5i8 ORCHIDS 



Zygopetalum. 



wavy along the margin, white, with the central portion deep 

 purple-blue ; the crest is thiclc, fleshy, crimped, ruff-like, purple 

 in colour ; and the short, thick column is white. The blooms 

 appear in September. Native of Costa Rica. Syn. ]Va7-sceiviczella 

 Wendlandi. (W. O. A., t. 126.) 

 Var. discolor has green sepals and petals, 



Z. xanthinum {Rchb. /.).— A dainty little Orchid, and the 

 best-known of the Promencca section. It is similar to 

 Z. RolUssoni in every character except the flowers, which are 

 smaller. The sepals and petals are pale lemon-yellow, and the 

 column is streaked with red ; the lip is three-lobed, yellow, with 

 crimson spots in the throat. Brazil, 1S38. Syns. Froinetuea 

 citrina and P. xaiithina. 



G.iRDEN Hybrids. 



Clavi crinitiun and inaxiUare (Clay). 



crinito-nia.xiUare .... crinltum and viaxiUare (Rothschild). 



h'Kcochiluni ]\Iac]^aii and Burkel (Veitch). 



pentacliromiDii .Syn. Sidt'fiii. 



Perrenuudli intermedium and Gauticri (Peeters). 



Sedenii Maci^aii and niaxillare (Veitch). 



BRITISH AND OTHER HARDY 

 ORCHIDS. 



There are a considerable number of prettily-flowered 

 and highly interesting terrestrial Orchids which may be 

 grown in the open air in this country. Besides those 

 native species which are worth notice for the quaintness 

 of form and fantastic colours of their flowers, a great 

 many terrestrial kinds from North America and from the 

 European Continent are available for open-air gardening, 

 and when the conditions are suitable they are capable of 

 producing a beautiful display. Such are the Cypripediums, 

 the Fringe, Bee, and Butterfly Orchises. These plants, 

 however, attract comparatively little notice from English 

 Orchid fanciers, and they are consequently not much 

 grown. Most of those mentioned here may be procured 

 at little cost from the few English nurserymen who pay 



