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a height of twelve inches ; flowers very curious ; sepals and 

 petals yellow and reddish brown ; lip white. This is a species 

 which ought to be in every collection ; it blooms duiing May 

 and June, and continues in flower two months at a time ; 

 it is best grown in a pot, in peat. 



0. pulcheUum. — A beautiful dwarf compact species from 

 Jamaica, attaining a height of about six inches, with small 

 pseudobulbs and leaves, and it produces its spikes of white 

 flowers in abundance during the summer months, remaining 

 a long time in perfection. It thrives well on a block, with 

 plenty of moisture at the roots. 



0. pulvinatum. — A free-flowering Brazilian species, com- 

 pact in habit, and growing about a foot high. The flower 

 spikes not unfrequently ten feet long, the colour' of the 

 blossoms being yellow, orange, and brown. It blooms during 

 the summer months, and lasts a long time in perfection ; pot 

 culture and peat suit it best. 



0. pulvinatum majus. — A fine Brazilian variety of the pre- 

 ceding, growing in the same way, but having blossoms much 

 larger and brighter in colour. This I have only seen in the 

 collection of E. McMorland, Esq. 



0. rejlexum. — This very handsome Mexican Oncidium 

 should find a place in ever}" collection. Its dwarf habit, easy 

 cultui'e, and the numerous long spikes covered with abundance 

 of its large bright yellow flowers, which enliven the house as 

 autumn is approaching, should make it a universal favourite. 



0. Pio/jersli — This exceedingly show}' and free- flowering 

 species should be grown in the CaUleya house, potted in peat 

 and sphagnum moss. In habit and appearance it resembles 

 0. hifolium majus, but is more robust than that plant, and 

 the spike is also much larger and branched, bearing as many 

 as one hundred and seventy flowers, which measure about two 

 and a half inches across ; sepals and petals small ; lip large, 



