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beautifully spotted with crimson ; the lip is white, stained 

 with purple. This plant, when well grown, will produce as 

 many as nine or ten flowers on a spike. It blooms in October 

 and November, last two weeks in bloom and is a very dis- 

 tinct species. 



0. guttata Leopoldii. A charming variety from Brazil ; 

 grows about twenty inches high, and has short dark green 

 foliage ; a free-blooming kind, producing its flowers after it 

 has made its growth. Sepals and petals dark brown, spotted 

 with crimson ; lip purple. I have seen this with thirty 

 flowers on one spike, a condition in which it was exhibited at 

 Regent's Park by Mr. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., 

 Streatham, in whose collection it was grown ; it was the 

 finest spike I ever remember seeing ; it generally has from 

 six to ten flowers on a spike, and continues in perfection 

 about three weeks ; makes a fine plant for exhibition on 

 account of its distinct colour. Of this there are six fine 

 varieties in the collection of T. Robinson, Esq., Birkenhead, 

 all very fine and worth describing ; but unfortunately I did 

 not take any notes of them when in bloom. 



G. Harrisonice, from Brazil. A free-growing Orchid, at- 

 taining the height of twenty inches ; blooms in abundance 

 from July to October ; the flowers will last in good condition 

 three weeks : the blossoms are of a beautiful rose colour, 

 having on the lip a slight tinge of yellow. This is a noble 

 plant, and amply repays the care required to grow it well. 

 A fine specimen of C. Harrisonice, grown by Mr. Woolley, late 

 gardener to H. Bellenden Ker, Esq., Cheshunt, and having 

 more than fifty flowers opened at once, was shown at the 

 Regent's Park Exhibition in 1851. 



C. Harrisonice violacea. A charming Brazilian variety, 

 which grows about two feet high, and makes two growths in 

 one year, flowering on both in July, August, and September, 

 and will last in bloom four weeks if kept in the coolest 

 house. The sepals and petals are of a beautiful violet ; lip 



