CATTLE Y AS. 



Park shows, with thirty or forty flowers upon a single plant. 

 The flowers will remain in perfection for three or four 

 weeks, if kept in a cool place. 



Cat. pmnila. — A charming species from Brazil, about 

 six inches high. It flowers in September : the blossoms 

 are rose coloured, with a crisped lip of a crimson colour, 

 often edged with white. It remains three or four weeks in 

 perfection. 



Cat. Skmnerii. — A beautiful and free-flowering plant 

 from Guatemala, grows about a foot high, and blooms in 

 March, April, and May : the blossoms are rose-pui^le, 

 which remain three weeks in perfection, if the flowers are 

 kept dry. This fine species of Cattleya, when grown 

 strong, will produce as many as nine or ten flowers on a 

 spike. It is one of the finest Orchids that can be grown 

 for any of the exhibitions in May, the colour being distinct, 

 and different from any of the other Cattleyas. 



Cat, su^erha, — This truly beautiful plant comes from 

 Guyana. It is a slow-growing species, and usually ten 

 inches high. It flowers in June and July. The blossoms, 

 which are of a deep rose coloar, with a rich crimson lip, will 

 remain in bloom three weeks : it produces three or four 

 flowers on a spike, and is a very rare and distinct species. 



Cat. violacea. — A handsome, free-flowering species from 

 Brazil, which grows about twenty inches high. It pro- 

 duces flowers in abundance, from July to September : the 

 flow^ers last in perfection three weeks : the blossoms are of 

 a beautiful, deep violet-rose colour, and frequently present 

 four or five flowers on a spike. This plant makes two 

 growths in one year, and blooms from both. It is a fine 

 exhibition plant for the late shows in July. 



Cat, Walkeriana, formerly hulbosa. — A truly elegant 

 dwarf species from Brazil, about four inches high, with 

 large, light, rose-coloured flowers ; the lip, which is a richer 



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