CULTIVATION OF THE GENUS MAXILLARIA. 
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who once blooms a seedling plant of his own raising, will feel 
himself amply repaid for all his trouble, and what might ap¬ 
pear the almost incredible extension of his patience. 
When we began this article we intended to have gone fully 
into the subject of the probable chances of success attending or 
likely to attend the cultivation of Camellia in the open air; but 
as it is a subject which will require a full and free enquiry, and 
of too much consequence to touch on slightly, we must be con¬ 
tent with just hinting it to our friends, and reserve the further 
consideration of it to another paper; only this we would beg of 
those who have duplicates of sorts, and who feel an interest in 
the promotion of floriculture, to endeavour to ornament their 
parterres with this lovely genus. But we shall revert to the 
subject again before the season for actual trial, when we intend 
to furnish our readers with a descriptive list of the best varieties 
of the Camellia. 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GENUS MAXILLARIA. 
(Continued from p. 80.) 
Maxillaria Christata. This is a splendid species, and also 
a very rare species. The flowers are large, of a very rich colour, 
with crimson stripes; the petals white, with crimson spots; the 
lip is beautifully crested, the crest being composed of white 
hairs; the rest of the lip is striped with white and crimson ; 
the pseudo-bulbs are rather small and green, the leaves two to 
each pseudo-bulb, which are lance-shaped, of a pale green 
colour; the flower-stem comes out from the base of the pseudo¬ 
bulb, and bears from two to three flowers on each stem, and 
when the plants are strong they bear as many as three to four 
flower-stems from each pseudo-bulb: when that is the case this 
is really a very beautiful plant. This species does best on a 
log of hard wood : the flower-spikes are pendulous. No person 
can have any idea of the beauty of this plant unless they see 
> it in flower. A native of Trinidad, introduced in 1834 
