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rent of this exquisite little species, but it is not certain. We are 
indebted for it to Mr. Rucker, with whom it flowered in May 
last. It belongs to the same section as C. Aclandice , from which 
it differs in its having much larger lateral lobes to the lip, a very 
differently formed middle lobe, and flowers of quite another colour. 
It may also be compared with C. pumila, which should be placed 
in the same section with the latter. Indeed, it accords in its 
stems, resembling pseudo-bulbs, and its colour, but the flowers 
are much larger, and the lip flat, not rolled up and crisp. 
The flat, shovel-shaped lip is of an intensely deep crimson, 
which gradually melts away till it loses itself in the imperfect 
lateral lobes, which are pink, bordered with crimson. The sepals 
and petals are also pink.— Bot. Beg. 42-47. 
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Hybernation of Auriculas. This subject wdl shortly engage 
the florist’s attention, and to beginners is often a troublesome 
question ; the recommendations of authors are as various as they 
are numerous: some advise their exposure to ensure hardiness, 
others tell us they should never know what frost is ; a medium 
course I think the safest, and this is how it may be managed — 
the first indication of winter we usually receive is about the middle 
of October, by which time the plants will or ought to have be¬ 
come re-established in their pots, the roots having spread through 
the new soil, and the foliage of autumn become fully developed, 
consequently the next epoch in their existence should partake 
largely of the dormant character so beneficial to vegetation of all 
sorts; I say largely, because it cannot be exclusively so, on ac¬ 
count of the ever-growing habit induced by high-breeding to the 
fancy varieties of this flower ; this being their nature, it is evi¬ 
dent we shall commit an error in encouraging further develop¬ 
ment at so late a period, because by this course we increase their 
susceptibility to injury from cold at another and still more severe 
season ; to obviate this, I set the. plants into frames about the 
first week of October, or a little earlier if the weather prove ex¬ 
cessively wet, standing the pots on a trellised platform, and ele¬ 
vating the frame at least six inches from the earth, in addition to 
