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free in growth. The flowers of this species continue for several 

 weeks in full perfection. The finest display of Phalcenopsis I 

 have ever seen is in the collection of R. Warner, Esq., who 

 has a magnificent lot of specimens. Of P. Schilleriana alone I 

 have seen upwards of twelve hundred expanded blooms at one 

 time. Mr. Warner sent a specimen of this plant to the 

 St. Petersburgh Exhibition in 1869, which had one hundred 

 and twenty expanded blooms upon it, and presented a most 

 glorious spectacle. 



P. sumatrana. — A remarkable plant from Sumatra, flowered 

 for the first time in this country by J. Day, Esq. in 1865 ; 

 leaves pointed, six or seven inches long, somewhat fleshy and 

 bright-green in colom' ; sepals and petals yellowish white, 

 banded or baiTed with streaks of reddish brown; lip white, 

 spotted with orange, and streaked down the centre with violet. 

 It requires the same treatment as the other species. 



PiLUMNA. 



P.fragrans. — A deliciously sweet-scented plant, very like 

 Trichojnlia in habit and appearance. Its flowers are produced 

 on spikes three or foui- together, the sepals and petals being 

 greenish white, the lip pure white. It succeeds well in the 

 cool-house, and is best grown in a pot, with peat and moss, 

 and good drainage ; a good supply of moisture is requisite 

 during the growing season, but when at rest less will suffice. 

 It should be well elevated above the rim of the pot. 



Pleione. 

 A genus of pretty small-growing deciduous plants, with 

 flask-like pseudobulbs and light green membranous leaves. 

 They are considered by some entitled to generic rank ; other 

 authors, however, make them only a section of the genus 

 Ceelogyne, from which indeed they seem to differ but slightly, 



