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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



bulbs, and long, sheathing, dark green, coriaceous 

 leaves ; raceme many-flowered; flowers very fragrant, 

 resembling Hawthorn, large and pure white, middle 

 of the lip pale yellow, April and May. Brazil. 



tivation, but nevertheless very elegant. It is a 

 dwarf and compact grower. Pseudo-bulbs small, 

 bearing several dark green sheathing coriaceous 

 leaves, and pendant racemes of pure white flowers, 



BURLINGTONIA DECORA. 



B. Knoivlesii. — A beautiful dwarf j)lant which suc- 

 ceeds best upon a block of wood. In general ap- 

 pearance it resembles B. vemista, but differs from it 

 in having the white sepals and petals suffused with 

 rosy-pink. Autumn and winter. Brazil. 



B. venusta. — This is the commonest species in cul- 



slightly fragrant. Sepals and petals pellucid, the 

 lip stained on the disc wdth pale yellow. The 

 racemes of bloom are admirably adapted for deco- 

 rating a lady's hair for ball or evening party. The 

 flowers are produced at short intervals almost all the 

 year round. Brazil. 



