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2). cretaceum. A compact, deciduous-growing plant : it 

 produces its white flowers during June and July, lasting six 

 weeks in perfection. This will do either in a pot or basket, 

 with peat or moss. 



D. Dalhousianum. This is a beautiful Indian evergreen 

 species; bulbs are elegantly marked, and grow three or four 

 feet high : it blooms from the old growth, with numerous 

 flowers on a spike, in April and May. The flowers are 

 large, of a pale lemon colour, with a pink margin, and 

 two dark crimson spots in the centre : it lasts four or five 

 days in beauty. This will grow either in a pot or basket, 

 with moss. Specimen plants of this are scarce, and justly 

 prized by those who possess them : makes a good plant for 

 exhibition. 



D. dewiflorum. A magnificent evergreen Orchid from 

 India ; compact and free flowering, of upright growth, a foot 

 or more high. It produces its beautiful spikes of rich 

 yellow flowers from the side of the bulb, near the top. It 

 blooms in March, April, or May, and lasts from four to six 

 days in perfection, if kept in a cool house. This is one of 

 the showiest Orchids in cultivation, and is best grown in a 

 pot with peat, and is one of the choicest plants we have for 

 exhibition, on account of its colour. I have seen this with 

 nearly one hundred flower-spikes on it at one time, in the 

 collection of J. Day, Esq., Tottenham. 



D. densiflorum album. An Indian kind, distinct from the 

 former, and called Schroder's variety; grows same height 

 as densiflorum, and has foliage of the same colour ; flowers 

 pink and white, lip yellow ; blossoms in April and May, and 

 continues about ten days in perfection ; it grows best in a 

 pot in peat. 



D. Devonianum. This is one of the finest of the genus 

 from India ; a deciduous and pendulous-growing species. 

 The blossoms proceed from nearly the whole length of the 

 bulb, which sometimes attains the extent of four feet : the 



