Archive image from page 44 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1895roya Year: 1895 X. Orchids. 'Even to look zip at them, perched on bough and stem, as one rides by, and to guess what â exquisite and fantastic form may issue, in a few montlis or weeks, out of those fleshy, often u?isiglitly leaves, is a strange pleasureâa spur to the fancy which is surely wholesome, if we will but believe that all these things tvere invented by a Fancy which desires to call out in us, by contemplating them, such small fan
Archive image from page 44 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1895roya Year: 1895 X. Orchids. 'Even to look zip at them, perched on bough and stem, as one rides by, and to guess what â exquisite and fantastic form may issue, in a few montlis or weeks, out of those fleshy, often u?isiglitly leaves, is a strange pleasureâa spur to the fancy which is surely wholesome, if we will but believe that all these things tvere invented by a Fancy which desires to call out in us, by contemplating them, such small fancy as we possess ; and to make us poets, each according to his power, by showing a world in which, if rightly looked at, all is poetry.'âKingsley. BRASSAVOLA cordata. Jamaica. A neat white- flowering plant; rigid leaves. 75 cents each. BROUGHTONIA sanguinea {Satyrium parasiti- cum, Brozightonia cocchiea, Dendrobiuni sanguineum, Epidendrum sanguineum). Ja- maica. Flowers bright crimson, and last long in perfection. $1 each. CATTLEYA citrina. A cool-house Orchid of merit and extensive cultivation ; from Mexico ; flow- ers deliciously sweet, bright yellow, 3 inches across. 75 cents each. C. Percivaliana. Brazil. One of the darkest flowered varieties in cultivation ; rose, deepen- ing to purple in the lip. $ each. C. trianae. Central America. This is perhaps the most universally grown for cut-flowers; is a free bloomer, and flowers range in color from the purest white, all through the shades of rose to royal purple. $1 to $3 each. C(ELOGYNE cristata. An Asiatic sort, being vigorous, and adapted to culti- vation. Pure ivory-white flowers, with yellow veins ; free-blooming. $1 each. CYPRIPEDITJM insigne. Lady-Slipper Orchid. The best species for the beginner; will do well in any ordi- nary greenhouse, or even in a sunny window. Flowers large, shiny, in various shades of green, purple and white. November to March. Should be grown in pots of fibrous peat and moss. $1 each. CYRTO
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