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tiful pink flowering B. incarnata. I have already given 
the general treatment of the genus,for this purpose; and 
Mr. Appleby has done so, as respects the plant stove. 
This may be deemed a constant-bloomer; but, if any 
thing, its chief season is winter and spring; and, best 
of all, though it would not quarrel with a little higher 
temperature at times, yet it flourishes beautifully in 
greenhouse treatment, if not much below 45° ; and 
young plants, a foot in height, and older plants, from 
four to five feet, are equally good for blooming—only the 
latter will produce so much the more. I have bad this 
plant under several names, but I believe the above to be 
the correct one ; and, to enable purchasers to obtain 
it true, the following is a rough description: Stems— 
smooth, with irregular whitish streaks, here and there; 
swollen at the joints. Leaves—unequal-sided, dark 
green, waved at the edges, short stubby hairs thinly set 
upon these edges, and smaller hairs thinly scattered on 
the surface of the leaf, which is from four to six inches 
long, and generally from one to two and a half inches 
in breadth. The clusters of flowers are not very large, 
and are supported on short foot-stalks, from three to four 
inches long. 
11. municata is also a beautiful thing for this season, 
where a little extra beat can previously be given to it. 
Its stem is short and thick, inclined to trail or droop 
from the top of this stem, even though the plant be 
small; it will produce from six to twelve flower-stems, or 
peduncles, often nearly two feet and more in height; and 
these then divide again, so that the small flowers, so 
scattered, have a very graceful and airy appearance. 
After the flower spikes appear, it thrives in such a house 
far better than in a stove. The leaves are green, and 
very large; from the veins, on the under surface, crimson 
scales depend; and, near the stalk of the leaf, these are 
collected into a beautiful fringed ruff, that might have 
given the idea for those crimped and starched-up collars 
that once-on-a-timo were used by our fair countrywomen. 
11. hyilrocotylifolia has creeping stems, and small round 
leaves; the pink flowers are produced in close racemes, 
at the end of upright stalks a foot in height. Though 
serviceable at this season, similarly treated, it has no 
claim to elegance, when contrasted with the above. 
B. argyrostigma and sanguined. —The first with white 
spots on the leaves, and the second with the lower side 
of the leaves of a crimson colour, will both thrive in 
such a house, without any additional heat, but the 
flowers are small and whitish, and the leaves constitute 
their chief beauty. R. Fisii. 
HOTHOUSE DEPARTMENT. 
EXOTIC ORCHIDACE2E. 
orchids that thrive well in 1'ots —(Continued from 
page 293). 
Cyrtopodium.— At page 207, vol. iii., of The Cottage 
Gardener, our readers will find a full description of this 
genus, and our mode of culture. 
Dendrobium. —We have now come to one of the fine 
genera of the Orchids—one of those of which the extreme 
beauty lias caused the whole to be termed the aristocracy 
of plants. And very worthy are they of being so entitled; 
for in colour they arc varied and bright in every shade; 
fragrant beyond even the violet or the eglantine; and 
in shape most fantastic, yet most elegant; finished with 
a perfection such as is found solely in the works of their 
Great Author. Every part of the world has its vegeta 
ble beauties, excepting, perhaps, the frigid zone; but in 
the jungles of the eastern and western tropics, the ele¬ 
gant and singular orchids are mostly found, where they 
would have continued to “ bloom unseen,” bad not such 
cultivators as Cattley, Bateman, Clowes, Brocklchurst, 
Paxton, Rucker, Holford, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lyon, and 
many others, by purchasing them at liberal prices, ren¬ 
dered it a remunerating labour to collectors to penetrate 
into the forest recesses where they luxuriate. 
D. aduncum (Crooked D.); East Indies. — Sepals, 
petals, and lip creamy white; column tipped with purple. 
The flowers are produced on short racemes from two- 
ycars old stems; a beautiful species. 31s. (id. 
D. aggregatum (Clustered D.); East Indies.—Sepals 
and petals pale orange; lip very broad, and a deeper 
colour. A neat-growing desirable species. 31s. (id. 
D. aureum (Golden D.); Ceylon.-—The whole flower 
is of a rich orange colour. It is delightfully fragrant, 
especially in the evening. 42s. 
1). aureum var. pallida (Pale Golden D.); Ceylon.— 
Sepals and petals pale yellow; lip the same colour, with 
a band of orange clown the centre. The delicious, reviv¬ 
ing fragrance of this variety is equal to the largest bod 
of violets. Scarce. 84s. 
D. ccerulescens (Bluish D.) ; India.—Sepals and 
petals white, broadly tipped at the ends with rosy pink ; 
the lip is white at the base, with a broad purple or 
bluish spot at the end; it is sharper pointed, and more 
recurved than D. nohile , which this species closely 
resembles. 21s 
D. calceolaria (Slipper-like D.); India.—Sepals and 
petals rich orange; lip dark chocolate, edged with yel¬ 
low. This is a strong growing species. We have a 
plant with pseudo-bulbs five feet or more high. When 
flowered freely, it is a splendid object. 21s. 
D. candidum (Pure White D.); Khoosca Hills.—The 
whole flower is pure white, and very sweet; a desirable 
though rare species. 63s. 
D. cupreum (Copper-coloured D.); East Indies.— 
Sepals and petals pale copper colour, veined with pink; 
lip the same colour, with two chocolate-coloured spots 
in the inside; a strong free-growing, pretty species. 
3 Is. (id. 
D. crysotoxum (Most Golden D.); Burmah.—Sepals 
and petals clear bright yellow; the lip has a deep orange 
blotch, and lias a most beautiful and delicate yellow 
fringe. The flowers are produced towards the top of the 
two-years old pseudo-bulbs in a raceme six or eight 
inches long; they are much more thinly placed on the 
raceme than those of 11. clensiflorum, hence each flower 
is more distinct. It lasts, also, much longer in bloom 
than that species. It was first flowered at Pine Apple 
Place; and Dr. Lindley, at the meeting in Regent-street, j 
when it was exhibited for the first time in bloom, said, 
“ it was the finest of all the yellow Dendrobes.” The 
pseudo-bulbs are short, thick, and nearly round. It 
is a very fine species, but the true one is yet very- 
rare. 105s. 
D. Dalhousianianum (Lady Dalhousie’s); East Indies. 
—Sepals and petals pale yellow, or buff-coloured, with the I 
edges stained with pink ; they also have stripes of the 
same pink hue; lip buff coloured ground, with stripes of 
purple, and two large blotches, like two eyes, of rich 
brownish purple on each side of the lip; the stems often , 
j are three feet high, and arc beautifully striped with 
: pink, which distinguishes this species, when out of 
flower, from all others. It is truly a splendid species, j 
but rather scarce, good plants being worth 105s. each. 
D. densiflorum (Thickly-llowered D.); Nepal.—This j 
is a beautiful, free-flowering species. Sepals, petals, and 
labellum, or lip, are a pure yellow; the lip is prettily 
fringed. 21s. This is a comparative hardy species. We 
had a plant, after it bad made its growth in the orchid- 
house, placed in a common greenhouse, the cold of which 
seemed to agree well with it. The leaves and pseudo- 
bulbs kept quite green and plump, though it bad been 
in that situation through the winter. 'The object was 
to prevent its flowering before the great exhibitions at 
Chiswick and the Regent's Bark. Thus its hardiness 
was accidentally proved. 
