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Gattleya. 



usual manner. To succeed, therefore, with this plant, it should 

 always hang with the growing-point downwards. It should be 

 grown upon a block of wood, or in shallow pans, and fastened 

 with some copper wire, with just a small portion of sphagnum and 

 peat fibre ; the atmosphere should be moist, and the tempera- 

 ture cool. It does well if placed in a warm, shaded corner of 

 the Odontoglossum-house. The pseudo-bulbs are almost round, 

 and they are inclosed in silvery coats or sheaths ; each bears 

 two grey leaves. The flowers are large, growing mostly singly, 

 but sometimes in pairs, and wholly of soft lemon-yellow, the 

 margin of the lip being wavy and white. It blooms during April 

 and Jvlay, and owing to the great substance of the flowers, which 

 are very fragrant, it lasts long in beauty. It is a native of 

 Mexico, where its peculiar habit and great beauty early attracted 

 the attention of naturalists. It has been in cultivation since 

 1S38. (B. M., t. 3742,) 



C. crispa (Lindl.). — The plant frequently catalogued under 

 this name is Lalia crispa. 



C. dolosa {Rchh. _/.). — An exceedingly rare plant in cultivation. 

 It may be called a large C. Walkeriana (indeed, by some it is 

 regarded as a variety of that species), differing in the form of 

 its pseudo-bulbs, the two leaves, and in the flowers springing 

 from the leaf-growths, and not in a separate growth, a peculiarity 

 known only in C. Walkeriana. The side lobes of the lip in 

 C. dolosa are very broad, and overlapping ; the colour of the 

 whole flower is a soft lilac, suffused with white, the lip being 

 broad and purple, with a white throat. Minas Geraes, 1S72. 

 It requires ordinary Cattleya treatment, with all the available light. 



C. Dowiana (Batem.). — A magnificent Orchid and a free 

 flowerer when well managed. It thrives in the Cattleya-house, 

 suspended near the roof-glass. The scape bears from two to 

 six flowers of great size ; the sepals and petals are of a deep 

 nankeen-yellow colour; the labellum is large and spreading, 

 delicately frilled on the margin, and wholly of an intense, rich 

 purple, shaded with violet-rose, and beautifully streaked with 

 lines of gold. Its flowering season is during the late summer 

 and early autumn months. It is a native of Costa Rica, whence 

 it was introduced some years ago, but in bad condition. On 

 its re-introduction in 1864, it was obtained by the Messrs. Veitch, 

 and flowered in the autumn of the following year. This is also 

 regarded as a variety of C labiata by many present-day botanists. 

 (B. M., t. 5618.) 



Van aurea (T. Moore). — This plant, commonly known as 

 C. aurea, scarcely differs from C. Dowiana, except in the yellow 



