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when new growth commences, and if a compost of fibrous peat, 

 loam, and sand is provided, over ample drainage, they will thrive. 



Best Species and Hybrids 



P. Blumei, a Javanese species of large growth ; flowers olive- 

 brown, with a yellow, crimson-marked lip. P. grandifolius, a fine 

 old species, with spikes three or four feet high ; flowers white and 

 chocolate-brown, the lip white and yellow, with crimson veins. 

 P. MACULATus, a species that does very well in the cool house ; it 

 has green, white-spotted leaves, and spikes of ten or a dozen yellow 

 flowers. P. siMULANS has pure white sepals and petals, and a large 

 lip, yellow, spotted with crimson, and with a white, purple-marked 

 apex. P. HuMBLOTi is rosy purple, with a broad, red-crimson and 

 yellow lip. P. Wallichii is a strong grower, with spikes four feet 

 high and yellow flowers marked with red-purple. 



Very fine hybrids have been raised, chiefly by the late Mr 

 N. C. Cookson. The most notable are P. Chapmanii (P. Hum- 

 blotii X P. Phcebe\ P. Clive (P. Cooksoni var. Norman x P. 

 simulans\ P. Cooksoni [P. grandifolius x P. Humblotit), P. 

 Cooksoni [P. simulans x P. Wallichii)^ P. Harold {P. Cooksoni 

 var. Norman x P, Wallicbii)^ P. Martha (P. Blumei x P. 

 simulans\ P. Phcebe (P. Humhlotii x P. Wallichii)^ P. Ruby (P. 

 Cooksoni X P. Humhlotii^ and P. Veitchii (P. grandifolius x P. 

 maculatus). 



Other Species 



p. bicolor, p. flavus, p. mishmiensis, and p. pauciflorus. 



PHAL^NOPSIS 



The popular species of Phalsenopsis are unequalled for grace 

 and beauty by any other Orchids, but there are many that surpass 



