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Laslia autumnalis — Mexico — 1836 — Autumn. 



Sepals and petals a beautiful purple ; lip white, 

 yellow j and purple. 



— albida — Oaxaca — 1838. 



Flowers white., except a bright streak down 

 the centre of the lip, and a few crimson spots 

 or dots. 



— Purpuracea — Mexico — 1837 — November. 

 Sepals and petals a beautiful rose tinged with 



fine blue ; lip nearly purple rose. 



— majalis — Mexico — 1839. 



Flowers a beautiful violet, six inches across : a 

 most splendid species. 



flava — Mexico — 1839 — Autumn. 



Flowers yellow ; a beautiful and engaging 

 species. 



— tubescens. 



Flowers delicate white, tipped with pink. 



The cultivation of this genus is rather difficult to 

 bring them to perfection ; laelias do not require so 



fore the most airy part of the house should be chosen 

 for their reception ; at the same time, it must be a 

 place where they will receive the sun's rays, for 

 they like not the shade, They require to be grown 

 upon logs of wood and kept moist during their sea- 



— Cinnabarina, 



and 



— superbiens, 



great a heat as the greater part of orchideae do, there- 



