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flowers are very large, often five inclies across, with three 

 or four on a spike. The finest specimen I ever saw is in 

 the superb collection of R. Hanbuiy, Esq., Pole's Gardens, 

 near Ware. The plant is cultivated in a large tub, about 

 tw^o feet across. This superb Cattleya was first flowered 

 by the late Mr. Cattley, of Barnet, in honour of ^vhoni the 

 genus is named. 



Cat, Lodcligesii, from Brazil, gi^ows a foot or more high ; 

 a free-flow^ering species ; sepals and petals of a pale rose 

 colom% tinged with lilac ; the lip is a light rose, marked 

 with yellow. It blooms in August and September, and 

 remains long in perfection, producing three or four flowers 

 on a spike, and is a desirable species. 



Cat. marginata. — A handsome dwarf- plant from Bra- 

 zil, about six inches high : sepals and petals rosy crim- 

 son ; lip deep rose, margined with white : it produces its 

 bloom in September and October, and lasts three weeks in 

 perfection. The flow^ers are large and solitary. It is a 

 very desu^able plant, and ought to be in every collection, 

 how^ever small, as it requires but very little room. It grows 

 the best on a block of w^ood, with a little sphagnum moss 

 suspended from the roof of the house, with a good supply 

 of water at the root, in the growing season. It has always 

 been a rare plant, but Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, having 

 imported a recent supply, have some fine plants of it in good 

 condition. 



Cat, MossicB. — This magnificent and free-flowering Or- 

 chid is from La Guayra. It grows a foot or more high, 

 blooms from March to August. The flow^ers are very 

 lai^ge, a single one being four or five inches across, and 

 three or four growing on one spike. There are three 

 or four varieties of this plant, with blossoms of every 

 shade of colour, from pale pink to rose purple. This 

 species makes a noble plant for exhibition. I have seen 

 specimens of Cattleya Mossice at theChiswick.and Regent's 



