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rare ; it grows in the same way as other kinds, with pale 

 green foliage. Of this there was only one plant until within 

 these last few months, during which I have imported some 

 with other kinds, now in my collection. 



P. rosea (from Manilla). A small flowering species, 

 but very pretty ; grows in the same way as the two former, 

 but very inferior in beauty j the colour being white, slightly 

 tinged with pink; the lip deep violet. It blooms at dif- 

 ferent times of the year, lasting long in beauty. A scarce 

 Orchid. 



P. Scliilleriana. A magnificent new species from 

 Manilla, which I had the good fortune first to introduce 

 to public notice, and one which, I have no doubt, will prove 

 the finest in cultivation ; it has, as I have said, beautifully 

 variegated foliage, and is quite distinct from all other kinds ; 

 the leaves are similar in form and equal in size to those of 

 P. grandiflora ; ground colour dark green, interspersed with 

 irregular bands of white ; the flower spikes are produced 

 from the axils of the leaves. In their native country they 

 are more than three feet long, and more branched than those 

 of the other kinds. I have a dried spike, on which there 

 has been more than one hundred blossoms. On the plant 

 I have in bloom each individual blossom measures more 

 than two and a half inches across, and they are arranged in 

 two rows down the spike ; sepals and petals beautiful light 

 mauve edged with white ; lip the same colour, with darker 

 spots, with the exception of the upper part, which is yellow 

 spotted with reddish brown ; the inside is handsomely spotted, 

 indeed the whole aspect of the plant is very attractive. 

 Several plants of this have flowered within the last few 

 weeks, and I find that they differ from one another in shade 

 of colour. R. Warner, Esq., of Broomfield, exhibited a fine 

 plant of this before the Floral Committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. E. McMoreland, Esq., Haverstock 

 Hill, also exhibited one with a little more colour in the 



