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ORCHIDS 



Miltonia. 



the plants were sent to M. Linden, who, however, failed to keep 

 them alive. Living specimens were soon afterwards brought to 

 England by jNIr. Chesterton, and established in Messrs. Veitch's 

 collection. Mr. Bull was also successful in the early days of its 

 introduction. The original description by Professor Reichenbach, 

 in the "Ciardeners' Chronicle" for 1867, amusingly records the 

 secrecy with which this plant was guarded on its introduction to 



Fig. 105. Flowers of Miltonia Warscewiczii 



(nat. size). 



Europe. He says that the flower from which the description was 

 drawn up was borrowed for him by a friend, "after having given 

 his promise (i) not to show it to anybody else, (2) not to speak 

 much about it, (3) not to take a drawing, (4) not to have a photo- 

 graph made, (5) not to look oftener than three times at it ! " 



M. Warscewiczii (AV///'./).— This extraordinary plant differs 

 from most Miltonias in its many-flowered, branching scapes, and 

 Jn the fantastic colours of its flowers. The pseudo-bulbs are 



