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HOVEY AND CO.'S CATALOGUE OF 
ORCHIDS. 
These lovely plants are yet but little cultivated, undoubtedly, in a great degree, 
from the general impression that they are difficult to manage, requiring special care 
and a house expressly for them. Nothing is more erroneous. Many of the most 
beautiful kinds are no more difficult to grow than ordinary hothouse plants, and 
some of them flourish in a warm greenhouse. With proper care in watering, and 
potting them at the right time, they can be successfully grown by all who are 
familiar with good cultivation. A few experiments with some of the cheaper kinds 
will show that all the supposed difficulties of treatment will soon disappear, and a 
rich show of blossoms amply repay all extra care and attention. 
Aerides odoratum . 
Aspasia epidendroides 
Bletia hyacinthiflora 
Brassia maculata 
Calanthe vestita lutea 
Ccelogyne cristata . 
Cattleya Loddigesii . 
mossiee . 
pallida . 
Skinneri 
superba . 
trianiee . 
Cypripedium barbatum 
insigne . 
purpureum . 
venustum 
Dendrobium 
calceolus 
chrysanthum 
nobilo 
Epidendrum cochleatun 
vitellenum . 
Gongora maculata .. 
$5 
Lycaste Skinnori 
$3 
5 
Lycaste aromatica . 
3 
Maxillaria Harrison® 
5 
2 
Maxillaria picta 
3 
3 
Odontoglossum citrosmum . 
10 
3 
lseve 
10 
grande . 
5 
5 
Oncidium ampliatum 
5 
5 
cavendish! . 
5 
flexuosum 
5 
5 
lanceanum . 
5 
5 
papilio . 
5 
2 
pinelianum . 
3 
1 
sphacelatum 
5 
2 
Phaius grandifiorus 
2 
1 
maculatus 
5 
Wallichii 
8 
Peristeria alata 
5 
Stanhopea tigrina . 
3 
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50 
occulata 
3 
a 
3 
Vanilla aromatica . 
3 
3 
Zygopetalum crinitum 
5 
3 
Mackayi 
3 
Ten varieties, our selection, $25. 
Extra large plants of some of the varieties can be supplied. 
VARIEGATED IVIES. 
The Ivies are all admirable plants for the conservatory or parlor, growing freely 
in the shade or the temperature of the house. The variegated kinds are very 
handsome, many of them having deep-green foliage, mottled and spotted with 
silver or gold. For suspended baskets or rustic vases they are almost indis¬ 
pensable. The following are a few of the best: — 
Aurea densa, leaves netted and margined with gold; growth very compact. 
Aurea maculata, leaves large, spotted, blotched, and clouded with gold. 
Arborea marginata aurea, leaves large, dark-green, margined with gold. 
Arborea margiuata argentea, green, edged white, and margined with rose. 
Arborea minor lutea, light green, edged with pale-yellow. 
Algeriensis variegata, glaucous green, with large silver blotches. 
Aurea spectabile, large, dark-green leaves, blotched with gold. 
Canariensis maculata, deep-green leaves, blotched with gold. 
Canariensis inarm ora ta, leaves small, beautifully margined with gold. 
Klegans variegata, green leaves, blotched with gold. 
Japonica variegata, leaves small, delicately edged with white. 
Marginata argentea, leaves large, blotched and margined with silver. 
Maculata, curiously mottled with gold. 
Marmorata, leaves small, clouded with gold. 
Iihombia variegata, leaves small, deeply margined with silver. 
Plants, 30c. to $1 each; $3 to $0 per dozen. 
