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flated, rich crimson, suffused with a purplish tinge. 

 Summer months, &c. Garden hybrid. 



C. selligerum. — A hybrid between C. barbatum 

 and C. Icevigatum, and is a very handsome and 

 distinct variety. It is of robust habit, with broad 

 ligulate leaves ; these have nearly lost all the 

 tesselations of the barbatum group. Scape erect, 

 two to three-flowered; dorsal sepal white, boldly 

 veined from base to apex with dark crimson ; the 

 coalescing lower one is white ; petals much de- 

 flexed, and slightly twisted, about three inches long, 

 white, veined with crimson, with numerous dark 

 warty blotches, and fringed all round with long dark 

 hairs; lip large and obtuse, vinous red. Spring 

 and summer. Garden hybrid. 



C. Stonei. — This is a superb species. The leaves 

 are ligulate-obtuse, about a foot long, and dark 

 shining green above, paler beneath; scape erect, as 

 long or longer than the leaves, three-flowered ; 

 sepals ovate-acuminate, the dorsal one largest, 

 white, stained with yellow, and streaked with 

 purple on the outside ; petals slightly deflexed, some 

 five inches long, orange-yellow, blotched with dark 

 purple ; lip large, with a curiously-shaped pouch, 

 ground-colour white, reddish-purple in front, with 

 deeper-coloured veins. June and July. Sarawak 

 in Borneo. 



C. Spieerianum. — A small-growing species, not 

 possessed of brilliant colours, but a charming addi- 

 tion to the family. Scape erect, flowers solitary, 

 two to three inches in diameter ; dorsal sepals pure 

 v/hite ; petals white, tinged with green, and streaked 

 with purple ; lip deep reddish-brown. It should be 

 placed in the cool end of the Brazilian House. 

 Spring months. Northern India. 



C. superbiens. — This species belongs to the bar- 

 batum group, and is the finest of that section yet 

 introduced. In English gardens it has obtained the 

 name of Veitchianiim. Leaves strap-shaped, oblong- 

 obtuse, ground-colour yellowish-green, tesselated 

 with dark green ; flowers very large, solitary ; 

 dorsal sepal ovate, tapering to a point, the lower one 

 very small, white, with numerous bright green lines 

 running from base to apex ; petals oblong-obtuse, 

 three inches long, white, dotted and streaked with 

 dark purple, and fringed all round with dark hairs ; 

 lip very large, deep purple in front, passing into 

 brown beneath. Summer months. Java. 



C. vexillarium. — The result of a cross between 

 C. barbatum and C. Fairrieanum. Leaves oblong- 

 obtuse, ground-colour yellowish-green, chequered 

 with dark green ; scape one-flowered, the flowers 

 being about the size of the last-named parent ; 

 dorsal sepal white, greenish at base, shaded with 

 light purple, and streaked with darker lines ; petals 

 curved downwards, purple, slightly tinged with 



green; lip large, pale brown, veined and shaded 

 with pale green. Summer months. Garden hybrid. 



C. vemcstum, var. spectabile. — This is a beautiful 

 form of this very old acquaintance, which appears 

 to be the first species of the genus introduced from 

 India. The original form was rather dull-coloured, 

 and suffered from comparison with later discoveries 

 until it beca&ie almost obsolete. This variety has 

 again brought the name of venusticm to the fore. 

 Leaves oblong - ligulate and acute, deep bluish- 

 green, tesselated with two shades of lighter green, 

 reddish-purple beneath; scape longer than the 

 leaves, erect, one-flowered ; dorsal sepal ovate, 

 tapering to a point, white, suffused with pale green 

 and striped with darker lines of the same colour; 

 petals somewhat spathulate, white, streaked with 

 green, and broadly tipped with carmine, sparingly 

 sjjotted with deep purplish-black; lip greenish- 

 yellow, tinged with rosy-red. This species thrives 

 well under the same treatment as 0. insigne. Winter 

 months. Sylhet. Northern India. 



C. villosum. — A superb species, the last we shall 

 enumerate here, although the family contains many 

 other beautiful forms. Leaves strap-shaped, taper- 

 ing to a point, coriaceous in texture, and deep green, 

 slightly spotted at the base with bi'own ; scape one- 

 flowered ; flowers large and spreading, measuring 

 about five inches in diameter ; the dorsal sepal is 

 obovate, curved forward, green, heavily stained at 

 the base with deep purple, and veined in the upper 

 part with netted purple lines ; petals unequally 

 spathulate, the upper half rich chestnut-brown, 

 lower portion greenish-yellow ; lip large, yellow, 

 suffused with light brown, the whole flower having 

 the appearance of being newly varnished. Spring 

 and early summer. Moulmein. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



By William Eaelet. 



MONTHLY CALENDAR (concluded). 



June. 



MAKE another and a last sowing of Broad Beans. 

 Early in the month stick Scarlet Runner Beans, 

 where this method of growing them is practised. On 

 the contrary, where the market garden system is 

 followed, keep every young shoot pinched back im- 

 mediately it appears, by which means very dwarf 

 free-fruiting rows will be assured. Make a final 

 sowing of summer cropping or main crop Peas. 

 The ground for them should be deep, rich, and if 

 possible cool. Should this sowing, in the exigencies 

 of successional sowings in order, happen to come 

 early in the month, then it will be well to make a 



