No. 1803. 



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PHAGUS MACULATUS. 



Class. Order. 



G YJVA NDR1A MO NA NDR1A . 



We received this from our friend, Mr. 

 Joseph Cooper, of Wentworth Gardens, 

 under the name of Bletia Woodfordia, by 

 which it had been published as a native of 

 Trinidad, by Dr. Hooker ; but it appears 

 by Mr. Lindley's Orchideous plants to be 

 from Napal. It flowered with us in the 

 stove in January ; the stem was nearly two 

 feet high. It will occasionally increase by 

 offsets, and should be potted in vegetable 

 earth, with a little sand. 



Among the elegant plants which are com- 

 prised in this most interesting class, not 

 many are more attractive than our present 

 subject. The leaves are scattered over 

 with golden spots. The flowers are emi- 

 nently beautiful. The whole a rich treat 

 to a mind which is continually searching 

 out, among His marvellous works, for new 

 motives to rise up in gratitude and praise, 

 to the Glorious, Universal Creator, and 



