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produces as many as nine spikes of its beautiful flowers at 

 one time ; the plant is four or five feet in diameter ; it is in 

 perfect health. 



L. xanthina. Not a very showy kind, but worth growing, 

 on account of its colour, which is pale yellow ; flowers during 

 May and June, and lasts in beauty three weeks. 



L^LIOPSIS. 



Lceliopsis Domingensis. A pretty species, and the only 

 one of the genus I have seen ; it is evergreen, and compact 

 in growth, with short bulbs ; leaves about three inches long ; 

 the flower spike proceeds from the top of the bulb, and 

 attains a height of twelve inches ; blossoms rose-coloured, 

 and produced at different times of the year, continuing in 

 beauty for five weeks at a time ; a very scarce plant, and 

 best grown on a block suspended from the roof, with a good 

 supply of water at the roots during the growing season j in 

 growth this plant is like Broughtonia sanguined. 



LEPTOTES. 



This small genus of Orchids deserves to be in every col- 

 lection ; they are small and compact-growing plants, with 

 curious evergreen foliage in the shape of a thick rush, about 

 three inches long, and produce their flowers from the top of 

 the bulb. They are of easy culture, and will do either on 

 blocks or in pots with peat. These plants are very accom- 

 modating, for they will grow in either house with a liberal 

 supply of water in the growing season. They are propagated 

 by dividing the plants. 



Leptotes tricolor. A pretty Orchid from Brazil ; sepals and 

 petals white, with a blotch of purple on the lip, and blooms 

 during the winter months, lasting four weeks in beauty. 



L. serrulata. A charming little plant, from the same 



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