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some variety from Guatemala ; flowers large, measuring six 

 inches across ; sepals and petals pinkish white ; lip white, 

 intermixed with rose. Blooms in February, and continues 

 in perfection six weeks. 



L. Skinneri rosea. A magnificent variety also from 

 Guatemala ; flowers large, being quite seven inches in dia- 

 meter ; sepals and petals rich dark rose ; lip white spotted, 

 with crimson. This is the finest I have seen, and it lasts six 

 weeks in beauty. 



L. Skinneri superba. Another splendid variety, like- 

 wise from Guatemala ; sepals and petals blush white ; lip of 

 the richest crimson. A very showy kind. 



MILTONIAS. 



Of this class of plants there are some beautiful species, all 

 of which are evergreen, compact-growing, and have light 

 green foliage, with short bulbs, having two or three leaves 

 on each ; they flower freely from the side of the bulbs ; some 

 of them require treatment different from others, which shall 

 be mentioned when describing the different species ; most 

 of them require to be grown in pots, in peat, with good 

 drainage, and they like a liberal supply of water during the 

 growing season, and the shadiest part of the house ; they are 

 propagated by dividing the bulbs when they begin to grow. 

 They will succeed in the Mexican house. 



Miltonia bicolor. A beautiful species from Brazil, which 

 grows about eight inches high in the way of spectabilis, but 

 stronger and having larger flowers ; sepals and petals white j 

 lip also white, with a blotch of violet in the upper part. In 

 bloom in August, and will last in perfection six weeks. Of 

 this there are two varieties, one called superba, with larger 

 flowers and more white on the lip. 



M. Candida. A good species from Brazil ; sepals and petals 



