142 THE ORCHID-GKOWER'S MANUAL. 



S. guttatum. A remarkably handsome species from 

 India. It blossoms from May to August. The flowers are 

 white, spotted with deep rosy-purple. It remains three or 

 four weeks in perfection, if removed to a cooler house, and 

 kept free from damp. There are two or three varieties of 

 this plant. This makes one of the finest plants for exhibi- 

 tion. I observed specimens of this plant shown in the year 

 1850, with as many as twenty or twenty-five spikes of 

 flowers on a plant at one time. 



S. guttatum giganteum. A magnificent variety, the 

 leaves of which are longer than those of S. guttatum, and 

 spotted ; spikes also longer, and the flowers more distinct in 

 the markings than in the former ; makes a fine exhibition 

 plant ; blossoms in June and July, and will last three or four 

 weeks in perfection. 



S. guttatum Holfordianum. Another variety and the 

 finest of the genus ; leaves broader than in S. guttatum, and 

 more blunt at the ends ; flower spikes much larger, longer, 

 and of a richer colour than those of the kind just named. 

 This was bloomed first by Mr. Bassett, gardener to R. S. Hoi- 

 ford, Esq., Weston Bert, Gloucestershire, in compliment to 

 whom it is named. Of this there is also a fine plant in 

 the collection of A. Bassett, Esq., Stamford Hill, under the 

 care of Mr. Baker, his gardener. 



JS. miniatum. A pretty, distinct, small-growing Orchid 

 from Java. It is not so good as the other species named, 

 but it is worth growing. It produces its short spikes of 

 vermilion-coloured flowers in March and April, lasting three 

 weeks in beauty. This will do well on a block of wood with- 

 out moss. 



S. prcemorsum. A lovely species from Malabar. The 

 flowers are white, thinly spotted with lilac. It blooms in 

 May and June : lasts three weeks in perfection. A slow 

 growing kind, with stout stiff foliage. It also makes a fine 

 exhibition plant. 



