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CASSELL'S POPTJLAB GABDENING. 



. F. Klabochorum. — These plants resemble each , 

 other very much ia growth. Flowers solitary, very 

 large, thick, and waxy in texture. Sepals and 

 petals creamy - white, heavily tipped with rosy- 

 violet. Lip small and, together with the column, 

 deep purplish- violet. Autumn months. New Grenada. 



F. lamellosa. — 

 Flowers about two 

 inches and a half 

 across; sepals and 

 petals greenish -yel- 

 low, the lateral sepals 

 much the larger ; lip 

 same colour, with a 

 raised crest, which is 

 orange and brown. 

 Autumn months. 

 New Grenada. 



-P. Wa llisii. — 

 Flowers solitary, 

 large, ground-colour 

 of sepals and petals 

 soft creamy - white, 

 tipped with violet, 

 back part of the co- 

 lumn deep violet, lip 

 purplish - violet. 

 Spring and early sum- 

 mer months. New 

 Grenada. 



Pliajus The 



name comes from 

 Fhaius, in reference 

 to the polished ap- 

 pearance of the 

 flowers ; it is a genus 

 of robust - growing 

 terrestrial plants, 

 with oorm-like 

 pseudo-bulbs, and large, erect, plaited, dark green 

 leaves. They make large roots, and consequently 

 require plenty of pot-room. The soil should be a 

 mixture of peat, loam, and leaf -mould,, and some 

 well-decomposed cow-manure. Pot firmly, and do 

 not elevate the pseudo-bulbs above the rim of 

 the pot. Water them freely during the. season of 

 growth, but when at rest very little should be 

 given, and the plants may be placed in a lower 

 temperature. East Indian House when growing, 

 Peruvian House when at rest. 



P. Bemaysii. — Leaves broadly lanceolate, plicate, 



Pebistebu elaia. 



and deep green. Peduncle erect, longer than the 

 leaves, naked below, beariog towards the top a 

 large raceme of ten to twenty flowers. Sepals and 

 petals about equal, spreading, china -white out- 

 side, pale yellow within ; Kp three-lobed, side-lobes 

 rolled over the column, white, stained with pale 

 yellow in front. 

 Winter and spring 

 months. Queensland. 

 P. grandifolim. — 

 Habit same as the 

 preceding. Sepals 

 and petals white, lip 

 brown. Autumn and 

 winter into spring. A 

 cultivated Chinese 

 plant. 



F.grimdifoUus, var. 

 striata. — In this form 

 the leaves are prettily 

 striped with golden- 

 yellow. Flowers the 

 same as the species. 

 China. 



F. irroratus. — 

 Pseudo-bulbs conical, 

 growth resembling F. 

 grandifolius. Sepals 

 and petals creamy- 

 white, tinged with 

 rose, with several pro- 

 minent veins run- 

 ning through their 

 entire length; lip 

 nearly circular, flat, 

 creamy--white, light 

 yeUow at the base, 

 with thre^ obscure 

 ridges on the disc. 

 This plant is a gar- 

 den hybrid, between Calanthe veatita and Fhcyua 

 grandifolim. Winter months. 



F. maeulatm. -^Tiaa species takes its name from the 

 numerous yeUow spots with which the leaves are orna- 

 mented. Flowers very showy ; sepals and petals rich 

 yellow ; lip same colour, bearing numerous streaks of 

 light brown ; edge of the lip crimped and frilled, rich 

 cinnamon -brown in colour. Winter months. Nepaul. 

 F. Wallichii. — The strongest-growing species, pro- 

 ducing racemes of large flowers. Sepals and petals 

 orange, yellow, and white; lip buff, suffused with 

 purple. Winter and spring. Northern India. . 



End op Vol. III. 



