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the same way as cinndbarina. The colour of the flowers is 

 yellow : blooms at the same time as the former ; lasts three 

 weeks in perfection. 



L. furfuracea. A fine variety from Mexico ; resembling 

 autumnalis in growth, and attaining a height of ten inches, 

 with light green foliage ; flowers produced on upright spikes 

 from the top of the bulb during autumn ; colour dark 

 purple ; lip dark rose : blossoms individually five inches in 

 diameter. This plant is somewhat difficult to cultivate, but 

 I saw it doing well under the care of Mr. Baker, Gardener 

 to A. Basset t, Esq., Stamford Hill, who has a very large 

 example of it, and it blooms well with him every year ; it is 

 grown in a pot suspended from the roof of the Mexican 

 house : a very rare plant. 



L. grandis. A splendid new species from Brazil, with 

 pale green foliage ; like L. purpurata it grows two feet 

 high, and has several flowers on a spike ; sepals and petals 

 blush white, and it has a prettily marked palish lip which is 

 more open and funnel-shaped than that of purpurata, the 

 inside of the tube being distinctly visible ; colour yellow, 

 lined with purple, throat and mouth stained with rose and 

 violet ; in bloom during May and June, and lasts several 

 weeks in beauty. A plant of this was exhibited by R. 

 Warner, Esq., at the Royal Horticultural Society's exhibition 

 last year, and received a first prize for a new plant ; it is 

 handsome and distinct. 



L. Lindleyana. Very distinct both in flower and growth ; 

 the foliage is like that of Brassavola venosa, and grows 

 about eight inches long ; sepals and petals rosy white, lip 

 same colour, with the exception of the bottom part which is 

 dark rose : blooms at different times of the year and continues 

 in perfection six weeks. 



L. majalis. This is a glorious plant from Bolanos ; a 

 dwarf-growing species. The flowers are large, four inches 

 across, of a delicate rose colour; the lip is striped and spotted 



