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Cymbidium. 



There are several species of this genus, but only a few that 

 are admissable into a choice selection of Orchidaceous plants ; 

 some of them are very handsome and delicate in colour. All 

 are evergreen, with beautiful foliage. Some are large-growing 

 plants, with short pseudobulbs, from which the leaves and 

 flowers proceed. They succeed best grown in the East Indian 

 house, and are generally free-flowering plants, some of them 

 producing pendulous spikes as much as two feet long. They 

 require plenty of pot room, as they send out thick fleshy roots 

 very freely. I grow them in rough peat, with good drainage, 

 and a liberal quantity of water at the roots during their period 

 of growth ; afterwards less water will suffice, and they should 

 be kept at the cool end of the East Indian house. Propaga- 

 tion is effected by dividing the bulbs. The following are the 

 best I have seen : — 



C. Dayanum. — A very distinct and pretty kind, somewhat 

 resembling C. churneum in appearance, but the flower spike is 

 pendulous, not erect as in that species ; the flowers are freely 

 produced, and are yellowish white streaked with purple ; it 

 requires the temperature of the East Indian house all the 

 season. Native of Assam. 



C. ebimteum. — A remarkably handsome species, the finest 

 of the genus, with graceful foliage, and of very compact 

 growth. The spike is erect, about six inches high, flowers 

 very large ; the sepals and petals are pure white ; the Hp is 

 the same colour, with a blotch of yellow in the centre. It 

 blooms in February and March, and lasts a long time in 

 bloom. A very scarce plant. We are indebted to Messrs. 

 Loddiges for the introduction of this magnificent plant, of 

 which there are two varieties. I have seen a pretty variety 

 grown by Mr. Stone, gardener to J. Day, Esq., Tottenham, 

 which is smaller in gi-owth than the original type, and the 



