figuring this plant to Dr. Boddaert, of Ghent, Belgium, in whose collection it 
flowered last July. 
A fine figure of the original Anguloa Ruckerit will be found in Warner's Select 
Orchidaceous Plants, 2nd series, t. 10; and it is also figured in the Botanical 
Register, 1846, t. 41; and in Moore's Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants, art. 
Auguloa, plate 3. 
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CarTLEyA Dowrana.—We have received a very beautiful flower of this grand — 
Cattleya, by post, from R. Dodgson, Esq., of Blackburn, in whose fine collection the 
plant has been grown. Mr. Osman, the gardener, says, “we had three imported 
plants last year, and two of them are now in bloom.” We were pleased to hear 
this, as Cattleya Dowiana is considered a difficult plant to flower, though we have seen 
many plants blooming this season. There is no doubt that its cultivation is becoming 
better understood. The variety above referred to has a large lip of a most mtense 
dark purple, striped and reticulated with golden yellow, in a very prominent manner, 
The sepals and petals are large, of good substance, of a bright nankeen colour, 
and produce a very pleasing and altogether distinct appearance. This is, undoubtedly, 
one of the most distinct and beautiful of all Cattleyas. There is a grand figure of 
this species in the 2nd series of Warner’s Select Orchidaceous Plants, t. 27.—B. 8. W. 
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CypRiPEDIUM SPICERIANUM.—We were pleased to receive last month a splendid 
bloom of this fine variety from J 8, Bockett, Esq., of Stamford Hill. There 18 
no doubt that it is one of the most distinct species of the whole genus. The 
dorsal sepal is erect, curiously curved, pure white, of a wax-like texture, having 4 
purple streak extending from the base to the apex; the linear-oblong petals are 
much crisped on the edge, and, like the other parts of the flower, are of a bronzy- 
green colour, the lip being darker, of a reddish-brown and glossy. It has been 
named in honour of H. Spicer, Esq., and was introduced from India some few years 
ago. We also received at the same time a fine form of Odontoglossum Chesterton, 
and a most distinctly spotted variety of O. Alexandre, the sepals and petals of 
which are white, spotted with reddish-crimson, and the lip white, with a large 
reddish-brown blotch on the lower portion. —B. 8. W. 
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