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adapted for shoulder-sprays or bouquets, and will 

 last for a very long time after their removal from 

 the plant. It blooms from December to February. 

 It is found in the mountains of Nepaul and Sikkim, 

 &c., at an elevation of from 5,000 to 6, 000 feet. 



C. cristata alba. — A rare variety, in which the 

 flowers are of a uniform pure white without spot or 

 blemish of any colour. Nepaul. 



C. cristata, var. citrina. — A variety highly appre- 

 ciated by many ; when flowering it is very distinct, 

 as the lip is marked with a blotch of soft lemon- 

 colour instead of yellow, and as it is invariably later 

 in opening its flowers, it extends the time for the 

 enjoyment of these charming blooms. 



C. corrugatu — As the specific name implies, the 

 pseudo-bulbs are much wiinkled ; they are apple - 

 green in colour, ovate, bearing on the summit a pair 

 of oblong, somewhat acuminate leaves, which are 

 erect and dark green ; the racemes are erect, slightly 

 shorter than the leaves, and bear from three to 

 six flowers ; these are pure white, except the disc of 

 the lip, which is yellow, veined with orange. 

 Autumn months, lasting long in full beauty. Neil- 

 gherries. 



C.flaccida. — Pseudo-bulbs oblong, two-leaved ; the 

 racemes pendulous, many-flowered ; sepals and petals 

 white ; lip white, stained with yellow, and streaked 

 with crimson. The odour of this plant is peculiar, 

 and not appreciated by some ; independent of this, 

 however, it is a very fine-flowering and showy 

 species. Winter and spring months. Nepaul, &;c. 



C. fuseescens. — A remarkably handsome species; 

 pseudo-bulbs three to four inches high, somewhat 

 stem-like, bearing a i^air of broadly-oblong, plicate 

 leaved, which are some nine inches long, dark green 

 above, paler below ; raceme nodding, about the same 

 length as the leaves, bearing three to six or eight 

 large flowers ; sepals and petals narrow, white, 

 tinged with yellowish-brown ; lip yellowish, white 

 in front, stained with rich brown at the base. 

 Winter months. Moulmein. 



C. Goicerii. — An elegant small-growing species 

 which succeeds best upon a block of wood. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, shining deep green, bearing a pair of 

 narrowly -lanceolate leaves some six inches long; 

 racemes pendulous ; sepals and petals pure snow- 

 white ; lip white, stained on the disc with a pale 

 lemon-coloured blotch. This rare species blooms 

 during winter and spring. Assam. 



C. Loivii. — A warm-countrj'- plant, also known by 

 the name of C. asperata ; its pseudo-bulbs are some- 

 what flat, and, like its leaves, are dull green, ana 

 attain a height of about two feet ; racemes pendulous, 

 about a foot long, many-flowered ; flowers nearly 

 three inches across ; sepals and petals creamy- white ; 

 lip creamy- white, crested in the centre with orange, 



and streaked with yellow and chocolate. It blooms 

 dui'ing the summer months. Borneo. 



C. odoratissima. — -This is a small-growing and 

 beautifully fragrant species. It is dwarf in habit, 

 with smaU clustered pseudo-bulbs, bearing a pair of 

 erect narrowly -lanceolate leaves. Racemes slender 

 and pendulous ; flowers pure white ; the lip slightly 

 stained with pale yellow. It blooms during the 

 spring months. Neilgherry Hills, at considerable 

 elevations. 



C. pandurata.—Vs,evAo-'hv^& large, broadly-ovate, 

 compressed, shining green ; leaves in pairs, broadly- 

 lanceolate, about eighteen inches long, plaited and 

 bright green; racemes pendulous, about as long as 

 the leaves, many-flowcred, each flower about three 

 inches in diameter ; sepals and petals flat and 

 spreading, bright apple-green in colom- ; lip same 

 colom' with a broad blotch of black in front, and the 

 raised lines on the disc fringed wdth black. Green 

 flowers are not usually attractive, but in this case 

 they are so conspicuous and attractive that no collec- 

 tion of Orchids should lack this species. June and 

 July. Borneo, where it is said to grow on trees in 

 very shady places, and usually on those overhanging 

 water. 



C. Parishii. — Another green-flowered species; the 

 ])scudo-bulbs are somewhat stem-like ; the flowers 

 resemble the last species, but are smaller. It is de- 

 sirable on account of its colour and its associations. 

 The Rev. Mr. Parish has been a most indefatigable 

 collector and discoverer of new Orchids, and amongst 

 all the gi-and species he has sent home, surely some 

 finer kinds could have been found to commemorate 

 his keen industry and love of these beautiful plants 

 than the few which have been dedicated to him. 



C. speciosa. — In this plant the colours are strikingly 

 different fi'om the species previously enumerated ; 

 pseudo-bulbs oblong, bearing a single broadly-oblong 

 lanceolate leaf ; flowers in pairs, each flower upwards 

 of three inches across ; sepals and petals olive-green 

 tinged with brown ; lip yellow, veined and fringed 

 with dark red, and tipped with white in front. Its 

 usual time of flowering is in summer, but it is almost 

 an ar-the-yoar-round flowerer. Java. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



By William Eaeley. 



MONTHLY CALENDAR OF WORK TO BE BONE. 



ALL real success connected with the work of the 

 garden depends almost in an equal degree 

 upon two considerations, i.e., doing things well and 

 at the proper season. It is for the latter reason 

 that calendars of work to be done are so valued 



