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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



ON ORCHIDS— contd. 



-with brown-purple, vandarum (s), 

 white ; 1. terete. 



Angraecura 



arcuatum (s), white; night-scented. 

 bilobdm (S), white, on a reddish-brown 

 pedicel ; night - scented. Chaillu- 

 anum (s), white, brown at base of 

 ovary; night-scented. Fournieri- 

 ANUM (s), white ; night - scented. 

 hyaloides (s), white ; very fragrant. 



Brassia 



BRACHIATA (i), pale green, spotted 

 •dark brown, c audata ( I ), yel. , barred 

 ibrown, spotted greenish-brown. Lan- 

 •ceana (i), bright yel., blotched deep 

 brown, sometimes red. Lawrenceana 

 (i), bright yel., spotted cinnamon and 

 .green; fragrant, maculata (i), sepals 

 and petals yel., blotched brown ; lip 

 white, spotted brown and purple. 

 verrucosa (i), green and white, 

 spotted light brown. 



Bulbophyllum 



barbigerum (w-i), deep brown, 

 •covered dark purple hairs, moving at 

 the slightest disturbance. Dearei ( I ), 

 pale greenish-yel. and purple. Lobbii 

 (i), pale yel. macdlatum (i), green, 

 spotted brownish-purple, reticula- 

 -tum (i), greenish- white, striped and 

 spotted purple. SALTATORUM (i), 

 greenish-brown, siamense (t), pale 

 jyel., striped and lined purple. 



Burlingtonia 



Candida (I), white; very fragiant. 

 decora (i), white, flushed and spotted 

 pink. 



Calanthe 



BELLA (x, s), white and rose-pink. 

 -GIGAS (x, s), large, white and purple. 

 B.EGNIERI (s), white and rosy-pink. 

 Tdrneri (s), white. Veitchii (s), 

 bright rose, white disk. V. ALBA (s), 

 white. VESTITA RUBRO-OCULATA (S), 

 white, deep purple disk. v. LUTEA (s), 

 white, yel. disk. v. gigantea (s), 

 white, cr. disk ; plant very large ; rare. 

 William Murray (s), white and 

 purple. 



Catasetum 



barbatum (i), green, blotchedpurple; 

 lip greenish-pink, having a dull white 

 bearded fringe. Bungerothii (i), 

 white; very fragrant, callosum (i), 



dull brownish suffusion on a yellowish 

 ground, cristatum (i), dull green, 

 crested lip. fimbriatum (i^ yel.- 

 green; very fragrant, maculatum 

 (i), green, spotted purple, pilatum 

 (i), large, almost white; closely allied 

 to', if not identical with, C. Bunge- 

 rothii. 



Cattleya 



Aclandi^s (i), sepals and petals 

 brown and pale yel., lip deep purple ; 

 fragrant. amethystoglossa (s), 

 rosy-lilac, spotted pink, lip cr.-purple ; 

 fragrant, bicolor (i), bronzy-green, 

 lip rosy-purple. Bowringiana (i), 

 rosy-purple, lip deeper purple. Citrina 

 (i), bright .lempn-yel. ; highly fragrant. 

 DowiANA (i), creamy-yel., lip cr.- 

 purple, striped gold; fragrant. 

 GUTTATA (i), greenish-yel., spotted 

 cr., lip white, stained with purple. 

 intermedia (i), blush-white, lip 

 cr.-purple and white. Luddemann- 

 iana (i), pale lilac, lip white, yel. and 

 cr. ; fragrant. Rex (i), creamy-yel., 

 lip yel., purple, with darker veins. 

 Schrceder^e (i), blush-rose, lip with a 

 darker suffusion of rose in front and yel. 

 at base; fragrant. Skinnerii(i), rosy- 

 purple, lip shading to white at base. S. 

 alba (i), white, superba (s), deep 

 rose-purple and cr. ; very fragrant. 

 VELUTINA (i), yel. spotted purple, lip 

 yel., violet, and cr. Warnerii (i), 

 deep rose, lip cr.-purple, yel. at the 

 base, fragrant. Warscewiczii (i), 

 deep lilac, lip rich cr., yellow blotches 

 on side lobes ; fragrant. 



There are 'many hybrid Cattleyas 

 derived from the inter-crossing of the 

 various species. These generally par-, 

 take of the intermediate characteristics 

 of the parents. 



Chysis 



AUREA (i), yel., lip marked cr. ; 

 fragrant. bractescens (i), white, 

 yel. blotch on lip ; fragrant. Chel- 

 sonii (i), Nankeen-yel., rosy blotch 

 at the apex of the sepals and petals ; 

 lip bright yel., reddish-brown spots and 

 markings. L;evis (i), yel., sc.-cr. 

 markings on the lip. 



Cirrhopetalum 



auratum (w-i), straw - coloured, 

 striped cr. and yel. Cumingii (w-i), 

 green and reddish-purple. Medusae 



