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inches broad. They will grow either in baskets or pots, with 

 moss and peat and good drainage ; they require a liberal sup- 

 ply of water at the roots during their period of growth, with 

 a good heat. After they have made their growth they 

 should be kept rather dry, so that their bulbs be not 

 allowed to shrivel. They are propagated by division of the 

 bulbs. 



Coryanthes macrantha. The best of the genus comes from 

 the Caraccas, and flowers in May, June, and July : lasts but 

 three or four days in bloom ; the colour orange-yellow, 

 spotted with purple : the lip is red. This plant ought to be 

 in every collection. 



C. metadata. From Demerara. Flowers dull yellow, 

 spotted with dull crimson ; blooms during the summer 

 months, and lasts but three days in beauty. 



C. speciosa. This singular Orchid also comes from Deme- 

 rara, is about a foot high, with pale yellow-coloured flowers, 

 which are produced in April or May : lasts three or four days 

 in bloom. 



CYCNOCHES. 



Another singular tribe of plants, whose flowers are of a 

 very peculiar form, being in the shape of a swan. They are 

 not thought much of by many growers of Orchids, but some 

 are well worth growing j they are of easy culture, and pro- 

 duce their flowers freely ; all are deciduous, and lose their 

 leaves as soon as they have finished their growth. The 

 bulbs, which are thick and fleshy, are from six to ten inches 

 high, and have three or four leaves on the top of each bulb. 

 They produce their flowers, which are large, from nearly the 

 top of the bulb, some of them several together. They are 

 best grown in the East India house, in pots, with rough 

 fibrous peat and good drainage, with a liberal supply of water 

 at the roots in their growing season ; afterwards they may be 

 kept much cooler, and should be placed near the glass, to 



