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Geoffrey St. Hillaire. Rich scarlet overlaid with 
orange; foliage bronze purple ; very free bloomer; 
height 4J feet. 
Gnstave Sennliolz. Salmon, smoothly shaded with 
lighter salmon ; very large ; foliage deep green ; 
height 3i feet. 
Ingenienr Aluhand. Deep carmine red ; dark purp- 
lish foliage ; height 4 feet. 
J. D. Cabos. Orange apricot; foliage elegant bronzy 
purple. A beautiful variety ; height 4 feet. 
Mad. Crozy> Orange scarlet ; petals bordered with 
golden yellow ; immense trusses. Foliage bright 
green. One of the best; height 4 feet. 
H'lle de Crnilloii. Light yellow, shading to terra 
cotta; large; foliage green; height 4 feet. 
Hr. Lefebvre. Cerise carmine with dark shadings ; _ 
foliage dark bronzy purple; height 4i feet. 
P. Marqnaat. Deep salmon, passing to rose tinted 
carmine; splendid green foliage; heisiht 4J feet 
Pres. Carnot. Deep scarlet, large and beautifully 
rounded ; foliage dark chocolate. A grand variety, 
height 3J feet. 
Pres. Hardy. Deep orange mottled with rich 
cHrome yellow ; foliage green. A unique and 
pretty sort, height 3i feet. 
Robnsta perfecta. Immense leaves 12 to 18 inches 
wide and 3 feet long, of a bright bronze color. 
Secretairie Nicolas. Rich salmon red overlaid 
with orange; foliage pea green; height 3 J feet 
Star of '91. Bright orange scarlet, faintly banded 
with yellnw; foliage bright green; very dwarf 
habit, height 3 feet. 
Ventura. Light red, overlaid with carmine ; foliage 
deep green ; height 4 feet. 
Orchids 
' Calanthe Veitcliii. A terrestrial orchid of vigorous 
growth, and especially recommended to beginners 
on account of its easy culture as it will thrive in any 
ordinary greenhouse. Price, $2.00 and S3.00 each. 
Cattleya. The Catlleyasare among the grandest and 
most beautiful members of the orchid family. The 
species are natives of South or Central America. 
Each of the varieties we offer can be grown in bask- 
ets or pots, with fern fiber and a little sphagnum 
moss. They all require a liberal supply of water 
during the growing season, which should, however, 
be lessened after the new pseudo bulbs are formed. 
Gattleya MossiO). One of the finest orchids in cul- 
tivation, the large, sweet-scented flowers, five to 
six inches across, being borne on a tall, three to 
five flowered scape. They vary much in color, 
running through different shadesof lilac and rose. 
The large lip is rich purple with lilac border and 
much crimped at the margin. A native of Vene- 
zuela. Price, $2.00 to $3.00 each. 
Cattleya Perclraliana. The flowers of this species 
are shaped much like C. Hossioe, but smaller and 
Generally darker in color. The lip is especially 
rilliant, being of a rich crimson margined with 
rosy pink, and marked with golden yellow in the 
throat; margin much fringed. Native of New 
Granada and Venezuela. Price, $2.00 to $3.00 each. 
Cattleya Triniisa. The most useful orchid in cul- 
tivation, flowering in mid-winter when orchid 
flowers are most in demand. The flowers are from 
five to eight inches across, varying from almost 
pure white through all shades of rose, lilac and 
purple, most exquisitely blended. A native of 
New Granada. Price, $2.00 to $3.00 each. 
Dendrobinm nobile. Flowers two to three and a 
half inches across, and borne in twos and threes 
on the upright pseudo bulbs. Very fragrant ; of a 
translucent texture. White and various shades of 
purple; very showy. Culture same as recom- 
mended for D. Wardianum. A native of India. 
Price, 11.00 to $2.00 each. 
Dendrobinm Wardiannin. Flowers three to four 
inches across, borne in twos and threes to the 
naniber of forty, along the drooping pseudo bulb. 
Sepals and petals white, tipped with purple ; lip 
bright orange, with two eye-like spots of crimson- 
magenta. Requires to be grown in a basket or on a 
block. During the growing season it should be kept 
in a temperature of about 60 degrees and be liber- 
ally supplied with water, but during the resting 
season watershould almost be suspemle<l. Native 
of Northern India. Price, $1.00 to $2.00 each. 
Ltelia anceps. Flowers four inches in diameter, and 
borne on a four to six flowered tall scape, some- 
times three feet high. The sepals and petals 
rosy blush, the lip deep purple, shaded and 
marked with rose and yellow. Native of Mexico. 
Price, $1.00 to $2.00 each. 
Leelia albida. A desirable species, producing three 
to six medium-sized flowers at the top of a scape 
one and a half to two feet high. Their colors are 
white and pale pink, veined with yellow. Best 
grown on a blocK or in a basket with plenty of 
drainage, in a very little moss, and delights in a 
temperature of 50 degrees in the resting season to 
65 in the growing season, with plenty of air, all the 
light possible, and only sufficient shade to protect 
it from the burning sun. Native of Mexico. Price, 
$1.00 to $2.00 each. 
Odontoglossnmcrispnni. {AUxandrm.) Flowerspro- 
duced in great abundance on long pendulous spikes; 
white, often flushed with rose, beautifully undulat- 
ing. Native of Colombia. Price $2.00 to $3.00 eacbi 
Onicidluiii Papilio. The " Butterfly Orchid " ; a 
striking and beautiful species which attracts 
much attention. The flowers are four to six 
inches across, yellow, marked and blotched with 
red, and usually open one at a time at the top 
of a tall scape. The three petals are narrow 
and all point upward, corresponding to the ty?o 
antennee and the proboscis of a butterfly,^ while 
the two broad sepals and the two-lobed lip cor- 
respond to the wings. It should be grown in_ • 
basket with plenty of drainage and a very lit- 
tle moss, in a temperature of 65 to 70 degrees. 
A native of Trinidad. Price, $2.00 to $3.00 eacbi 
Fhalloenopsis amabilis. A lovely orchid, producing 
a s|hke of white flowers three inches across, which 
last a long time in perfect condition. Best grown in 
baskets ; should be kept as moist as possible and 
given abundance of heat. Native of the Philip- 
pine Islan.ls, Java, etc. Price, $3.00 to $5.00 each. 
Fhall<enopsis Schilleriana. An elegant orchid 
which sends up a long spike of lovely flowers, 
sometimes attaining the length of four feet. Flow- 
ers two and a half to three and a half inches in 
diameter, of a pretty rose purple ground, suffused 
with white and spotted with purple and yellow. 
Re<iuires same culture as P. amabilis. A native 
of Luzon. Price, $5.00 to $6 00 each. 
Stanbopea tigrina. This variety should be grown in 
baskets ; flowers grow downwards and are a beau- 
tiful yellow blotched with purpe and of delicious 
odor. Native ol Mexico. Price, $3.00 to $4.00 each. 
