MORE HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS. 
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GOODYERA. 
G. DISCOLOR. This is a native of Brazil, and requires a good stove heat. The 
leaves are a very dark green above^, and red beneath, whence its specific name. It 
is a very free flowerer, throwing up many spikes about six inches high. The 
The flowers are white, and not very showy. The best kind of soil for it is leaf 
mould and sandy peat. 
GEODORUM. 
G. FUCATUM. This species I have not yet seen, but class it in the list, from 
the figure and description given in the Botanical Register, 1687- It requires 
a hot damp stove, and requires to be rested after its leaves have withered. 
GLOSSULA. 
G. TENTACULATA. A native of China, whence it was brought to this country 
by Mr. John D. Parks. This is not a plant of much beauty ; the flower-stem 
grows about six inches high, and produces numerous small green flowers. It should 
be kept in the stove, and be potted in leaf mould and peat. 
HABENARIA. 
H. MACROCERAs. A curious kind, a native of Jamaica. It requires the stove, 
and should be potted in leaf mould and peat. The flowers are green, and produced 
on a stem about nine inches or more high. 
H. BLEPHARiGLOTTis. A native of North America, bearing pure white 
flowers ; is hardy, or nearly so, and should be potted in leaf mould and sandy peat. 
H. CORDATA. Flowers small, green, and are said to be fragrant. It requires 
the greenhouse, and should be potted in leaf mould and sandy peat. 
H. ALBiDA. This species is a native of the south of Europe, and is perfectly 
hardy. The best soil for it is sandy peat and leaf mould. Its flowers are small, 
of a green colour, and are produced upon a stem from nine inches to a foot high. 
H. LACERA. This is a pretty species, growing to a foot or more high ; the 
flowers are yellow, and the petals much lacerated and fringed. It is hardy, 
but should be placed in a shady situation, and be potted in peat and leaf mould. 
H. ORBicuLATA. This is another handsome species from North America, 
which will probably grow in leaf mould and peat. It is perfectly hardy. 
H. TRiDENTATA. A spccics with Small green flowers, native of North America. 
It is hardy, or nearly so; but might be placed in a frame in winter, and be shaded 
a little from the sun in its summer situation. 
H. BiFOLiA. The flowers of this kind are also green, but much larger than 
those of the last. It should be potted in leaf mould and peat, and stand in a shady 
place out of doors, 
H. LEPTOCERAS requires the heat of the stove, and should be potted in leaf 
mould and peat. The flowers are green, and grow on a stem a foot and a half 
high. 
H. GooDYEROiDES. Another stove species, with small white flowers, requiring 
the same treatment as the last. 
