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is completed they are the better for a good period of rest, 

 during which they should be kept nearly dry at the roots. 

 They will grow in either house. The baskets should be 

 made shallow, and open at the bottom and sides, so that the 

 flowers may easily find their way through. I shall only 

 name a few of the best sorts, though there are others worth 

 growing where room is not an object. 



Stanhopea aurea (from Guatemala). The colour of the 

 flowers is yellow. It blooms during the summer and autumn 

 months. 



S. Devoniensis (from Mexico). The flowers are orange, 

 spotted with red. It blooms during the summer. 



S. grandiflora. A distinct species from Trinidad. The 

 flowers are white, and very large. It blooms at different 

 times of the year, and lasts but three days in flower. 



S. insignis (from Trinidad). The colour is pale yellow, 

 spotted with red ; the lip nearly white spotted with purple. 

 It produces its flowers in August and September. 



S. Martiana (from Mexico). The sepals and petals are 

 straw-coloured, spotted with red; the labellum white. Blooms 

 during the autumn. 



S. oculata (from Mexico). Flowers from July to Novem- 

 ber ; the colour of the flowers is pale yellow, spotted with 

 purple. 



S. tigrina (from Mexico). The handsomest of the genus ; 

 the blossoms are very large, a pale yellow, barred and 

 blotched with deep chocolate. It blooms in July, August, 

 and September. 



S. tigrina lutescens. This is also a fine variety from 

 Guatemala; the flowers are brilliant yellow, inclining to 

 orange, and barred with deep chocolate. Blooms at the 

 same time as tigrina. This makes a fine plant for exhibition, 

 on account of its large showy flowers. 



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