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in bloom six weeks or two months. This very scarce Orchid 

 makes a fine plant for exhibition. 



V. gigantea. A magnificent Indian plant, with noble dark 

 green foliage, three inches broad, and of graceful habit ; if 

 the flowers are at all equal to the foliage it will indeed be one 

 of the finest of its class. I have not yet seen it in bloom, 

 but I believe it to be a very fine kind ; it is reputed to pro- 

 duce a drooping spike, with many flowers, three inches in 

 diameter, of a deep yellow, with crimson spots. I have a 

 fine specimen showing flower, which I hope to see in blossom 

 this season. 



F Lowii. A handsome-growing plant from Borneo, with 

 dark green foliage, grows several feet high, and is very shy 

 in producing its long drooping spikes of flowers, many 

 together, which are reddish brown and buff colour, two of 

 which, at the base of the spike, are yellow; it blossoms 

 during the summer months ; of this there are several large 

 plants, but I only know of two that have flowered, and these 

 were in Messrs. Veitch's collection. 



V. insignis. A pretty free-flowering species from Java, 

 and one which makes a fine specimen, being free in growth ; 

 petals pale-yellow, spotted with crimson ; lip pale lilac ; 

 blooms at different times of the year, but generally in spring 

 and autumn, and continues in bloom six weeks. 



V. RoxburghiL A good old species from India, with white 

 and purple-coloured flowers, which appear during the summer, 

 and last five or six weeks in beauty. There are two varieties 

 of this plant ; one is much handsomer and has a darker 

 coloured lip than the other. 



F. suavis. A truly magnificent Orchid from Java ; a 

 strong- growing species, and very free in flowering. It pro- 

 duces branching spikes of flowers, each being large, of a 

 creamy white, spotted with crimson. It blooms at different 

 times of the year, lasting a long time in perfection. This 

 makes one of the finest plants for exhibition. 



