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colour of the flowers white, spotted with crimson, the lip yellow. 

 It blooms in June and July, and lasts a considerable time in 

 perfection. A scarce plant. There have been of late a good 

 many plants imported and sold for this species, but we have 

 not heard of one turning out true. The pseudobulbs resemble 

 those of some other species, which makes it difficult to deter- 

 mine it in a newly imported state. 



O. ncBvium majus. — A beautiful variety of the preceding ; it 

 grows ten inches high, and produces upright spikes of flowers, 

 which are pure white, speckled all over with rich crimson. 

 Mr. Stone, gardener to J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, has 

 flowered some fine plants of this splendid Odontoglot. Mr. 

 Brockhurst, also, when gardener to A. Tui'ner, Esq., of Leicester, 

 flowered a superb variety, which is very rare. The plant re- 

 quires great care to grow it well ; a cool-house suits it best, 

 with a good supply of water — in short, it should never be 

 allowed to become dry. This and the preceding last several 

 weeks in bloom, and they both make fine exhibition plants. 

 Native of Mexico. 



0. nebulosum. — A very handsome species from Mexico. 

 The flower spike comes up with the young growth, bearing 

 five or six large flowers, and becomes pendulous as they 

 expand,; the sepals and petals are clear white, thickly studded 

 with spots of reddish brown ; lip diflferent only in the spots 

 being larger, with a faint tinge of yellow. A rare plant. 

 There have of late been many plants imported for this, but I 

 have not seen the true one amongst them. 



0, nebulosum candidulum. — A very pretty delicate variety 

 of the previous plant, precisely like it, saving in having 

 the sepals and petals pure white, and entirely destitute 

 of the spotting or clouding of reddish brown. It flowered 

 in the collection of J. Day, Esq., Tottenham. This we 

 do not consider so good as the original form of the species. 



