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E)REER'S ^UTUMN CATALOGUE. 



1891 



*OReHiDS. 



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OE the convenience of those who desire a few orchids for trial we offer the following sets at a considera- 

 ble reduction from regular rates. The plants are strong, well established, and with ordinary care 

 should prove satisfactory. They cannot be sent by mail. 



For Cool Greenhouse or House. 

 Bletia Tankervillae. Laelia Anceps. 

 Cypripedium Insigne. " Autumnalis. 

 Cattleya Crtrina. Odontoglossum Alexandra?. 



The six for $5.00. 



For Temperate House. 

 Cattleya Trianae. Laelia Purpurata. 



" Mossiae. Oncidium Varicosum. 

 Dendrobium Nobile. Zygopetalum Mackayi. 



The six for §10.00. 



For Hot House, 

 brides Odoratum. 

 Cypripedium Lawrencianum. 

 Dendrobium Thyrsiflorum. 

 Dendrobium Wardianum. 

 Oncidium Papilio. 

 Peristeria Elata. 



The six for §10.00. 



ORCHIDS 



fOJl COOJ, GJIFPJiJIOUSF. 



These can be grown in any cool greenhouse 

 or pit where the temperature docs not fall be- 

 low 38 or 40°. The time of flowering is given 

 with each variety. 



Acineta Humboldti. Pretty straw-colored 

 flowers, dotted form : blooms in May. 

 $1.50. 

 Bletia Tankervillae. A well-known va- 

 riety, producing long spikes of large flow- 

 ers during the winter months : sepals and 

 petals brownish red, lip white, purple tip. 

 and greenish yellow centre. $1 . 00 to §1. 50. 



Cattleya Citrina. The flowers are of a bright 

 lemon yellow, deliriously fragrant, and are pro- 

 duced singly or in pairs ; it blooms from May to 

 August, and lasts for three or four weeks. §1.00. 



Cypripedium Boxalli. Upper sepals of a beauti- 

 ful fresh light green, with a narrow white bor- 

 der, covered with blackish brown spots ; inferior 

 sepals light green with lines of very reddish 

 spots ; petals light green with dark lines. §2.00. 



Cypripedium Insigne. Flowers during mid- 

 winter. The blooms will last six weeks ; sepals 

 and petals yellowish green, petals tipped with 

 ■white and spotted brown ; the lip is orange and 

 brown. §1.00 to §5.C0. 



Cypripedium Sedeni. Sepals brownish white ; 

 petals twisted, white edged with purple, lip 

 medium-sized, rich crimson shaded with purple : 

 winter. §2.50. 



Cypripedium Villosum. Flowers often measure 

 six inches across, and have a fine glossy appear- 

 ance over their whole surface, which is orange 

 red intermixed with light green and dark pur- 

 ple ; May. §2.50. 



Dendrobium Jamesianum. A fine species bear- 

 ing pure white flowers with lip stained cinnabar 

 red ; spring and summer. §3.00. 



Laelia Anceps. Flowers fragrant, two to four 

 inches across : sepals and petals rosy lilac ; lip 

 deep purple shaded with rosy lilac ; very fine 



Cattleya Gitbina. 

 flowering, and an easily grown species ; Decem- 

 ber and January. §1.50 to §3.00. 



Laelia Albida. Flowers 11 to 2 inches across and 

 very fragrant ; nearly white, with pale pink lip 

 streaked yellow in centre ; December and Jan- 

 uary. §1.00. 



Laelia Majalis. Flowers bright silvery rose, lip 

 blotched crimson purple, and margined rosy 

 lilac ; June and July. §1.00. 



Laelia Autumnalis. A lovely and showy Orchid. 

 It produces on spikes its blooms of from six to 

 nine ; the sepals and petals are of a beautiful 

 purple color ; lip rose and white, with yellow in 

 the centre ; the flowers are four inches across ; 

 December and January. §1.50 to §3.00. 



Laelia Autumnalis Atrorubens. Flowers rich 

 reddish or magenta purple, deepest towards the 

 tips of the sepals and petals, especially so on the 

 upper part, while the lower is almost pure white. 

 §3.00. 



Lycaste Skinneri. Flowers from four to six 

 inches across ; sepals and petals white, more or 

 less suffused with rose ; lip rosy lilac, frequently 

 very heavily blotched with the deepest rosy 

 crimson ; November to March. §1.50 to §2.50. 



Lycaste Aromatica. Flowers yellow, disposed in 

 spikes ; free flowering, blooming during winter 

 and spring and remaining in beautv for weeks. 

 §1.00. 



