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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



grow them in pots or baskets, use the following 

 composition. Light tufty peat, chopped sphagnum, 

 and potsherds ; give good drainage, and raise the 

 plant above the rim of the pot or basket, suspend- 

 ing them from the roof of the house. When 

 growing, they require a liberal supply of water, 

 which must be gradually diminished after they 

 have arrived at perfection, taking care not to dry 

 them so much as is recommended for some of the 

 stronger tribes. 



Class, Gynandria. Order, Monandria. 



Oncidium pubes— Rio Janeiro — 1814 — Division. 

 Sepals and petals green, mottled with light- 

 brown ; lip light yellow, margined with red : a 

 neat species. 



— divaricatum — Rio Janeiro — 1825 — Division. 

 Flowers yellow, spotted with red ; lip yellow, 



clouded with scarlet. 

 papilio — Trinidad — 1823 — Most of the season 



— Division. 



Flowers yellow, marked with fine brownish 

 red ; lip yellow, much spotted and marked with 

 bright red. 



luridum var. guttatum — West Indies— 1834 



— Division. 



One of the finest varieties of Orchideae luri- 

 dum. Flowers pale greenish yellow finely 

 spotted with light red. 



