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D. Gibsonii. — A very pretty, evergi'een, and upright- 

 growing Orcliid from India, about t^YO feet high : the blos- 

 soms are produced on the ends of the old bulbs ; the sepals 

 and petals are rich orange ; the lip bright yellow, with two 

 dark spots on the upper part : blooms during the autumn 

 months, lasts two weeks in good condition. Same treatment 

 SiS form OSU771. 



D. Heyniamim. — A pretty species from Bombay : a 

 deciduous kind ; it produces its small spikes of flowers 

 dming the winter, which are of a delicate white, seyeral 

 together. A yery rare plant. 



D. Jenkinsii. — A beautiful, dwarf, eyergreen species, 

 from India, about two inches high : the flowers are yery 

 large for the size of the plant ; the colour is a pale buff, 

 margined with yellow ; they are produced from the bulb, 

 one or two together : last ten days in beauty. This is best 

 grown on a bare block of wood suspended from the roof. 

 We generally bloom this plant eyery year, with fifty 

 flowers on one single plant. 



D. viacrojphyllum. — A fine Orchid from the Philip- 

 pine Islands, of pendulous habit ; a deciduous species, 

 losing its leayes just as it begins to show its flower-buds. 

 The bulbs grow about two feet long, from which the flowers 

 proceed in a row on each side ; they are pink tinged yith 

 rose colour, three or foiu' inches across each flower, and 

 lasting two weeks in perfection, if the flowers are kept dry. 

 It is best grown in a basket with moss. This makes a 

 noble plant for public exhibition. 



D. moniliforme. — A delicate species from Japan : an 

 evergreen, upright-growing plant, about a foot or more 

 high ; blooms all up the bulb on two-year old growth, the 

 colour being a light blue and white : it blooms during the 

 winter months, lasting two weeks in beauty. This will 



