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as showing are now flowering. Brassavola Perrinii and grandiflora are also 
worth growing on account of their free blooming quality. 
Two quite distinct Lycastes are L. aromatica and Rossiana, which are 
both easily grown if well rested. A few Maxillarias are blooming, chiefly 
M. rufescens, sanguinea, tenuifolia and Sanderiana, etc. The Miltonias, 
of which we mentioned the spikes last month, are now opening their first 
blooms, viz: M. spectabilis, vexillaria and its variety Klabochorum. 
Charming also are the pendulous spikes of Odontoglossum citrosmum, 
Amongst Oncidiums a few others are showing, as O. caminiophorum, 
candidum, the pretty exasperatum, ornithopodum, and the free blooming 
pumilum. Trichopilia laxa is also promising, as are the two distinct 
species of Promenea stapelioides and xanthinum, with their small 
dusky purple and yellow flowers. A few Oncidiums and Cypripediums 
must also be mentioned. 
The Cattleya house is also a gaily decorated department, containing 
C. Schroeder, intermedia, Mendelii, Lawrenceana, citrina, and Skinneri, 
with the rich Lelia cinnabarina, and Epidendrums, as evectum, Wallisi, 
and elongatum. A few more Cattleyas will soon be seen, notably the 
difficult growing C. Aclandie, the free blooming C. Mossiz and Warneri, 
the latter sometimes called the spring labiata, and the beautiful C. dolosa,, 
which lasts in perfection for over a month; also the two bright Dendro- 
biums chrysotoxum and thyrsiflorum. Several well-known Epidendrums are 
also promising, viz: E. bracteatum, equitans, variegatum and vitellinum 
majus. Two other distinct things coming into flower are Gongora 
gratulabunda with its long pendulous racemes, and Habenaria rhodochila 
with its bright colour. Lelias are also in season, notably the brilliant 
L. cinnabarina, and strong sheaths of the old L. purpurata are throwing 
up bunches of five or six flowers. L. grandis and L. tenebrosa 
are also expected shortly. 
The Warm house possesses also some bright stars. The numerous 
Dendrobiums and Cypripediums, the showy Eulophiella Elisabeth, Chysis 
bractescens, and Rodiguezia fragrans, are some of those which we always 
regret when they once again disappear. This house will also soon reach its 
perfection, for May is in some respects the best month for Dendrobes, very 
few flowering afterwards, considering the total number of species. The 
beautiful but difficult to grow D. Bensoni is now showing, also D. Dearei, 
Gibsoni, Calceolaria, and podagraria are all pushing up. Several Aérides 
are sending forth their spikes, viz: A. Fieldingii, Houlletianum and multi- 
florum Hughii. The two free flowering Calanthes X Dominii and 
veratrifolia, are in bloom. A few Ccelogynes are also flowering, viz: 
C. ochracea, Schilleriana and Swaniana. Cryptochilus sanguinea is a 
species worth growing, and Cymbidiums Finlaysonianum, pendulum and 
