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the spring months, and lasts several weeks in per- 

 fection. Brazil. 



(J. bicolor belongs to the same section as C. Aclandice, 

 in which the lateral lobes of the lip are too small 

 to cover the column. The best forms of this species 

 are very handsome. It does not appear to be 

 widely distiibuted in its native country, where it 

 is found high up on the trunks of the largest forest 

 trees. The pseudo-bulbs are slender and stem-like, 

 one to two feet high, bearing upon the apex two 

 oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous leaves; peduncle termi- 

 nal, bearing five to ten fragrant flowers, upwards of 

 four inches in diameter ; sepals and petals greenish- 

 brown; lip deep rose-purple, with a white fringe 

 in front. It remains a long time in full beauty. 

 August and September. Brazil. 



C. citrina. — Pseudo-bulbs smaU, oval, and, together 

 with its two narrow leaves, very glaucous ; flowers 

 mostly solitary, and of a tmiform rich bright yellow, 

 saving the front of the frilled lip, which is white, 

 and in some varieties the disc is stained with orange ; 

 the flowers are very fragrant, and thick and fleshy 

 in texture, consequently they last long in perfection. 

 This plant must be grown on a block and hung head 

 downwards in the coldest house. May and June. 

 Mexico. 



C. Dau-sonii. — It has been suggested that this 

 plant is a wild hybrid between C. lahiata and C. 

 3Iossia;, but it more resembles a very fine variety 

 of C. speciosissima ; it is undoubtedly one of the 

 finest of the genus. It is beautifully figured in 

 Warner's Select Orchidaceous Plants," with the 

 following description : — " The stems are one-leaved, 

 and bear a spike of several highly-coloured flowers, 

 which are fully seven inches across ; the sepals and 

 petals are of a delicate rose, the former lance-shaped 

 and plane, the latter very broad and much undulated ; 

 the lip is large, spreading in front, the margin much 

 imdulated, and the apex deeply divided; the front 

 portion of the central lobe is of a rich deep crimson, 

 which is carried backward towards the base in the 

 form of streaks ; the front part of the lateral lobes 

 is white, narrowly bordered with rose, and the 

 centre is yellowish." Summer months. It is sup- 

 posed to be a native of Brazil. 



C. Devoniensis. — This is the result of a cross 

 between LcBlia crispa and Cattleya granulosa. It 

 partakes most of the Cattleya habit, and is a very 

 handsome variety, specially useful as an autumn 

 blossom ; pseudo-bulbs slender, stem-like, and thick- 

 ening upwards, bearing on the apex a pair of thick 

 and fleshy leaves some six or eight inches long ; 

 peduncle bearing numerous showy flowers five 

 inches or more in diameter ; sepals white, tinged 

 with pink ; petals undulated, white, suffused with a 

 bluish tint ; lip wedge-shaped, deep purple, lateral 



lobes tipped with purple. September to November. 

 Garden hybrid. 



C. Bominiana. — The name is given in honour of 

 its raiser, whose great abilities have been well 

 known in the horticultural world for many years, 

 and to whose exertions we are indebted for so many 

 of the grand novelties which have originated in the 

 nurseries of the Messrs. Yeitch of Chelsea. This, 

 like the preceding, is the result of a cross between a 

 one-leaved and a two-leaved plant, viz., Cattleya 

 lahiata and C. amethystina. In habit of growth it 

 resembles the latter. The flowers are some six 

 inches in diameter. Sepals and petals thin and 

 membranous, wavy, the latter much the larger, pale 

 rose-colour ; lip rosy-piu'ple, margined with white, 

 stained pale citron in the throat. There are several 

 varieties of this plant, such as liitea and alha. It 

 blooms during the autumn months, and lasts a long- 

 time in full beauty. Garden hybrid. 



C. Boiviana. — Only a few years ago Orchid- 

 growers were set rejoicing by the announcement 

 that a grand Cattleya, which had been discovered 

 years ago by the celebrated traveller Warscewicz, 

 had at last been introduced in a living state. Since 

 its introduction it is found that a little more warmth 

 is requisite for it than for the majority of Cattleyas. 

 In habit and appearance the growth resembles that 

 of C. lahiata, but it can easily be distinguished from 

 that plant. Pseudo-bulbs slender at the base, much 

 swollen above in the shape of a club, furrowed, and 

 about eight inches high, bearing a single oblong- 

 obtuse leaf, which is broad, thick, and fleshy, about 

 a foot long, and dark green ; peduncle enveloped in 

 a large spathe, bearing three to six large and gor- 

 geous flowers, upwards of six inches in diameter; 

 sepals lanceolate, smooth ; petals very much larger, 

 ovate, waved, and, like the sepals, of a clear bright 

 nankeen colour; the lip very large and spreading, 

 beautifully frilled at the edge, rich velvety purple, 

 shaded with violet and streaked with lines of gold. 

 It flowers in the late summer and autumn months. 

 Costa Pica. 



G. Lowiana aiirea. — In habit resembling the typical 

 plant, its sepals and petals are soft clear yellow ; lip 

 deep velvety purple shaded with crimson, and veined 

 with rich yellow. Colombia, 



C. Eldorado. — A very charming species, with short 

 clavate pseudo-bulbs, bearing a single oblong-ligulate 

 coriaceous leaf some six inches in length ; peduncle 

 issues from a blunt spathe, bearing three to four 

 flowers nearly six inches across; sepals lanceolate; 

 petals double the size of sepals, ovate, and soft rosy- 

 pink; lip broad in front, rosy-pink outside, rich 

 amaranth in front, and stained with orange on the 

 disc. • September and October. Rio Negro. 



C. Eldorado, var. virginalis. — In habit of growth 



