. The 

 flowers are large, thick, and fleshy; sepals and petals lemon 

 colour ; lip white and lilac. It is a distinct and rare plant. 

 Native of Brazil. 



L. cruenta. — A Guatemalan species, with yellow blossoms, 

 marked with a dark spot in the centre of the lip ; it flowers 

 in abundance in March and April, and lasts three weeks in 

 perfection. 



L. Deppei. — A good old species from Xalapa. Flowers 

 white and brown, with orange spots ; lip deep orange. It 

 blooms during the winter and spring months, and lasts long 

 in beauty. 



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