LIST OF ORCHIDEiE. 
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of that species, but not quite so handsome: its cultivation may 
be considered the same. 
Achimenes picta. — This beautiful species has been recently 
sent out by the Horticultural Society. The flowers of it are 
striped like Gesneria zebrina. It is, I believe, a native of Gua¬ 
temala : cultivation the same as that recommended for A. coc- 
cinea. They may be all readily multiplied by division of the 
root. The following may also be practised with the scarce 
kinds: — Get a leaf and its stalk; place it in some sand in 
a pot, and press the leaf flat down on the sand ; then make 
two or three incisions clean through the mid-rib, and put a peg 
through each hole, to make the leaf adhere closely to the sand; 
over that put a cutting glass closely; plunge it in some bottom 
heat, and shade it. I have obtained plants this summer in three 
weeks by this method. 
If this is worth a place in your valuable Journal, perhaps it 
may be useful to some of your readers. 
E. A. H. 
LIST OF ORCHIDE/E. 
( Continued from page 128. ) 
204. Lcelia furfuracea. This is another beautiful species of the pseudo- 
bulbous class; its bulbs are about an inch and a half long, tapering a little 
from the base towards the summit; the leaves are produced singly, about six 
inches long, and better than one inch broad, of a fleshy nature. This, like 
most of the others, will succeed either in a pot or on a block of wood, with a 
little sphagnum tied round it to preserve the moisture; if grown on the latter 
principle it requires abundance of water while growing ; the temperature 
should never exceed 65°.— Native of Mexico. 
205. Lcelia autumnalis. Another fine species, well deserving the attention 
of all interested in the cultivation of Orchideas; its pseudo-bulbs are nearly 
two inches long, a little furrowed ; leaves single, nearly seven inches long, 
and one inch broad; its flowers are produced on a spike rising from the 
summit of the bulbs; they are beautifully tinged with rosy crimson; the 
plant requires the same treatment and temperature as the others. — Native 
of Bolavos. 
206. Lcelia grandiflora. A pretty species with pseudo-bulbs two inches 
long, of a pale green ; leaves seven inches long, rather crisp ; this is also well 
worth growing, and requires the same treatment and temperature. — I be¬ 
lieve a native of Mexico. 
207. Lcelia flava. This plant is but a mere variety of L. cinnabarina; 
in its growth it is not so strong; succeeds with the treatment recommended 
for the others. This genus at present consists of fourteen species, all well 
worthy of cultivation, and of easy management, provided they are grown in 
a low temperature ; if placed on blocks, a liberal supply of water must be 
given while growing, but during the resting season- they scarcely requ re 
any, in fact none at all, so long as their bulbs do not shrivel; still this 
extreme must be avoided, or their flowers will not be so fine. 
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