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free growing plant, and one wHcli may be cultivated without 

 a glass. 



P. fimhriUans. — This very pretty species has ovate leaves, 

 beautifully streaked with silver, on a dark green ground. It is 

 one of the prettiest of this family ; and was introduced from 

 the forests about Rio Janeiro, in Brazil. 



P. macuhitiis. — This very pretty plant grows about six 

 inches high, leaves two and a half inches long, dark green, 

 with two rows of white oblong spots lying parallel with the 

 mid-rib. Native of Ecuador. 



P. nobilis. — A large and very beautifully marked species, 

 having broadly ovate leaves of a dark green, marked with 

 silvery veins. 



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Curious Orchids, of which there are many species, but as • 

 the flowers of most of them are not showy, only a few are 

 worth growing where space is limited ; many of these, how- 

 ever, are handsome in growth, and ought to be in every collec- 

 tion. In habit they resemble Aerides, having beautiful ever- 

 green distichous foliage, which in some kinds is regularly curved 

 and very graceful : the flowers are produced on long spikes from 

 the axils of the leaves. Even when not in bloom, the plants 

 themselves are objects of interest, and give a noble appearance 

 to the house in which they are gi-own. The flowers are not 

 so much prized as they ought to be, as they are produced at 

 the wrong time for exhibition ; but, blooming as they do in 

 winter, they are invaluable to those who look for beauty at 

 that season. They continue six weeks or more in perfection. 

 If in vigorous health the plants generally flower every year, and 

 also produce young plants at the bottom. The latter, if requhed, 

 should be taken off when rooted ; if not, leave them on, in 

 order to make a finer specimen. They requu-e the same 

 treatment and material as Aerides, and, like that genus, are 



