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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cattleya Zenobia, 



" (species) var. Mendelii 

 gigas, 

 Codogyne. cristata alba, 



" Day ana, 



" tomentosa, 



Cypripedium Hyeanum, 



" Mastersi, 



" T. B. Hay ward, 



" Wallisi, 



Dendrobium Arnoldianum , 



" Bromfieldi, 



" Cybele, 



" ettosmum var. leu- 



copterum, 



" nobile var, nobilius, 



" Phalcenopsis, 



" Schneideriana, 



" Williamsi, 



Grammatophyllum Measuresia- 



num, 

 Lcelia anceps Scottiana, 



Lcelia elegans Littleana, 



" " Turneri, (several 



varieties.) 

 " Euterpe, 

 " Exoniensis, 

 " Patinii alba, 

 " Philbrickiana, 

 " Pilcheri, 

 " purpurata Lowiana, 

 " triophthalma, 

 " Veitchiana, 

 Odontoglossum excelleris, 



' ' Schrcederianum , 



' ' vexillarium su- 



jierbum varieties, 

 Oncidium Mantini, 



" ornithorynchum al- 

 bum, 

 Saccolabium Heathi, (a unique 



plant.) 

 Zygocolax leopardinum, 

 " Veitchii. 



' ' callistoglossa , 



The last two are new bigeneric hybrids ; ^. Veitchii is a cross 

 between Zygopetalnm crinitum and Golax jugosus, and Mr. Ames's 

 plant is the only one known. The generic name, it will be seen, 

 ^s made up from those of the two genera hj'bridized. 



We have tried to give you some idea of the beauty and richness 

 of Mr. Ames's orchids. Our descriptive powers are not equal to 

 our wishes, and you may not wonder that we consider our task a 

 difficult one when we state that in selecting those we have men- 

 tioned we have made the choice from a collection numbering 

 between seven and eight thousand plants, and representing over 

 thirteen hundred acknowledged varieties. There are seven houses 

 devoted to orchids, — two for Cattleyas, two for Odontoglossums, 

 one for Dendrobiums and Phalsenopsis, one for the East Indian 

 and one for the Mexican and miscellaneous species. We feel 

 sure that we do not exaggerate in the least in saying that Mr. 

 Ames's collection of orchids is one of the finest, and we think it 

 the finest, on this continent, ranking little if any below the largest 



