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Dear Customer: 
I am expecting the following list of orchids from Costa Rica 
and India in April. They will be advertised in the May issue of Popular 
Gardening and the Flower Grower, and since the response to recent ad- 
vertisements has been so great, and the quantity of these plants is going 
to be somewhat limited, { felt I shouid offer them first of all to my cus- 
tomers. ; 
Epidendrum atropurpureum: A spring blooming variety with many flowers 
to the spike, of cnocolate-orowr. snd purole coloring. A really beautiful 
and unusual spray crcnid, $3.95 
Peristeria elata - The Dove Crehid~-sc calied, decause the flowers re- 
semble a dove. Every coilecition should have on2 of -nese piants,. Very 
fragrant, waxy white flowers. Summer is the biccoming time. $3.95 
Coelogyne cristata - Swan Orchid - One of the easiest orchids to grow. 
Sprays carry five to nine flowers of pure white. Winter is the blooming 
time. $3, 95 
Dendrobium nobile: A reaiiy unusual orchid of easy cuiture. Flowers 
in groups of three or five, sepals and petals white with amethyst tips. 
The lip has a broad marcon spot in the center. Sprig. $3.95 
Dendrobium formosum: A fall blooming white with orange disc inthe lip, 
Very fragrant. $3.95 
Cattleya skinneri: One of the easiest of the Cattleya group to grow, Flo- 
wers grow in a cluster of five to ten. Color is rose-purple except for a 
white blotch in the throat. The National flower of Costa Rica, Spring. 
$4, 50 
Cypripedium fairrieanum: A particularly beautiful little flower of green 
striped with purple. A small plant which requires very little space. 
Fall. $4.95 
Cypripedium hirsutissimum: A spring flowering variety of purple edged 
with green, Large and very beautiful. $3,95 
