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leaves ; it produces branching spikes of blossom during the 

 spring months ; flowers three inches in diameter ; sepals and 

 petals golden-yellow, barred and spotted with rich crimson ; 

 lip caudate, white at the base, front portion rich deep rose. 

 This species will last in perfection several weeks. This 

 has bloomed very finely with Mr. Marshall, of Enfield. 



0. Uro-Skinneri. — A pretty strong-growing species with 

 thick shining bulbs ; blossoms dui'ing autumn, and continues 

 flowering for a long time ; sepals and petals pale green, spotted 

 ^\dth brown ; Hp blush white ; requires to be potted in peat. 

 Native of Guatemala. 



O. Wallidi. — A plant belonging to the 0. Lindleyanum 

 section, but superior to that species ; the spike is many- 

 flowered ; sepals and petals soft yellow, streaked with reddish 

 brown ; lip white, purplish-violet in front, and streaked with 

 the same colour at the base. It blooms during winter. 

 Native of New Grenada. 



0. Warnerianum. — This very handsome species is sup- 

 posed to be a native of Mexico. It flowered first in the fine 

 collection of R. Warner, Esq., of Broomfield. The plant is 

 dwarf in habit, and the scape, which is longer than the leaves, 

 bears four or five flowers ; sepals and petals pure white, with 

 a few brown spots ; lip white, shaded with rose, with a yellow 

 blotch at the base. A very rare species ; beautifully figured in 

 the second series of Warner's <' Select Orchidaceous Plants.'' 



Oncidium. 

 This is a large genus of Orchids, of which many of the species 

 are very beautiful. All of them are evergi^een ; their flowers 

 are rich coloured and showy, and they make fine exhibition 

 plants. Some of them are large growers, while others are more 

 compact ; and, in addition to their flowers, some species have 

 handsomely spotted foliage. They have generally short thick 



