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another of the many fine plants we have received from Moul- 

 mein. It is a plant of remarkahly easy culture, producing 

 its blossoms in spring. Its flowers, when first opening, are 

 green or greenish white, but after a day or so they change to 

 pure white, except the lip, which is shaded with green and 

 yellow, and striped with orange. They are produced in pairs, 

 and yield a delicious perfume similar to that of wallflowers. 

 It belongs to the D. farnwsitm section of the genus, which 

 have the young growths covered with black hairs. 



B. Hillii. — This is an Australian species, nearly related to 

 the old D. speciosum, but the stems are fully twice the length, 

 and more stem-like, while the racemes of flower are much 

 longer and more graceful, and the sepals and petals are nar- 

 rower and creamy white. It Is a free-flowering and desirable 

 species, and succeeds well in the cool-house after its growth 

 is complete. 



D. iiifiwdihuhim. — This is a species of great beauty, distri- 

 buted in the first place under the name of D. moulmeinense, 

 and resembling D. formosum in habit of growth and flower, but 

 surpassing it much in size and profusion of blooms. Native of 

 Moulmein. 



D. Jamesianum. — This is a very fine species named in 

 honour of the late Mr. James Veitch. It is somewhat in the 

 way oi D.formuxum. The stems are about a foot high, and 

 the flowers nearly as large as those of Z). formosum, pure 

 white, except the Hp, which is deeply stained with cinnabar 

 red. It blooms during spring and summer. Native of 

 Moulmein. 



D. japovicum. — This is by no means an exhibition plant ; 

 but although it cannot lay claim to much beauty, its flowers, 

 which are pure white, with a few purple spots on the lip, 

 yield a delicious fragrance ; it grows about a foot high, and 

 coming from Japan, will make a good addition to the cool- 



