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MORE HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS. 
C. CALCEOLUS. Native of the North of Europe, and has been found in some j 
parts of England;, but is very uncommon. It is very impatient of cultivation, but I 
requires the same kind of treatment as the last. Though perfectly hardy, it is, , 
in a general way, the safest to place this plant in the frame in winter, because the 
excessive wet often suddenly destroys it. 
CYRTOPODIUM. 
C. Andersonii. This is a fine species, and ought to have been ranked 
amongst the first-rate kinds. It is a native of India; and requires, of course, 
the stove heat. The flower-stem grows about three feet high, and throws out 
many branches of beautiful fragrant yellow flowers. It grows freely in loam, peat 
and leaf mould, or in peat alone, potted after the manner of Epiphytes, 
DISA. 
D. BRACTEATA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. The stem grows to 
about six or nine inches high, and produces many small yellow-green flowers. It 
should be potted in peat and leaf mould, and be kept in the greenhouse. 
D. PRAsiNATA, much handsomer than the last ; also a native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. The flower-stem grows from six to nine inches high, and produces 
many flowers, of a yellowish green colour, tinged with blotches of crimson. Give 
this the same treatment as the last. 
DIURIS. 
D. MACULATA. Beautiful. The flower-stem grows ten or twelve inches high, 
producing eight or ten yellow flowers. It is a native of New South Wales, and 
requires the protection of the greenhouse. Pot in leaf mould and sandy peat. 
EULOPHIA. 
E. ENSATA is stated to be a native of Sierra Leone. It must be kept con- 
stantly in the stove, and potted in a mixture of leaf mould and sandy peat. The 
flower-stem grows upwards of a foot high, and produces many middling sized yellow 
flowers. When in a torpid state, great care must be taken that no water reach the 
roots, or they soon perish. 
E. GRACILIS. This is also a native of Sierra Leone, where it was collected by | 
Mr. George Don. The flower-stem springs from the root, and grows two or three 
feet high, producing many yellow-green flowers, which are of considerable con- 
tinuance. Like the last, this must be kept constantly in the stove, and must be 
allowed a period of rest in the same way as the Epiphytes. The soil may be either 
a mixture of leaf mould and peat, or peat alone, cut into squares. 
EPIPACTIS. 
E. LATiFOLiA is perfectly hardy, being a native of different parts of Europe. 
The flower-stem grows about a foot high, and bears many flowers of a dingy green 
colour. It grows pretty freely in a pot of leaf mould or soil from a hollow tree, 
but it must be placed in a shady situation, and carefully watered. 
E. PALUSTRis is a native of this country, but is well worth cultivating. 
The flower-stem grows about six inches high, and abundance of pretty pink 1 
flowers. It grows freely in pots of sandy soil, and is propagated by its roots. 
