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weeks in perfection, and is best grown at the coolest end 

 of the house. 



T. tortilis. A fine species from Mexico. The sepals and 

 petals are twisted like a corkscrew ; they are brown and pale 

 yellow the lip white, spotted with red. It produces its 

 flowers freely at different times of the year, and lasts two 

 or three weeks in beauty. There are two varieties of this 

 plant, one with much brighter coloured flowers than the 

 other. 



UROPEDIUM. 



Uropedium Lindenii. A singular Orchid, and the only 

 one of the genus that I have seen ; it is a compact growing 

 plant, with pale green foliage about ten inches in length. 

 In growth it resembles Cypripedium caudatum, and throws up 

 its flower spikes from the centre of the leaves ; the blossoms, 

 which are produced two or more together, are large and 

 singular in shape ; from the end of the petals are produced 

 three long tails, measuring from eighteen inches to two feet 

 in length, of a reddish brown colour, the flowers themselves 

 being greenish white, striped with dark green. Though not 

 very showy, this plant is well worth growing on account of 

 its peculiarly-shaped blossoms ; it is by no means a difficult 

 plant to cultivate, if it but gets the treatment it requires. 

 I have found it to do best in a pot in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand, with good drainage ; place the plant just below 

 the rim of the pot, and water liberally at the roots during 

 the growing season, which is nearly all the year ; it requires 

 but little rest j having no fleshy bulbs to support it, it of 

 course wants a certain degree of moisture at the roots, even 

 when comparatively at rest ; after growth is completed it will 

 begin to show flower, and then care should be taken that it 

 does not get dry at the root, for a certain quantity of nourish- 

 ment it must have to help it to bring its flowers to perfec- 



