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also requires a dry and cool rest, when it lias done growing. 
Introduced in 1828. 
4. Dendrobium cupreum. — Copper coloured. This is so near 
the last species, that I question wdiether it is any thing more than 
a variety of it. The flowers are of a yellowish purple, the stem 
and leaves are of the same colour as those of Moschatum. A native 
of the East Indies ; introduced in 1835. This requires the same 
treatment as the others. 
5. Dendrobium macrophyllum. —Large leaved. This is also a 
splendid species, and a very rare one. The colour of the flowers 
is a rosy pink, the sepals and petals being somewhat lighter 
than the lip, which is of dark rose, intermixed with yellow and 
white. The flowers are very large, and come out from the joints 
opposite the leaves, two and three together. When this plant is 
flowered to perfection, it is one of tne most beautiful of the 
genus. The leaves are alternate on the stem, broadly ovate, and 
acuminate at the point, and of a glossy green ; the stems are 
pendent. This is best cultivated in a basket, and suspended. It 
reouires the same treatment as the others ; that is, plenty of Imai 
and moisture when growing, and cool and dry treatment when 
done growing. A native of Manilla; introduced in 1836. 
6. Dendrobium Pierardi. —This is a very neat species : the colour 
of the flowers, bluish yellow, marked with purple. The leaves 
are lancet-shaped, and of a pale green colour. The stem, which 
is pendent, is of a yellowish green. The fioweis pioceed fiom 
opposite the leaves, or rather at the joints opposite the same. It 
flowers nearly all the way dow r n the stem, and for the most pait 
loses all its leaves before it flowers. When that is the case, the 
plant is one mass of flowers. It requires to be grown in a 
basket, and to have the same treatment as that recommended for 
the other—plenty of moisture and heat when growing, and cool 
and dry when resting. It flowers at the commencement of the 
growing season. Native of the East Indies ; introduced 1815. 
7. Dendrobium pulchellum. —This is an elegant species. The 
sepals and petals are of a light pink, the lip being of a light 
orange, beautifully fringed. The form of the lip is round, the 
sepals and petals spreading out, which gives the plant a splendid 
appearance wdien in fine flower. The treatment best suited foi 
this is the same as the others. It does best in a basket. It should 
lose its leaves before it flowers ; is a pendent species ; flowers at 
