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summer, and last five or six weeks in beauty. There are 

 two varieties of this plant ; one is much handsomer and 

 has a darker coloured lip than the other. 



Va. suavis. — A truly magnificent Orchid from Java ; a 

 strong-growing species, and very free in flowering. It 

 produces branching spikes of flowers, each being large, of 

 a creamy white, spotted with crimson. It blooms at dif- 

 ferent times of the year, lasting a long time in perfection. 

 This is another of Messrs. Veitch's importations. A rare 

 species, which makes one of the finest plants for exhibition. 



Va. teres. — A handsome, curiously-growing, and distinct 

 Orchid, the ^foliage resembling a rush. It comes from 

 Sylhet. Its large red and yellow-coloured flowers are 

 produced from June to August, and last four or five 

 weeks in beauty. It is rather a shy-flowering species, 

 and is best kept rather dry during the winter, to make it 

 flower. It thrives best on a block of wood, the block being 

 plunged into a pot. 



Va. tricolor. — A charming free-growing species from 

 Java; grows in the same way as suavis; the sepals are 

 pale yellow spotted with crimson ; lip purple, striped with 

 white. It blooms at different times of the year, and lasts 

 long in perfection. There are two or three varieties of this 

 plant ; some are not so good as others. This also makes a 

 fine plant for exhibition. Messrs. Kollisson, of Tooting, 

 have imported a fine stock of this plant from Java. 



Va. violacea. — A fine species from Manilla, with violet 

 lip, the other part of the flower being whitish, with pale 

 violet spots. It blooms in February, lasting long in beauty. 



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Warrma cyanea, — A very pretty and distinct Orchid 

 from Columbia. It is an upright-growing plant with ever- 



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