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about three hundred plauts, from the smallest in a thumb pot to 

 large basket specimens, some with hundreds of flowers on them. 

 TheDendrobiums are a lovely genus of orchids, easily grown, and 

 profuse bloomers, the well-known D. nohile being one of the best 

 winter flowering varieties and grown in large quantities. We are 

 reminded here of an answer to a question propounded to Louis 

 Menand, the well-known and greatly respected Albany florist. 

 "When asked which were the best three orchids to cultivate, he 

 gave as his choice D. nohile for all three. The unusual excellence 

 of this collection has induced us, as far as possible, to give de- 

 scriptions of the plants then in bloom, that you may form some 

 slight idea of their merits. 



D. Ain.nvorthii. A hybrid between D. nnhile and D. aureum 

 {lieterocarptim) . A beautiful kind ; the flowers large, sepals and 

 petals French white, tipped with rose purple ; lip of a deep 

 amethyst red, with a white margin, 



D. Beiuonioe. The flowers are lovely ; the sepals and petals are 

 milk white, the lip is white with an orange centre and ornamented 

 near the base with two large velvet}^ black blotches. 



D. Cambridgeanum, with sepals and lip of a beautiful bright 

 yellow, centre dark brown, is one of the finest of all yellow 

 orchids. 



D. crassinode has sepals and petals richly tipped with deep pur- 

 ple rose ; the lip white, with an orange-colored blotch at the base. 



D. Dominiamim. A cross between D. Linawianum and D. 

 nohile. Flowers of a bright rosy purple, but white towards the 

 base of the sepals and petals. 



D . Jimhriatum has rich orange-colored flowers, the margin of 

 the rounded lip being beautifully bordered with a golden moss- 

 like fringe. 



D. Findleyanum is pinkish lilac in the sepals and petals, the 

 lip a rich orange yellow at the base, becoming a lighter and 

 brighter yellow at the margin. 



D. Freemanii is an extremely beautiful orchid ; the flowers are 

 similar to those of D. nohile, but the color is far deeper ; the dark 

 purple blotch on the shell-like lip is margined with white. 



D. Leechianum. A hybrid between D. aureum and D. nohile. 

 This is very near D. Ainsworthii, but larger and deeper colored. 



D. Linaicianum. — Flowers nearly white in the centre, the outer 

 portion of the sepals and petals being a pale rosy lilac or cerise ; 



