6 NEW, RARE, AND BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS OF COSTA RICA. 
Cattleya. Skinneri, Ldl.—A beautiful, very free- 
flowering sort. Here on the highlands it 
flowers from February to April; and at Kast- 
er time, during the *‘Semana Santa”’ (holy 
week), many a charming Costa Rican girl 
crowns her little straw hat with the longin- - 
florescences of the ‘‘Guaria morada,’’ whose 
loads; and to-day—at least in Costa Rica—it. 
has almost become rare. Its treatment under . 
glass is certainly easy by following these di- 
rections: Expose them the whole winter and 
spring to the full rays of the sun; during 
winter keep absolutely dry, no matter how 
much the bulbs shrivel; from May forward, 
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vpright pink presents an admirable contrast 
with the delicate white complexion of those 
children of tropical Switzerland. 
©. Skinneri, some ten years ago, waS a common 
Orchid all over Central America; but in the 
last few years it has been exported by ship- 
waterings. 
C. Skinneri autumnalis and Parviflora.— Two sub- 
after the blossom is over, give them abundant. 
Intermediate house. 
varieties, the one from the Atlantic. the other 
from the Pacific coast, both very much likethe  __ 
type, but with smaller flowers, principally 
