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receive all the light possible ; and during this time they must 

 be kept rather dry, having only just enough water to keep 

 their bulbs from shrivelling. When they begin to grow, 

 move them back into heat. They are propagated by dividing 

 the bulbs when they begin to grow. 



Cycnoches barbatum, from New Granada. A dwarf species, 

 sepals and petals greenish white, spotted with pink ; lip the 

 same colour. It blooms in June or July : lasts in flower two 

 or three weeks. A very scarce plant. 



G. cklorockilum. A very good species from Demerara ; 

 the flowers, which are of a yellowish colour, are produced 

 in June or July, and last three weeks in good condition if 

 kept dry. 



C. Loddigesii. A very curious Orchid from Surinam. It 

 produces its blossoms on a spike, six or eight together, which 

 are four inches across ; the sepals and petals are of a brown- 

 ish-green colour, with darker spots, and bearing resemblance 

 to the expanded wings of a swan. It blooms in July and 

 August, and continues in perfection three weeks. A desirable 

 species, which ought to be in every collection. 



C. pentadactylon. This is also a very curious species from 

 Brazil ; the flowers are very large, the colour being yellow 

 and brown. It flowers at different times of the year, and 

 lasts long in beauty. 



G. ventricosum. A free-flowering Orchid from Guatemala ; 

 the blossoms are greenish -yellow, with a white lip : 

 blooms in June, July, or August, lasting in bloom three 

 weeks. 



CYMBTDIUM. 



' There are several species of this genus, but only a few that 

 are good ; some of them are very handsome, and delicate in 

 colour. They are all evergreen, with beautiful foliage ; some 

 are large-growing plants with short bulbs, from which the 

 leaves and flowers proceed. They are generally free-flowering 



