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winter months. It succeeds best in a basket or on a block 

 suspended from the roof. 



B. Candida. A handsome free - flowering Orchid from 

 Demerara, producing drooping spikes of flowers, which are of 

 a delicate white, with the exception of the upper part of the 

 lip, which is yellow. It flowers at different times of the year. 

 This plant has been very scarce till within the last two years. 

 Thomas Bewley, Esq., of Black Rock, Dublin, in whose collec- 

 tion I saw some large masses growing on blocks, has, however, 

 imported a fine lot. Mr. O'Brien, his gardener, informed me 

 that to grow them in anything like perfection they must 

 have a good supply of moisture at the roots, and should never 

 be allowed to get dry. 



JB. fragrans. A charming Orchid from Brazil. The white 

 flowers, with yellow down the centre of the lip, are produced 

 on a spike in April and May, and last three or four weeks in 

 beauty, if kept free from damp. 



B. Knowlesii. A beautiful new species, somewhat similar 

 in habit to venusta, very dwarf and compact. The flowers 

 are white, in long racemes, slightly tinged with a pinky lilac. 

 It blooms during the autumn, and continues in perfection a 

 long time. A scarce Orchid. 



B. venusta. A very good species from Brazil, the blossoms 

 being white, with yellow down the centre of the lip. It 

 blooms at different times of the year; lasts two or three 

 weeks in good condition. 



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There are some beautiful species belonging to this class of 

 plants, which are great favourites, and ought to be in every 

 collection. They are of easy culture, having handsome ever- 

 green foliage, except vestita and Veitchii, which are deciduous, 

 losing their leaves during the season of rest. All their 

 flowers are striking, and generally attractive. Most of them 

 are rather large, upright-growing plants, some of the leaves 



