flowers are large, chaste, and beaiitiful. This plant is a garden hybrid, the result 

 of a cross between T. Bensonice and T. Marshalliana, and the beauties of the two 

 parents are admirably blended. It appears to have been raised first by the 

 late Mr. G. Toll, of Manchester, who named it in honour of a well-known grower 

 of Orchids in Lancashire, viz., E. G. Wrigley, Esq., of Preston. Mr. Toll's stock of 

 these plants jDassed into our hands, from one of which our present illustration was 

 taken. It has also been raised by the Messrs. Veitch, and was exhibited by them 

 under the name of T. Veitchiana ; whilst at the same time it was being shown 

 by us under the name of T. Wrigleyana, at the "Royal Botanic Society's meeting, 

 Regent's Park, in May, 1885. 



Thunia Veitchiana, like its parents, is a deciduous plant, and' grows in the 

 same manner, having erect leafy stems, which are terete and fascicled, from one to 

 two feet in height, attaining even to greater dimensions as the plant becomes 

 vigorous. It is a free-blooming subject, producing its flowers from the apex of the 

 stem on a drooping spike, and it continues bringing forth its blossoms for a 



considerable time. The sepals and petals are white, slightly tinged with mauve at 

 the tips ; the anterior portion of the lip is a fine mauve-purple, and the lower 

 part is white, with some mauve-purple veins, and margined with a lighter colour, 

 the keels on the disc being of a peculiar orange-purple. It blooms during the 

 months of May and June, and continues some weeks in full beauty. 



This Thunia requires the same treatment as the other members of the genus. 

 They are greatly benefited by giving them good brisk heat during the spring and 

 early summer, which is their growing season, and they begin to bring forth their 

 flower spikes when the stems have nearly , reached maturity. They require an 

 abundant supply of moisture at their roots until growth is completed ; but when at 

 rest they should be placed on a shelf, near the glass, and ftUly exposed to the 

 light, in order to ripen their stem-like bulbs, at which time just sufficient moisture 

 to keep them from shrivelling will be ample. We strongly advise their being 

 placed in a light position, as when put away into the shade they are frequently 

 neglected and lost. As soon as returning life begins to show itself, the supply of 

 water may be gradually increased; and when the young shoots have attained to 

 about an inch in length, re-pot them, shaking off all the old soil, using for this 

 purpose a mixture of good fibrous peat, light turfy loam, and sphagnum moss. 

 Let the. pots be well drained, and place them in the East India house, as these 



enjoy strong heat and an abundant supply of water, both at their roots and 



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