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as imported, and by its appearance it is found growing 

 among limestone rooks, and should recommend some of that 

 material to be mixed with the peat and sand. 



C. Dayanum. — ^A charming plant, the foliage of which is 

 beautifully variegated, and very distinct from any other of 

 the variegated class. The flowers, which are large, are pro- 

 duced in May and June, and last a long time in perfection ; 

 sepals white, with green veins ; petals purplish, tinged with 

 green. J. Day, Esq., has flowered two varieties of this : one 

 has darker fohage than the other, and the colour of the 

 flowers is also darker. Native of Borneo. 



O. Dominianum. — This plant is one of the many startling 

 results of hybridising, by Mr. Dominy, whose name it worthily 

 bears ; its parents are C. caricinum and C caudatum, and it 

 seems exactly intermediate between the two. It bears three 

 flowers on the spike at one time, which are somewhat of the 

 colour of those of C. caudatum and of the shape of those of 

 C. caricinum, whilst in size they are intermediate. It is a 

 valuable addition to this fine genus. Garden hybrid. 



C. Fairrieanum. — A beautiful and distinct species from 

 Assam, with leaves three inches long, of a light green colour, 

 blooms very freely during the autumn months, and will con- 

 tinue in perfection six weeks. The dorsal sepal is propor- 

 tionately large ; the petals white, striped with green and 

 purple ; the lip large, brownish green and purple. This plant 

 is seldom seen doing well : I believe the reason to be that it 

 usually gets too much heat, for with me it succeeds best in the 

 Cattleya house. 



C. Harrisianum. — This is one of the fine hybrids raised by 

 Mr. Dominy — ^between C. barbatum and C. villosum,, and the 

 result has been a plant exactly intermediate. The leaves are 

 marked like those of the first named plant, and have the 

 polished appearance of the latter. The flowers are larger 



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