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duces its solitary violet-coloured flowers at different times of 

 the year ; keeps in bloom four or five weeks. 



H. Wailesice. A singular dwarf plant, which produces 

 white and purple flowers during the autumn months, lasting 

 long in perfection ; scarce, and very distinct. 



IONOPSIS. 



lonopsis paniculatus. A charming small, free-flowering Or- 

 chid, and one that ought to be in every collection ; leaves, six 

 inches high, with very small bulbs ; the flower spikes which 

 are branching, proceed from the axils of the leaf, arid are 

 about ten inches long ; blossoms, pretty blush white, pencilled 

 with light rose, and produced twice a year; succeeds best 

 on a block, with a little live sphagnum moss round the roots, 

 which require to be kept moist nearly all the year round. 

 I have found it to do well in the coolest house suspended 

 near the glass, where it continues in bloom for weeks at a 

 time ; a rare plant. 



L^ELIAS. 



This is a most lovely class of plants. Their flowers are 

 large and very handsome, distinct in colour ; most of them 

 compact in their growth, with evergreen foliage, and re- 

 sembling in many respects the genus Cattleya, to which some 

 of them are equal in the beauty of their flowers. They 

 produce their blossoms, on spikes of varied length, from the 

 top of their bulbs. These plants merit a place in every col- 

 lection, and will amply repay the cultivator for any care they 

 may require. The Lselias are among our finest Orchids for 

 winter and summer blooming. Some are best grown on 

 blocks of wood with moss ; others thrive well in pots with 

 peat and good drainage. 



The large growing kinds are best grown in pots, without 



