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CATTLEYA Mossi^. (See page 3^ . ) 
BUBiLINGXOITIA. There are some beautiful species | 
in tiiis genus, all of which are of a compact habit of | 
growth and very pretty. These plants should be in ; 
every collection ; they grow best in baskets with moss 
and crocks. 
B. Candida $2 00 to $S 00 
B. decora 3 50 to 5 (10 
B. ftagrans - . . . 3 50 to 5 00 
CATASETUM. A genus of a very remarkable charac- 
ter, with short stem-like pseudo-bulbs and large leaves, 
having erect spikes of quaint looking- flowers. They 
should be potted in a compost of peat with good drainage. 
*C. macrocarpum $0 T5 to *1 50 
C. scurra 2 70 to 5 00 
C. tridendatum 1 50 to 2 50 
CATTIiEYA. The species of this popular genus rank 
among our finest Orchids ; they are general favorites, 
and we are glad to find that they are beginning to be 
extensively cultivated in this country. The pseudo- 
bulbs are, in many cases, elongated and thickened, and 
the dark massive evergreen foliage render the plants 
peculiarly attractive. The fiowers are all large and 
elegant, and can scarcely bo surpassed for their spark- 
ling richness and depth of color, the most frequent 
tints of which are violet, rose, crimson, magenta, white, 
yellow, mauve and purple, with their intermediate 
shades. The fiower scape, which is enclosed in a 
sheath, issues from the top of the stem, and a single 
spike sometimes contains as many as from ten to twenty 
fiowers. They can be easily grown in baskets or pots, 
with a compost of fibrous peat and moss with good drain- 
age and a liberal supply of moisture when growing; they 
should always be shaded from the direct rays of the sun. 
C. AclandisB $3 50 to 50 
*C. amethystina 1 25 to 2 50 
*C. amethystoglossa 2 00 to 3 50 
C. sulphurea 3 50 to 5 00 
C. bicolor 3 ,50 to 5 00 
*C. citrina 50 to 1 50 
C. crispa 1 50 to 3 00 
