LYCASTE. 279 
in perfection. It is a good plan during the summer 
months to give the plants a watering with a_ weak 
solution of cow-manure about every seven days. Such 
treatment materially adds to the vigour of the growths 
and to the subsequent floriferousness of the plants. A 
native of Guatemala; introduced in 1842. 
Coloured plate; Fig. 68; Botanical Magazine, t. 4445. 
Fig. 68. Lycaste Skinneri 
(much reduced). 
There are numerous named forms of this species in 
gardens; of these the most distinct are here described. 
Var. alba.—A rare, and at present an expensive Orchid. 
Its beautiful flowers are of the usual size, but wholly of 
a pure white, except on the centre of the lip, where 
they are faintly tinged with yellow. 
