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ORCHIDS. 



green foliage, and requires to be grown in a pot, with peat 

 and good drainage, in the East India house. The colour 

 of the flowers is white and purple. It blows in June, 

 lasting a long time in beauty. A rare species. There are 

 several more of this tribe, but I have not seen them in 

 bloom. 



War. tricolor. — A veiy good species from Brazil. The 

 flowers are produced on an upright spike, two feet high, in 

 June and July ; sepals and petals white ; the lip white, 

 with yellow and purple in the centre : the blossoms last a 

 long time in perfection, and require the same treatment as 

 the former one. 



ZYGOPETALUM. 



This is a handsome tribe of plants with evergreen 

 foliage. They generally bloom during the winter, which 

 makes them very valuable. They are rather large-growing 

 plants, of easy culture, and will do in either house in pots, 

 with peat and good drainage, and plenty of water at the 

 roots. They are propagated by dividing the plants. 



Zygopetalum hracliypetalum, from Brazil. — This is one 

 of the handsomest of the species, having brownish sepals 

 and petals; a little marbled with green and a deep blush 

 violet; lip veined with white. It blooms in December, 

 lasting long in perfection. 



Zy. crinitum cerulea. — A handsome variety from Brazil. 

 It produces upright spikes, sometimes two from the same 

 bulb, and bears beautifully variegated flowers during the 

 winter. The sepals and petals are green, barred with 

 brown; the lip is white or cream-coloured, streaked with 

 bright blue. 



Zy. intermedium, from Brazil. — It produces green and 

 blue blossoms during the autumn, and continues in per- 

 fection four or five weeks. 



