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THE BEST PLANTS 



Partial View of one of our Orchid Houses at Rivekton. 



ORCHIDS FOR COOL GREENHOUSE. 



These can be grown in any cool greenhouse or pit wher 

 of flowering is given with each variety. 



Brassia Verucosa. Sepals and petals greenish, blotched 

 with blackish purple; lip white; flowers in May 

 and June. 75 cts. to $1.00. 



Bletia Tankervilliae (Phajm Grandiflora). A well- 

 known variety; producing long spikes of large flow- 

 ers during the winter months; sepals and petals 

 brownish red, lip Avhite, purple tip, and greenish 

 yellow centre, si. 00 to .si. 50. 



Bletia Hyaciuthina. A fine sjiecies from China, with 

 pretty jiurple flowers ; hardy with protection. .50 cts. 



Cattleya Citriua. The flowers are of a bright lemon 

 yellow, deliciously fragrant, and are produced singly 

 or in pairs : it blooms from May to August, and lasts 

 for three or four weeks. 75 cts. to .J1.50. 



Coelogyne Cristata. A magnificent Orchid. The 

 flowers are borne in clusters of six or eight on a droop- 

 ing raceme. Each flower is three or four inches across. 

 Sepals and petals are undulating and of a pure white 

 color with prominent blotches of yellow on the crest; 

 remain in perfection four or five weeks; February and 

 March. .§2.00, .§3.00 and $5.00. 



Cypripedium Boxaili. Tpper sepals of a beautiful 

 fresh liglit green, with a narrow white border, covered 

 with blackish brown spots ; inferior sepals light green 

 with lines of very small reddish brown spots; petals 

 light green with dark lines. §2.00. 



Cypripedium Harrisianum. Upper sepals broad, 

 shining, dark purple, tipped with white; jjetals rich 

 purple; lip claret, tipped green. §2.00 to §3.00. 



•Cypripedium lusigue. Flowers during midwinter. 

 The blooms will last six weeks ; sepals and petals 

 yellowish green, petals tipped with white and spotted 

 brown ; tlie lip is orange and brown. §1.00 to §5.00. 



Cypripedium Sedeni. Sepals greenish white ; petals 

 twisted, white edged with purple, lip medium sized, 

 rich crimson shaded with purple winter §2..50. 



re the temperature does not fall below 3S or 40°. The time 



Cypripedium Venustum. Sepals and petals pink, 



striped with bright green, lip yellowish green ; blooms 



in winter. §1.00 to §1.50. 

 Cypripedium ViUosum. Flowers often measure sis 



inches across, and have a fine glossy appearance over 



their whole surface, which is orange red intermixed 



witli light green and dark purple; May. §2.50. 

 Dendrobium Jamesianum. A fine species bearing 



pure white flowers with lip stained cinnabar reil ; 



spring and summer. §3.00. 

 Epidendrum Calochilum. Flowers pale yellow, lip 



striped with purple ; remains in good condition a long 



time; flowers small. 50 ct^. 

 Epidendrum Fragrans. Flowers white, lip striped 



with purple, remains in beauty over two mouths; a 



pretty, sweet scented species. §2.00 to .§3.00. 

 Epidendrum Indivisum. §1.00 to §1.50. 

 Epidendrum Luridum. §1.00 to §1.50. 

 Epidendrum Myrianthum. Flowers bright rosy pur- 



]ile, small, in enormous panicles, very sweet scented; 



flowers during summer or autumn. §2. ,50. 

 Epidendrum Vittalinum 3Iaju$. Flowers bright 



orange-scarlet, about 2i inches in diameter ; lip bright 



yellow, produced on erect spikes of from 10 to 15 



flowers each ; summer. §1.00 to §2.00. 



Laelia Anceps. Flowers fragrant, two to four inches 

 across; sepals and petals rosy lilac ; lip deep purple 

 shaded with rosy lilac; free flowering, and easily 

 grown ; December and January. 75 cts. to §2.00. 



LiSelia Albida. Flowers li to 2 inches across and very 

 fragrant; nearly white, with pale pink lip streaked 

 yellow in centre; December and January. 

 75 cts, to §1,50. 



