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and then be taken off and potted in tlie material recommended 

 for established plants ; after which they must be kept moist, 

 and in the shade, until they make fresh roots. When they 

 become established, place them near the Hght, and apply more 

 water to the roots. What they principally require is coolness 

 and moistm-e at the root, and a good season of growth during 

 the winter months. C. Leach, Esq., of Clapham Park, grows 

 the D, grandiflora in cold pits, and we never saw any shown 

 in better condition ; these plants have been thus grown by 

 him for years. 



D. grandifiora. — This fine plant is a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. It attains the height of a foot or eighteen inches, 

 bearing on the top of the stems from two to five of its beau- 

 tiful scarlet flowers in June and July. The blossoms last a 

 very long time in perfection. 



D. grandiflora superha. — This certainly ranks among the 

 finest of greenhouse Orchids, and is beautifully figured in 

 Warner's " Select Orchidaceous Plants.'' It has a creeping 

 underground stem, which throws up young shoots about six 

 inches in height, and of a Hght green colour. The leaves 

 are affixed to these stems, and the flower spikes, when present, 

 proceed from the top, to the height of eighteen inches or two 

 feet, bearing from two to eight flowers, more than four inches 

 in diameter, of a bright scarlet and crimson, veined with pink ; 

 the blossoms are generally produced in June, July, and August, 

 and continue for five or six weeks. It makes a fine plant for 

 exhibition on account of its splendid colour. R. Warner, Esq., 

 grew this fine plant in a cold greenhouse at Broomfield ; and 

 I have also seen it in excellent condition in the collection of 

 T. Salt, Esq. 



E ULOPHIA. 



E. Dregiana. — This is a large genus, though there are 

 not many in cultivation; indeed, the greater portion of the 



