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very impatient of moisture during their season of rest, being 

 speedily destroyed if at all over watered. Wlien they begin 

 to grow, move them back into heat. They ai-e propagated by 

 dividing the bulbs when they begin to start. 



C. aureum. — This is a very handsome and remarkable 

 species, known to many by the name of the Golden Swan 

 Orchid ; it produces long racemes of closely -set light yellow 

 flowers. It is a native of Central America, and will succeed 

 well under the treatment recommended above. 



C. barbatum. — A dwarf species ; sepals and petals greenish 

 white, spotted with pink ; lip the same colour. It blooms in 

 June or July, and lasts in flower two or three weeks. A very 

 scarce plant. Native of New Grenada. 



C. chlorochihmi. — A very good species from Demerara ; the 

 flowers, which are of a yellowish colour, are produced in June 

 or July, and last thi'ee weeks in good condition if kept dry. 



C. Loddigesii. —A very curious Orchid from Surinam. It 

 produces its blossoms on a spike, six or eight together ; they 

 are four inches across ; the sepals and petals are of a brownish 

 green colour, with darker spots, and bearing some resemblance 

 to the expanded wings of a swan. This plant often produces 

 two kinds of flowers on one plant very distinct from each 

 other. It blooms in July and August, and continues in 

 perfection for three weeks. A desirable species, which ought 

 to be in every collection. 



C. pentadactylon. — This is also a curious species from 

 Brazil ; the flowers are very large, the colour being yellow and 

 brown. It flowers at different times of the year, and lasts 

 long in beauty. 



C. ventricosum. — A free-flowering Orchid from Guatemala ; 

 the sepals and petals are greenish yellow, with a white lip, and 

 sweetly scented ; blooms in June, July, or August, lasting in 

 bloom three weeks. 



