ON THE CULTIVATION OF SACCOLABIUM. 
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colour, while the petals are white, with the lip beautifully spotted. 
This is a very neat species. Its flowers are small. A native of 
Manilla; introduced in 1837. 
Saccolabium calceolare. The leaves are linear-channelled and 
somewhat pointed. The flowers are produced in small spikes of 
about four to six flowers on each. They are very large and 
handsome for the size of the plant. The flowers are yellowish, 
beautifully spotted with crimson. A native of India ; introduced 
1837. 
Saccolabium carinatum , (keeled.) This is also a very neat 
species. The flowers are not very large, but of a very pretty 
colour. A native of India ; introduced 1838. 
Saccolabium paUeiis, (pale.) Another of the small flowered 
species, but very pretty. The flowers of this I have never seen; 
but I believe they are of a pale yellow. A native of India ; in¬ 
troduced 1837. 
Saccolabium gemmatum . A species with small leaves, which 
are linear and furrowed above, of a dark green. The flowers, 
which are produced on small spikes, are of a rich purple, not 
large, but very handsome. A native of the East Indies ; intro¬ 
duced 1837. Flowers from May to June. 
Saccolabium rubrum. Another splendid species. The flowers 
are of a rosy pink, and exceedingly delicate. The spike of flowers 
is from six to eight inches long. The flowers are large ; the 
leaves are distichous and recurved, of a pale green, and toothed 
at the apex. This is a very free-flowering species. A native of 
the East Indies ; introduced in 1838. Flowers from April to 
June. 
There are about twelve more species besides those here enu¬ 
merated in the country, but which have not yet flowered. There 
are others known to botanists, but not yet introduced into this 
country ; but we hope they soon will. All the attention that the 
cultivator of this singular and lovely tribe can give them will not 
be thrown away. He will have the pleasure of reaping the fruits of 
his labour, by having a splendid show of flowers of the most lovely 
of nature’s children. Even the flowers of the minutest species of 
this genus are beautiful; and every one of the species ought to be 
cultivated wherever there is a stove ; for there is not any tribe of 
plants that can vie with orchidem in beauty and singular forms of 
their flowers, and also the singular mode by which they are culti- 
