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quantity of heat in summer. They like light too, and 
should therefore be shaded only from the brightest summer 
sunshine. They should be grown in pots or baskets, in 
a mixture of peat and sphagnum, and as they require 
plenty of water when growing, the drainage should be 
ample and perfect. A position close to the roof-glass is 
the best for them. The most favourable time for re-potting 
Trichopilias is after the flowers are over and new 
growth has commenced. During winter, the soil about 
the roots should be kept moist, but not saturated. If any 
species may be said to thrive under cool-house treatment, 
it is T. fragrans. The plants are all easy to procure from 
the nurseryman, being abundant where they are wild, easy 
to import, and easy to establish and keep in health in this 
country. 
T. crispa.—A beautiful, free-flowering species, of ap- 
parently variable colour. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, flattened, 2in. 
to 3in. long, dark green, one-leaved. Leaves leathery, 6in. 
by 2in., keeled, acute-pointed. Flower-spikes basal, droop- 
ing, short, three-flowered; flowers with pedicels 2in. long ; 
sepals and petals spreading, 2}in. long, jin. wide, wavy- 
edged, twisted, brownish yellow; lip folded over the column, 
spreading in front, 1}in. across, coloured deep crimson, 
with a white margin. The flowers are developed in May 
or June, and sometimes again in the autumn; they remain 
fresh about a month. All the forms in cultivation are 
handsome, and well worth growing. The best of them is 
the variety known as marginata, sometimes considered a 
distinct species. It has bright carmine sepals and petals, 
and a large, crimson lip with a narrow marginal band of 
white. In other varieties the colour is paler, or the lip is 
crimson only on the inside of the tube, the spreading 
portion being white. This species is a native of Costa 
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