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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY's CATALOGUE OF 
DENDROBFUM formosiun gigaiiteuin. A fine 
evergreen species, and no doubt the largest flower- 
ing of the genus. Its flowers, which are pure white 
with an orange-yellow center, often attain the extra- 
ordinarv size of a Cattleya. It is very fragrant, and 
lasts a long time in perfection. Like most all ever- 
green Dendrobes, it delights in plenty of heat and 
moisture. Some fine, strong specimens are offered 
at $5 and upward. Smaller plants . . $2 oo to ?3 50 
D. hedyosmum (aureum) 2 50 to 4 00 
3 50 
3 SO 
3 50 
3 50 
7 SO 
5 00 
3 50 
heterocarpum 2 00 to 
D. Jamesianum is the only species of 
the genus for the coolhouse. A lovely 
white flowering Orchid, lasting a long 
time in perfection ; it should be grown 
in baskets, with peat and sphagnum 
moss, and plenty of water while mak- 
ing its growth 2 50 to 
D. lituiflorum 2 00 to 
D. luteolum 2 00 to 
D. Liowii 5 00 to 
D. macrophyllum 3 00 to 
D. nobile. (See cut, p. 43) i 00 to 
I>. Cooksonianum. Price on application. 
D. intermedium. Price on application. 
D. nobilius. Price on application. 
J), superbum. This is a grand, very distinct and 
most superior variety of D. nobile, the flowers being 
much larger, and the deep and dark throat being of 
a more intense maroon purple than in the type ; 
quite as handsome as the very valuable and highly 
prized D. nobile nobilius, which it much resembles. 
Fine, large specimens $5 0° upward 
D. Parishii i 00 to $2 50 
D. Phalaenopsis. Fine new species, best 
of all for cut-flowers. See New and 
Rare Plants, p. 17, and cut, p. 43 . . • 5 00 upward 
D. Pierardii j 00 to 2 00 
D. latifolium 4 50 to 6 50 
D. primulinum 2 00 to 2 50 
D. glganteum . 3 50 to 
D. splendidissimum. A rare hybrid. 
Price on application. 
D. suavissimum 2 00 to 
D. superbiens . . . , 
D. thyrsiflorum. (See cut, p. 43) 
D. Walkerianum. Price on application. 
D. tortile 2 50 to 
D. roseum 2 50 to 
D. Wardianum. (See cnt, p. 43) ... 2 00 to 
D. candidum 10 00 to 15 00 
D. giganteum 10 00 to 25 00 
D. Lrowii 5 00 to 7 50 
DENDROCHItiUM. A small genus, consisting of 
plants of graceful habit, having small pseudo-bulbs 
and narrow, evergreen leaves. The flower-spikes are 
eight or ten inches in length, and covered all over 
with hundreds of deliciously sweet-scented miniature 
flowers of a light straw color. They bloom in winter, 
and the flowers remain a long time in perfection. 
These plants thrive best in fibrous peat and moss, 
with plenty of good drainage. 
D. filiformis $4 00 to 16 00 
D. glumaceum 2 50 to 3 50 
5 00 
3 50 
7 50 to 70 00 
I 00 to 2 50 
3 50 
3 50 
3 50 
KPIDENURUM. We offer only the choicest specise 
in this e.xtensive genus. They are all of very luxuriant 
and rapid growth, easily cultivated, and can be grown 
upon blocks of wood, in pots or in baskets, with 
fibrous peat and sphagnum moss, in equal parts, for 
potting material. They delight in plenty of moisture 
nearly all the time. 
E. atropurpureum $2 00 to $3 00 
E. - 
■ ro.seum 5 00 to 
00 to 
7 SO 
3 00 
i E. aurantiacwm 
i E. bicornutum. This beautiful and 
chaste white Orchid produces its de- 
lightfully sweet-scented flowers about 
Christmas. They are borne from six 
to twelve on a spike, and are of great 
substance, lasting for six weeks or 
more. In form they somewhat resem- 
ble the flowers of Phalaenopsis .... i 50 to 2 50 
i E. ciliare i 00 to 2 00 
h E. ciiinabarinum 3 50 to 5 00 
h E. cochleatum i 50 to 2 50 
i E. crassifolium i 50 to 2 50 
i E. fragrans 2 00 to 3 50 
i E. imperator 4 00 to 6 00 
/( E. microchilum atropurpureum . . 2 00 to 3 00 
h E. rcseum 5 00 to 7 50 
/; E. maculatum 2 50 to 4 00 
h E. nemorale i 50 to 2 50 
h E. majus 2 00 to 4 00 
h E. paniculatum 3 50 to 5 00 
li E. prismatocarpum 2 00 to 4 00 
/ E. radicans 2 50 to 4 00 
i E. rhizophorum 2 50 to 4 00 
i E. Stamfordianum 2 50 to 4 00 
i E. tibicinis 
c E. vitellinum i 00 to i 50 
c E. ma,jus i 50 to 2 50 
The last two are the only Epidendrums we can rec- 
ommend for the coolhouse. They require to be grown 
in baskets or on rafts, with peat and moss, and need a 
liberal supply of water all the year. They are beautiful 
dwarf-growing plants, the most brilliant of the genns, 
as they throw up long spikes of bright vermilion and 
orange-colored blossoms, which last six or more weeks 
in perfection. 
GONGORA. This genus is much like the Acroperas 
in habit, but larger ; they require the same treatment. 
h G. atropurpurea |i 00 to $1 50 
h G. fuscata 7S to i 50 
h G. maculata 2 50 to 4 00 
/; G. truncata 2 50 to 4 00 
h GOODYBRA discolor. A very pretty dwarf-growing 
terrestrial Orchid, with handsome, variegated, velvety 
foliage and white flowers. It grows well in small pots 
or pans, and requires plenty of moisture when growing. 
The best of the genus. $2 to $3.50. 
/; GRAMMATOPHYLiIjUM Ellisii. This is a decidu- 
ous Orchid, of large and vigorous growth and distinct 
habit. It requires plenty of room, and is best grown 
in pots with peat and liberal drainage. The large 
flowers are produced on branching spikes of good 
size, and have tawny yellow sepals and petals, and a 
pink-tinged white lip ; they last a long time in perfec- 
tion. *5 to $10. 
