. Annual illustrated and descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants. Tropical plants Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs. ORCHIDS. 15 Orchids for Intermediate Temperature. Nearly all these here enumerated may be grown in an ordinary greenhouse where the temperature is not allowed to fall below 50 degrees, and will thrive among palms, begonias, and ordinary greenhouse plants un- der much the same general treatment, but should be somewhat protected from the direct rays of the sun. ACINETA BARKERI. From Mexico. Flowers yellow and dark crimson, produced on stout scapes: should be
. Annual illustrated and descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants. Tropical plants Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs. ORCHIDS. 15 Orchids for Intermediate Temperature. Nearly all these here enumerated may be grown in an ordinary greenhouse where the temperature is not allowed to fall below 50 degrees, and will thrive among palms, begonias, and ordinary greenhouse plants un- der much the same general treatment, but should be somewhat protected from the direct rays of the sun. ACINETA BARKERI. From Mexico. Flowers yellow and dark crimson, produced on stout scapes: should be grown in baskets of rough peat and sphagnum. A very handsome plant, closely related to Peristeria. |1 to $ each. ADA AURANTIACA. Flowers orange scarlet, produced on long terminal nodding racemes. $ to 83 each. BRASSAVOLA. B. acaulis. Mexico. Very neat plants, producing quite large flowers. Sepals and petals greenish". lip large and prominent, heart-shaped, pure white. the tube spotted with red. to 82 each. B. cordata. West Indies. Similar to the preceding. but flowers larger, and lacking the red spots at the base of tube. $1 to each. BROUGHTONIA SANGUINEA. From Jamaica. A very pretty species; flowers bright red. $ each. BURLINGTONIA FRAGRANS. From Brazil. Flowers fragrant, produced in erect racemes; white, spotted purple. $2 each. CATTLEYA. The species of this grand genus take first rank among our most beautiful orchids. The flowers are in most cases very large, and cannot be sur- passed for richness and depth of color: the long pseudo-bulbs, crowned with their mas- sive evergreen foliage, render the plants very attractive even when not in flower. All are easy to grow in baskets of peat and sphagnum, or on a block when sufficient moisture can be maintained in the atmos- phere. C. amethystina. A medium sized flower of rich amethyst, shading to rich purple in the lip, which is beautifully fringed. 61 to $2 each. C. amethystoglossa. Brazil. Flowers fi
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