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white lip with a yellow crest, and in other respects is nearly allied to the 
handsome form now figured. 
Lycaste Skinneri is a plant of the easiest possible culture, and is easily 
increased by division after flowering. A compost of rough fibrous peat and 
sphagnum moss should be given, and the pots should be of good size, and well 
drained. They may be grown in an intermediate house or at the warmest end 
of the cool house, and during the growing season should receive an ample supply 
of water. When at rest, the soil should not be allowed to become dry. The plants 
should be shaded from bright sunshine. 
R. A. RoLrFe. 
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beautifully undulated, and, together with the sepals, white, suffused with rose; 
lip large, bright rose, veined with purple. 
L. purpurata praestans has the sepals and petals white, veined with rose; 
lip large, bright carmine-purple, paler in front, through which run numerous 
carmine veins; throat white. 
I have selected the above kinds from the number sent, because they appear 
to me to be the most distinct. I do not say that the remaining varieties are not 
very beautiful, but they can be more often met with amongst a lot of imported 
plants. 
Wo. Hucu Gower. 
(The Garden, June 10, 1893.) 
