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narrow, and of a deepish pink purple. This requnes the same 
treatment as the others.— Native of the Organ Mountains of 
Brazil. 
38. Cattleya Crispa. (Derived from its flowers being curled.) 
Plant bulbous, from three to four inches long, producing a leal 
at its apex which is long and narrow, the flower-spike producing 
five to six flowers; the sepals and petals are white, and the 
latter much curled; the labellum is white on the outside, but 
within is purple, and the margin much culled. This, too, re¬ 
quires the same treatment and temperature as the others.— 
Native of Brazil. 
39. Cattleya Skinnerii. (Named after Mr. Skinner, a suc¬ 
cessful collector in Gautemala and Mexico.) Plant bulbous, 
nine inches high, with nearly round leaves in paiis, six inches 
long and three inches broad; flower-spike producing three to 
four flowers, and very handsome, of a beautiful violet-purple ; 
the labellum rosy-purple, and the throat nearly white. The 
same treatment as the others.— Native of Mexico. 
John Hensiiall, K —-r— y. 
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The day appointed for the private view of the lulips heie 
was Saturday the 6th, but never was a more unfavorable after¬ 
noon fixed upon ; it proved a continuous rain for nearly the 
whole day, so that but little company could have been present. 
We saw them a few days later; the principal bed was in very 
fair order, though the early growth which nearly all the Tulips 
in this neighbourhood made, being followed by late frosts, have 
militated much against the production of good blooms. We 
noticed several fine flowers in each class, though the Bizards 
certainly had the advantage, particularly Catafalque, Dickson’s 
Duke of Wellington, Garrick, Nourri Eflendi, Fabius, Pompe 
Funebre, and Marshal Boult. In the Bybloemens were Victoria 
Regina, Louis Seize, Violet Alexander, Claude, Michael 
Angelo, and Queen Adelaide; and in that beautiful class, the 
Roses, we may mention, Claudiana, Bacchus, Catalini, the true 
Lac, Brulante eclatante, Ponceau trbs blanc, and Comte de 
