CATTLEYAS. 



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of granulosa and guttata ; a free-flowering plant : it blooms 

 in July, and lasts two or three weeks in beauty. A very 

 rare plant. 



Cat. guttata, from Brazil, is a free-growing Orchid, 

 about twenty inches high. The flowers are of a greenish 

 yellow, beautifully spotted mth crimson ; the lip is white, 

 stained with purple. This plant, when well grown, will 

 produce as many as nine or ten flowers on a spike. It 

 blooms in October and November, lasts two weeks in 

 bloom, and is a very distinct species. 



Cat, HarrisonicB, from Brazil. — A free-growing Or- 

 chid, attaining the height of twenty inches ; blooms in 

 abundance from July to October ; the flowers will last in 

 good condition three weeks : the blossoms are of a beauti- 

 ful rose colour, having on the lip a slight tinge of yellow. 

 This is a noble plant, and amply repays the care required 

 to grow it well. A fine specimen of C. HarrisonicB, grown 

 by Mr. WooUey, gardener to H. Bellenden Ker, Esq., 

 Cheshunt, and having more than fifty flowers opened at 

 once, was shown at the Regent's Park Exhibition in 1851. 



Cat. intermedia violacea. — A beautiful Orchid from 

 Brazil ; a free grower, and about a foot high. Sepals and 

 petals are delicate rose colour, and the lip has a rich 

 purple spot in the centre. It blooms in May and June, 

 and lasts three or four weeks in good perfection, if kept in 

 a cool place. This species frequently produces as many 

 as nine flowers on a spike, and makes a fine plant for the 

 May and June shows. We exhibited one with thirty 

 blossoms at the Chiswick Flower-show, in 1851. There 

 are three varieties of C. intermedia, but violacea is the best. 



Cat. lahiata. — One of the best of the Cattleyas ; comes 

 from Brazil, is a free-blooming species, and grows about 

 twenty inches high. The flowers are rose coloured, with a 

 rich crimson lip. It flowers in October and November, 

 and will continue in perfection three or four weeks. The 



