BRASSIA. 



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1885, and the first flower of tlie progeny did not expand till the Spring 

 of 1891. In the clearer atmosphere and warmer cHniate of Paris 

 M. Bleu succeeded in raising more seedlings in a shorter time than we 

 did, and they also showed some differences in coloui', infer se, among 

 which that noted above is sufficiently distinct to have a name fur 

 iiarilcn use. 



Miltonia Bleuana. 

 (Frnm the Chelsea cross.) 



BRASSIA. 



R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, V. p. 215 (1813). Lindl. Gen. ct Sp. Orcli. p. 212 

 (1833). Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. III. p. 564 (1883). 



The Brassias occupy but a subordinate place, in a horticultural 

 sense^ in the group of genera to which they are nearest allied. 

 This is owing to the absence generally of the bright colours and 

 varied tints which render so many of their congeners among the 

 Oncidiums and Miltonias so highly appreciated by the cultivators of 



