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0. Harrisonianum is brownish yellow with purplish spots ; the 

 sepals and petals linear obtuse and the lip three lobed. 



0. macrantlmm is said to be the best of the genus both as to 

 size and beauty ; the flower spike on one of the plants in bloom 

 had attained a length of fifteen feet and the branches of the spike 

 were bearing from ten to fifteen large flowers each. The sepals 

 are of a warmish brown color ; the petals clear golden yellow ; the 

 lip, shaped like a dagger, is of a bright purple ; the flowers are 

 from two to three inches across, and last a long time in perfection. 

 It is a noble plant. 



Masdevallias are a very interesting genus. They are beautiful 

 compact growing plants and no collection should be without them. 

 The species we noticed were : 



M. ignea, with curious solitary orange scarlet blossoms which 

 arc produced on long slender scapes. 



J/. Lindeni has flowers of a pale silvery lilac color, in some 

 varieties merging into rosy purple and exceedingly beautiful. 



M. Veitchiana is said to be the handsomest of all the genus. Its 

 leaves are a foot long ; the flowers are large and grow singly on 

 scapes at least fifteen inches high ; their color is a very brilliant 

 orange, the lower sepals densely set with bright purple hairs which, 

 mingling with the orange beneath, give an indescribable brilliancy 

 to the flower. Like the rest of the species it grows and flowers the 

 year round. 



M. Hoatteana is one of the quaintest little plants, bristling with 

 flowers. 



Other species were M. Chelsoni, M. Davisii, M. macrura, M. 

 corniculata, M. amabilis, M. Harryana acanthifolia, M. ignea 

 eruhescens, M. ignea, Massangeana, and M. Schlimii, all very 

 brilliant and beautiful. 



Saccolabiums are among the finest orchids that are cultivated ; 

 the growth is compact, the foliage long, pendent, and evergreen ; 

 the flowers are produced on graceful racemes about a foot long. 



S. giganteum is a beautiful species, producing long racemes of 

 thickly set flowers ; sepals and petals white, the latter spotted 

 with lilac ; lip lilac and violet. It lasts in bloom a long time and 

 has a deliciously sweet fragrance. 



S. violaceuni is a magnificent species. The flowers, which are 

 numerous, are produced on racemes a foot or more long, growing 

 from the axils of the leaves. The sepals and petals are pure white 



