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about September or October, it lasts a fortnight or three 

 weeks. 



*(7. MossioB (Venezuela, La Guayra, 1836). This species is the 

 sheet anchor of Orchid growers, or rather was previous to 

 the introduction of Odontoglossum Alexandras, and deservedly 

 so, for its beauty will bear comparison with that of any other 



Cattleya Mossise. 



plant in the vegetable world. The great charm about this 

 plant is that there are scarcely two varieties to be found 

 alike. On this point the Gardeners 9 Chronicle of June llth 

 1864, in speaking of the protean characteristics of this species, 

 as illustrated in the magnificent collection of named varieties 



