been the great factor in the introduction of this species, and indeed it was from 
his establishment that we first became cognisant of the species. The plate here 
given of Cattleya citrina was drawn by our artist, Miss Gertrude Hamilton, from 
a plant which flowered amongst many others in our own collection at the Victoria 
and Paradise Nurseries in the spring of the present season; it represents a very 
good coloured form of the species, and a variety in which the white band on the 
front lobe of the lip is well defined. 
Cattleya citrina is a beautiful dwarf plant, having glaucous persistent leaves 
and large fleshy fragrant flowers, which last a long time in full perfection. In its 
native country we are told that it is found growing upon the under sides of the 
branches of trees, and hence the best plan is to fasten it upon a block of wood 
(willow-wood we prefer) with the growing part pointing downwards, standing, as it 
were, upon its head. We have frequently seen it placed in an upright position, but 
all attempts to so grow it have ended in its death; in fact, the plant would 
appear to be a somewhat refractory subject even when treated in the best manner. 
Few persons can point to their plants and say that they have bloomed them _half- 
a-dozen years in succession, but in some instances this has been asserted with a 
good deal of truth, and when such is the case, no more beautiful and pleasing 
flower can be found. Some people grow this plant in shallow pans, but we greatly 
prefer the block system of culture. It should thrive well in the Cattleya house 
during the summer months, treated to a somewhat shady position and supplied with 
a large quantity of water ; but in the winter months it should be kept cool and 
dry, and if kept in the cool house during this time plenty of moisture will be 
available from the atmosphere. 
LALIA ELEGANS LEUCOTATA.—This is one of the most chaste and elegant flowers 
that we know of, and we were certainly quite surprised at its most immaculate 
beauty after seeing some of the darkest and finest varieties of this species in the 
same establishment. The flowers are rather small at present, which may be accounted 
for by the plant being young, but they are wholly of the purest white, having the 
deeply-clawed lip of the typical plant. We saw this rare and valuable gem quite 
recently in the collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., at The Woodlands, Streatham, 
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where it is held in great estimation—W. H 
