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are much finer than others ; sepals and petals pure white, 

 lip rich dark crimson-purple ; in some of the varieties the 

 sepals and petals are light rose ; blooms during May, June, 

 and July, and lasts three weeks in perfection, if the flowers 

 are kept dry. Of this a fine specimen in bloom was exhibited 

 at the Royal Horticultural Society's meeting last year by 

 R. Warner, Esq., Broomfield j the plant was large and had 

 about sixty flowers on it. 



L. purpurata, var. Williamsii. A splendid kind from Brazil, 

 and certainly one of the finest of the genus for exhibition 

 purposes ; flowers large, three or four on a spike, and each 

 bloom measures more than five inches across ; sepals and 

 petals beautiful delicate rose ; lip rich crimson, and very 

 large. Blooms in May and June, and continues three 

 weeks in perfection ; grows two feet high ; foliage rich dark 

 green. 



L. Schilleriana. A very fine species in the way of elegans 

 as regards growth as well as flower ; it grows eighteen inches 

 high with light green foliage nine inches long ; sepals and 

 petals white ; lip long and of a rich crimson : blooms during 

 May and June, lasting three and four weeks in beauty. It 

 makes a good exhibition plant on account of its showy 

 flowers. 



L. superbiens. A magnificent Orchid from Guatemala. 

 This is rather a large-growing plant, but it is one of the 

 finest. The flowers are produced on a spike five feet long, 

 having sometimes from fourteen to twenty flowers on one 

 spike, each flower measuring nearly four inches across. The 

 flowers are of a beautiful deep rose, variegated with dark 

 red ; the lip is a rich crimson, striped with yellow. It 

 blooms during the winter months, and continues long in 

 beauty. The finest plant I ever saw of this was in the 

 Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, and it is now in the collec- 

 tion of R. Warner, Esq., of Broomfield. This plant, when 

 in bloom, is worth travelling miles to see. It sometimes 



