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tinged with lilac ; the lip is a light rose, marked with yellow. 

 It blooms in August and September, and remains long in 

 perfection, producing three or four flowers on a spike, and is 

 a desirable species. 



C. marginata. A handsome dwarf plant from Brazil, about 

 six inches high. Sepals and petals rosy crimson ; lip deep 

 rose, margined with white. It produces its bloom in Septem- 

 ber and October, and lasts three weeks in perfection. The 

 flowers are large, one and sometimes two being on a spike. 

 It is a very desirable plant, and ought to be in every collec- 

 tion, however small, as it requires but very little room. It 

 grows the best on a block of wood, with a little sphagnum 

 moss, suspended from the roof of the house, with a good supply 

 of water at the root in the growing season. A scarce Orchid. 



C. maxima. A magnificent species from Columbia ; grows 

 from a foot to eighteen inches high. A distinct growing 

 plant, producing its blossoms, which are bright rose, in No- 

 vember and December, four or five on a spike ; lip richly 

 variegated, with dark crimson veins down the centre. Of 

 this there are two varieties. J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, 

 and J. A. Turner, Esq., of Manchester, both possess a 

 very fine variety of this charming plant, which will last in 

 perfection three weeks. 



C. McMorlandiL A fine species from Brazil ; in the way 

 of Mossice, growing about a foot high, with dark green foliage. 

 Flowers about six inches in diameter. Sepals and petals 

 beautiful light rose j lip yellow and fringed. Blooms in June 

 and July, and remains three or four weeks in perfection. 

 Very distinct, and makes a fine exhibition plant. 



C. Mossice. This magnificent and free-flowering Orchid is 

 from La Guayra. It grows a foot or more high, blooms from 

 March to August. The flowers are very large, a single one 

 being four or five inches across, and three or four growing on 

 one spike. There are many varieties of this plant, with 

 blossoms of every shade of colour, from pale pink, white, 



