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C. guttata. — A free -growing Orchid, from Brazil, growing to 

 about twenty inches high. Sepals and petals greenish yellow, 

 beautifully spotted with crimson ; the lip white, stained with 

 purple. This is a very distinct species, and when well grown 

 wUl produce as many as nine or ten flowers on a spike. It 

 blooms in October and November, lasting two weeks in per- 

 fection. 



C. guttata Leopoldii. — A charming variety from Brazil ; 

 grows about twenty inches high, and has short dark green 

 fohage ; a fi-ee-blooming kind, producing its flowers after it 

 has made its growth. Sepals and petals dark brown, spotted 

 with crimson; Up purple. I have seen this with thirty 

 flowers on one spike, a condition in which it was exhibited at 

 Regent's Park by Mr. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., 

 Streatham, in whose collection it was grown; this was the finest 

 spike I ever remember seeing. It generally has from six to 

 ten flowers on a spike, and continues in perfection about three 

 weeks, making a fine plant for exhibition on account of its 

 distinct colour. 



C. guatemalensis. — A very distinct and pretty Orchid ; 

 though not so large as many of the genus, yet the curious 

 colour of the flowers — which are in the sepals and petals rosy 

 purple and buff, and the lip reddish purple and orange, with a 

 few crimson lines — amply compensates for the size, and being 

 produced in large clusters, makes it a very desirable addition 

 to a collection. Similar in habit to C. Skinneri, and requires 

 the same treatment. 



C. Harrisonim. — A free-growing Orchid from Brazil, attain- 

 ing the height of twenty inches, and blooming in abundance 

 from July to October. The flowers, which will last in good 

 condition three weeks, are of a beautiful rose colour, having on 

 the lip a slight tinge of yellow. This is a noble plant, and 

 amply repays the care required to grow it well. A fine speci- 



