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generally from six inclies to a foot high, according to their 

 strength. Every grower of Orchids ought to have at least a 

 dozen or more of this fine decorative species for winter 

 blooming. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— Bot.Jfag., t. 5375; Batem. 2nd Ctnt, t. 106 ; Floral Mag., t. 280 ; 

 Jennings, Orch., t. 48 ; Orchid Album, i. t. 31 ; Gartenflora, t. 731. 



C. veratrifolia, -R. Br. — A noble evergreen species familiar 

 to cultivators. It has broad plicate leaves ; and the spikes 

 of flowers, which are delicate white, frequently attain the 

 height of two or three feet ; it blooms freely from May to 

 July, and will continue blooming for two months. The flowers 

 should be kept free from damp, for if they get wet they are apt 

 to become spotted. This makes one of the finest of exhibition 

 plants ; it is a very old species, but no collection should be 

 without it. — Ceylon; India; Australia. 



Fig.— Bof.]ieg.,t. 720; Griff. Icon., t. 283, fig. 4 ; Bot. Mag., t. 2615; 

 Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 958. 



C. veratrifolia macroloba, Bchh. f. — This is a great im- 

 provement on C. veratrifolia, having the flowers much larger 

 in size and of greater substance, pure white, the basilar lobe 

 exceedingly broad, with the lateral calli much developed ; it 

 flowers in May and June. — Imported by us from the Pacific 

 Islands. 



C. vestita, Lindley. — A 

 deciduous species of gi'eat 

 beauty, and exceedingly 

 valuable for decorative 

 purposes. It has large 

 squarish silvery grey 

 pseudobulbs, broadly lan- 

 ceolate nervose leaves, 

 which grow up and 

 become matured after the 

 flowering is over, and 

 tall radical scapes of 

 charming creamy white 



flowers, which in some forms have a coloured spot on the base 

 of the lip. The forms which usually represent the type in 

 collections are those named iuteo-oculata and ruhro-oculata, 

 •which are more fully described below. No collection should 

 be without the varieties of this plant, which are all such fine 

 subjects for winter blooming, and so useful for cutting for 



CALANTHB VESTITA. 



