ORCHIDS. Al 
LALIA DAYEANA. 
Tuts small plant — represented by Plate No. X.— received its 
name in compliment to Mr. John Day, whose magnificent collec- 
tion of orchids is at Tottenham, England. 
The variety is a native of Brazil; a new and distinct addition 
to the species. It blossoms in summer; is a small grower, but 
remains in bloom several weeks. 
The Lelias, which belong to the second tribe, LE pidendree, 
find themselves associated with many varieties, noteworthy for 
their fine perfume, and for this feature, also, that their sweet floral 
fragrance is diffused in evenings or during the night. Of such 
plants the poet speaks :— 
That keep 
Their odors to themselves all day, 
But when the sunlight dies away, 
Let the delicious secret out, 
To every breeze that roams about. 
It is a curious fact in natural history, also, respecting that 
magnificent tree of Central and Southern Africa, the Baobab, 
whose trunk grows to be sixty feet in circumference, — that its 
very beautiful blossoms spread open their surfaces as soon as day 
fully dawns, and closes them again at night. Hence this vege- 
table wonder has been named by French Naturalists, “ Beauties 
of the Day.” 
African natives, though sunk in ignorance, and apparently 
stupid, show themselves possessed of some fine imagination and 
poetic thought; for, assembled in small groups, and viewing this 
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phenomenon of nature during the season of the Baobab’s blos- 
