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turo, no success will attend their cultivation. They grow 

 only in a very humid atmosphere, kept at a temperature of 

 from 60 to 80, and also in a partially shaded situation : it 

 is only under such treatment that we have had any prosperity 

 in blooming these peculiarly beautiful and interesting plants. 

 Annexed are the names of a few that are of the easiest culture 

 and most profuse of flower : * 



Brdssia maculdta, greenish yellow, spotted with purple. 



Catasetum trifidiim, greenish yellow, spotted with dark 

 brown. 



Cdttleya crispa, white and purple, and is considered a superb 

 plant. 



Cdttleya labidta, rose and rich purple, striped and spotted 

 with carmine. 



Cdttleya Forbesii, yellow, white, green, and rose-coloured, 

 fine. 



Dendrobium cucullatum, rose and pale yellow. 



Dendrobium speciosum, pale yellow flowers, in great profu- 

 sion. 



Epidendrum cucullatum, dark brown, with yellow, is a very 

 constant bloomer. 



Gongora atropurpurea, dark purple ; the plant must be sus- 

 pended in a pot or small box. 



Gongdra specidsa, yellow, with black spots. 



Maxilldria Loddgisii, orange flowers in long racemes. 



Maxilldria picta, yellow, beautifully spotted with red and 

 crimson ; it is in the mornings only delightfully fra- 

 grant. 



Oncldium crispum, brownish copper colour, and profuse 

 flowering. 



Oncldium papilio, bright yellow, spotted with rich brown. 



Oncldium luridum, flowers of a brownish-green. 



Rendnthera coccinea, a very superb scarlet flowering plant, 

 but does not bloom very freely ; it grows in moss, 

 and must be suspended in a pot or tied to a piece of 

 stick. 



Stanhbpia grandiflbra, has delicate, white, sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



Stanlwpia insiynis, yellow and white, spotted with purple, 



and delightfully fragrant. 

 Vanda RoxburgUiij flowers pale yellow. 



