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stems twelve to eighteen inches high, and as thick as the 

 finger. It grows very freely in an intermediate house. This 

 plant is an old one, but not met with so frequently as it ought 

 to be, considering its easy culture and enormous crops of 

 deliciously performed flowers. The flowers last a long time 

 in beauty and are always favourites with the ladies. It is 

 identical with the D. aureum of Lindley. 



*D. monilifoTme- According to our best authority on 

 Orchids, the proper name of this plant is D. Linawianum, but 

 as it is generally known to gardeners and nurserymen under 

 the above, it is best to employ it here. Bulbs one to two feet 

 high, flat, fluted, the internodes contracted. The flowers are 

 produced in the same way as in D. nobile, but are a little 

 smaller, and of a more rosy colour. It is one of the best 

 winter-flowering species and a good companion to D. nobile. 

 Flowers in December, lasting two to three weeks. Introduced 

 from China and Japan in 1824. 



*a. D. moniliformemajus. This is a strong growing variety 

 with larger and deeper coloured flowers. 



D. nobile, (Macao 1836). The best winter-flowering Orchid 

 we have, and if grown in quantity may be had in flower for 

 seven or eight months of the year, by encouraging some in 

 their growth, and retarding others, by keeping them in a cooler 

 house. The flowers themselves are invaluable for mixing with 

 Ferns and other exotics in the formation of bouquets and 

 dinner-table decorations. Flowers borne two or three together 

 up the stems, each bloom being two inches across, of a white 

 colour shaded with lilac, and tipped with purple. Lips tipped 

 with purple, with a deep crimson blotch on the disc. 



a. D. nobile pendulum 



6. Wallichianum. 



These are two of the best defined varieties of " nobile," but 

 the distinctions are but slight. 



