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and leathery in texture, the upper side bright green and 

 the under side slightly glaucous. Flowers from- four to 

 five inches in diameter, white, delicately tinged with pink ; 

 it blooms during May. and June. Native of Sikkim, 

 Himalaya. 



E. Brookianum flavimi. — A free-growing handsome variety 

 of recent introduction. The foliage is somewhat coriaceous 

 in texture, and dark shining green in colour, whilst the 

 flowers are soft clear yellow. It blooms in spring and early 

 summer, and should he grown in the warmest corner of the 

 greenhouse. Native of Borneo. 



JB. Brookianum gracilis. — This is another of the yellow- 

 flowered varieties of this genus, and very distinct from the 

 preceding. The leaves are pale green ; the flowers are -large, 

 produced in dense trusses, and delicate light yellow. It is 

 a native of Borneo. 



a. ciliatum. — This pretty species is very valuable, on 

 account of its dwarf habit and early -flowering qualities, as 

 with very little warmth it bursts its buds in February, and 

 thus becomes very useful for conservatory decoration. Its 

 leaves are somewhat ovate, bright green above, the mid- 

 rib and margins clothed with stiff hairs, paler and slightly 

 glaucous below ; flowers in clusters of four and flve, varying 

 in colour from pale rose to pure white. In its native country 

 the flowers are said to be pale reddish purple. This plant 

 is quite hardy, but on account of its being so useful for early 

 blooming, we have introduced it here. Native of Sikkim, 

 at 9,000 to 10,000 feet elevation. 



R. Countess of Haddington. — A superb hybrid, perhaps 

 one of the very finest yet raised. It is of robust habit, with 

 stout, bold, dark green leaves ; the flowers are large, dehcate 

 blush white in colour, measuring nearly four inches in 

 diameter. 



