. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 127 ORCHIDS FOR TEMPERATE HOUSE â Coittiiiittd. Chysis Bractescens. Flowers 2 to 3 inches across; sepals and petals white ; lip with a yellow blotch in the centre. $ Coelia Macrostachya. Flowers red in many-flowered racemes ; blooms in April. $ Cyinbidiuiii Kbiinieiiin. Flowers deliciovisly fragrant; very liaiidsome, lari;e, tulip-like; sepals ivory-white; petals and li|)S stained with yellow. $ Cymbitlium Lowiaiiu
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 127 ORCHIDS FOR TEMPERATE HOUSE â Coittiiiittd. Chysis Bractescens. Flowers 2 to 3 inches across; sepals and petals white ; lip with a yellow blotch in the centre. $ Coelia Macrostachya. Flowers red in many-flowered racemes ; blooms in April. $ Cyinbidiuiii Kbiinieiiin. Flowers deliciovisly fragrant; very liaiidsome, lari;e, tulip-like; sepals ivory-white; petals and li|)S stained with yellow. $ Cymbitlium Lowiaiiuni. Flowers large; sepals and petals green with a few faint stripes of brown; lip pale yellow with a few brownish purple spots at the base : March. CynibiUiuiii illastersii. Flowers pure ivory-white, eK- cept a stain of pink on the lip, and with a fragrance like that of almonds. $ Cypripetliiiiii Argus. Flowers white, rose green and blackish purple, leaves hand- soraelv tessellated with grav ; flowers in Marcli. $ to .' ' ' Cypripediiim Barbattim. Flowers large, the lower portion beautifully flecked with j)nrple, the ujijier pure white; flowers in summer. $ to .$ Cypripediuin Barbatum Superbum. Similar to the above, but with higher colored flowers and foliage. $ to Cypripediiim Caudatum. A remarkable variety. The flower scapes which rise â from the centre gf the plant are twelve to eighteen inches long and bear singu- lar flowers. Sepals and petals are yel- lowish brown. The long tail-like petals often attain a length of thirty inches. .$ Cypripedium Concolor Roegneri. Flowers cream-color, finely spotted; borne in pairs; leaves beautifully varie- gated. $ Cypripedium Saiiderianum. Flowers large, of a dark maroon color; dorsal sepal and inner lining streaked with brown and yellow, with long penduleiit petals of a dark brown, which with its equally dark slipper make it one of the most valuable and distinct of its class. $
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