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Garden and Forest. 



[August 8, 1888. 



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Olive Trre in the Gaideii t'f Gctliseiiiatit 



Orchids in Bloom. — Ltclia caHisfflglossa. — This Orcliid is so 

 named from its gorgeous lip, which rivals even that of its near 

 relative, L. bcUa. In shape it is much like that of L. purpur- 

 ata, witli a fine undulated margin. The color is a rich purple 

 shaded to maroon, the pale yellow throat lieing streaked with 

 purple. It is the result of intercrossing Lcrlia purpurata with 

 Cattleya Gigas. In growth it much resembles its seed parent. 

 The flower, appearing when the growth is only half matured, 

 is large, of a delicate rose color and delightfully fragrant. 

 This hybrid is as yet very rare, but like the majority of hybrids, 

 is so free growing that it cannot fail to be nioclerately plentiful 

 in a few years. A warm house, with plenty of water while 

 in active growth, should lie given it, with only sufficient 

 water to keep the bull.is from shriveling during the winter, 

 and lik'e all other members of tliis genus the roots should be 

 allowed to ramble at will. 



Cdlogyiie pandurata.^'X\\\s curious Orchid is now in flower 

 with us; the remarkable combination of black and green in 

 the flowers Ijeing so rare render it a very iuteresting'species. 



The racemes bear eight to twelve pale green flowers about 

 three inches across, the pandurate lip being irregularly streaked 

 with black. It is an extremely free growing kind, often flower- 

 ing twice in one year, and should be kept in a warm house all 

 the time and liberally supplied with water. Baskets are best 

 suited for it, filled with charcoal, and very little peat and moss, 

 as it dislikes much material around its roots. It is a native of 

 Borneo. 



Kenwood, N. Y. 



F. GohiriuiT. 



The Olive Tree. 



THE Olive tree has in all ages been celebrated as a 

 special gift of Heaven and as the emblem of peace 

 and plenty. The -wild and the cultivated Olive were 

 mentioned in the earliest books -written in the He- 

 brew language ; it was one of the trees of the prom- 

 ised land of Canaan ; and it was a branch of this 

 tree which the do\'e -sent out by Noah brought back info 



