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C. ajffine is white with a few purplish dots on the anterior por- 

 tion of the lip. 



C. Lowianum. — Sepals and petals green with a few faint sepia- 

 brown lines over the strongest nerves ; the lip is whitish j^ellow. 

 The colors are novel and attractive making it very distinct and 

 beautiful and one of the handsomest of the Cymbidiums. 



C. giganteum is a large growing species and a good plant for 

 winter blooming. The flowers, which are produced on long 

 upright spikes, are brown and purple, and continue long in per- 

 fection. 



C. Mastersii is very much like C. eburneum in its growth, but 

 the flowers are different, being white with yellow centres, and are 

 produced on upright spikes, the former carrying seven or eight 

 flowers, and the latter two, 



C. tigrinum is a pretty plant with large flowers, which are green- 

 ish yellow spotted with red in the sepals and petals ; the lip is 

 large and tapers to a point, having its middle portion white 

 striped with cross bars of red and purple, and its sides also striped 

 with purple. 



Of the truly beautiful genus Odontoglossum there is scarcely a 

 single species that is not worth growing, and the\' have gained 

 ground quite rapidly with orchid growers. 



Odontoglossum crispum with its varieties is now quite numerous. 

 " The Garden," says of it : " If we were asked to name the most 

 useful, profitable, easily grown and beautiful orchid in cultivation 

 it would without hesitation be our choice." Nothing can well 

 surpass the chaste beauty of the blossoms of this orchid. 



Among other species most prominent in Mr. Ames' superb collec- 

 tion were the following : 0. Pescatorei in variety, 0. Lindleyanum, 

 0. Sanderiamim, O. gloriosum, 0. triumphans in varieties, 0. 

 Andersonianuin, 0. Ruckerianuvi, 0. Edithice, 0. elegans. 



The genus Oncidium is the most numerous in species of the 

 orchids, excepting only the Epidendrums. All the species are 

 evergreen ; some are large growers ; others more compact, and a 

 few have handsome spotted foliage. The flowers are quite beau- 

 tiful, and some are rich and showy. We noticed particularly the 

 following species : 



Oncidium cucnllatum is a small flowered, dwarf -growing species. 

 The flowers are rose colored in the sepals and petals, and in the 

 lip reddish purple spotted with deep purple. They are very 

 beautiful and last a long time in perfection. 



