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ORCHIDS. 



grow in a basket, but I find it thrives best in a pot with 

 peat or moss. 



D. moschatum. — A handsome species from India : this 

 grows in the same w^ay as calceolare, the flowers are nearly 

 the same, and it lasts about as long in perfection. 



P. nohile. — A magnificent Orchid from India ; a free- 

 ilowering, evergreen species, of upright growth : the blos- 

 soms, which are pink and white, with a spot of crimson in 

 the centre of the lip, are formed along the sides of the bulbs. 

 It blooms during the winter and spring months, lasting three 

 or four weeks in good condition, if kept in a cool house. 

 It will grow either in a pot or basket with moss or peat. 

 This is one of the finest exhibition plants we have. I have 

 shown it in the month of May with three hundred flowers 

 on one single plant : a truly splendid object. 



P. Paxtonii. — A remarkably handsome Orchid from 

 India ; an evergreen species, with upright growth, about 

 three or four feet high : it blooms at different times of the 

 year, from nearly the top of the old bulb, on a spike, and its 

 flowers are of a beautiful orange colour, with a dark centre : 

 lasts in perfection ten da^^s, and requires the same treat- 

 ment as nohile. 



D. Pierardii. — A useful Orchid, for the winter and 

 spring months, from India : a drooping, deciduous species, 

 flowering in the same way as macropliyllum, and requiring 

 similar treatment : its beautiful white flowers last three 

 weeks in beauty. 



D. Pierardii latifolium, from India : the flowers are 

 much finer than the old species, though of the same 

 colour : it blooms in April and May. A scarce plant. We 

 have bloomed this with seventy flowers on a single bulb. 

 It requires the same treatment as the former, and is a use- 

 ful plant for exhibition. 



