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CASSELL'S POPULAE GAEDENIXG. 



large, roundish or obovate, entire, wliite with a large 

 reddish-crimson blotch at the base. Spring and 

 early summer. Native of the forests on the Attran 

 River, Moulmein. 



B. aggregatum, var. majun. — As the name implies, 

 this is a larger form than 

 the type. The pseudo-bulbs 

 form dense clusters ; they 

 are stout, some four inches 

 high, and bear on the sum- 

 mit a solitary thick and deep 

 green leaf ; racemes longer 

 than the growth, bearing 

 numerous large flowers of a 

 uniform clear yellow. It 

 thrives best upon a block. 

 Spring months. Northern 

 India. 



I). Ainsivortliii. — This is 

 a hybrid raised in the gar- 

 dens of Dr. Ainsworth, of 

 Manchester. The parents 

 were I), heterocarpum and D. 

 Hohile. In habit of growth 

 it resembles the last-named 

 parent, but is even more 

 floriferous, and must take 

 rank as one of the finest of 

 the family. Sepals and 

 petals pure white ; ground- 

 colour of li]) white, bearing 

 a large central blotch of 

 lich amaranth, feathered at 

 the edges. Another form 

 called I). Ainsworthii pur- 

 p/tre/(»i, from the same batch 

 of seedlings, is distinguished 

 by its intense rich purple 

 lip. February and March. 

 Garden orii^in. 



JK amco/N/n.— An elegant 

 slender - growing species, 

 having pseudo-bulbs one to 

 two feet high, bearing thin 

 linear - lanceolate leaves, 

 some three to four inches 

 long and bright green ; the 



peduncle very short, usually bearing about three 

 flowers, each two to three inches in diameter ; sepals 

 and petals ovate-lanceolate, Mdiite, the upper parts 

 being purplish- violet ; lip trumpet - shaped, rich 

 purplish-violet, white at the edges, and blotched 

 with yellow in the throat. Its fragrant flowers ap- 

 pear in the early summer. Sikkim Himalayas, at 

 5,000 feet elevation. 



D. bnrhatulum. — An elegant small-growing plant, 



DeNDROBITIM BARBATULtJM 



thriving best when grown on a block. It flowers on 

 the leafless stem. This species has frequently been 

 mixed up with B. Fytchianum, but it is nevertheless 

 abundantly distinct. The pseudo-bulbs are terete ; 

 leaves narrowly-lanceolate and deciduous ; racemes 

 lateral, slender, half the 

 length of the stems, and 

 many-flowered, pale green, 

 changing to pure white 

 when expanded, faintly 

 stained with lemon at the 

 base ; spm- long. Spring- 

 months. Mountains of 

 "Western India. 



B. Bensonice. — A truly 

 beautiful species, which 

 should be grown upon a 

 block of wood. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are somewhat pendu- 

 lous, and fi'om one to three 

 feet long ; these shed their 

 leaves before the flowers ap- 

 pear, the yoimg gT0wi.hs 

 only having leaves at that 

 time. Flowers upwards of 

 two inches across ; sepals 

 and petals pure white ; lip 

 M-hite, with a blotch of deep 

 oi-ange on the centre, and 

 two large velvety-black spots 

 at the base. May and June. 

 Moulmein. 



B. hlgihhum. — This species 

 was originally sent to this 

 country from the north-east 

 coast of New Holland, and 

 was for some time an ex- 

 tremely rare jilant in culti- 

 vation ; more recently, how- 

 ever, it has been sent to us 

 in great abundance fi'om 

 New Guinea, and proves to 

 be a i^rofuse flowerer and 

 most chaiming plant. The 

 pseudo-bulbs . are slender, 

 tufted, one to two feet long, 

 fusiform in shape, and bear- 

 ing towards the apex numerous sheathing Hnear- 

 oblong dark green leaves. Peduncles arising from 

 the apex and also from th? joints near the top — 

 these are erect, and bear from six to eight flowers, 

 which are in the sepals and petals deep lilac ; lip 

 rosy-purple, with a white crest on the disc. The old 

 stems continue to produce flowers for several years. 

 It blooms nearly the season through. Tropical 

 Australia and New Guinea. 



