AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
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ZEGLE (from gle, one of the Hesperides). Bengal 
- Quince. ORD. Rutacew. A stove evergreen tree, producing 
very large fruit, which much resembles an orange in general 
aaikes, very delicious to the taste, and exquisitely 
fragrant. This genus differs principally from Citrus by its 
numerous disunited stamens. The pulp of the fruit is an 
aperient, and a valuable remedy in dysentery, the thick 
rind and the dried unripe fruit are astringent. It thrives 
best in a rich loamy soil. Propagated by ripe cuttings, 
which, if not deprived of any of their leaves, will root in 
sand under a hand glass, in heat. 
Æ. Marmelos (Marmelos). /. hone 7 very f ; panicles 
ren termi: = P, aaraa led. ` 2. trifolia At leaflets 
toothletted. h. 10ft. 
ÆOLANTHUS ae “cil: to vary, and anthos, a 
flower ; referring to the variableness of the flowers). ORD. 
Labiatee.. A genus of few herbs, with thickish leaves. 
echoed panicled. They thrive in sandy loam, and 
from seeds sown in a similar compost. 
yo thls eS eg fl. brown. East Africa, 1859. 
(sweet-scented). ; 
AERANTHUS (from aer, air, and anthos, a flower; 
referring to the habit). ORD. Orchidaceae. A genus com- 
prising a couple of species of remarkable stove orchids, re- 
quiring treatment similar to Anguloa, to which it is allied. 
Æ. —_ae (spider-like). fl. green. J, linear. h. 4in. Mada- 
' tyre & 
ee Gaee. oran aed 
ai, granditiora eae green, 
AERATION. zea exposure of the soil to the free 
action of the air, as essential to the growth of plants. 
DES (from aer, the air; in reference to the 
these have of deriving their sustenance from the 
ORD. Orchidacee. An extensive genus of 
large, 
They are usually tran ts t th apex, and 
te tht atah GUE MORAG amino dasa the coats bat in 
ont lone Say le A cylindrical. 
spheric moisture to meet their requirements ; and, unless 
“this is managed, the leaves will shrivel and fall off, leaving 
only a few at the extremity. Therefore, as soon as the 
plants are established upon the blocks of wood, let them 
be removed and potted. Fill the pot three parts full of 
broken potsherds and lumps of charcoal, and then use 
ing but clean, living sphagnum, placing a few roots in 
moss and leaving the others free. By this means a 
greater amount of moisture can be supplied to them, and 
beautiful and symmetrical specimens obtained. The 
2 a a a a ses ae grown into handsome plants, which 
yoran fsha we prefer to ajA shehe the prera that gives a 
fair amount of flower coupled with good leafage. As before 
remarked, the Aerides are peculiarly eastern, and therefore 
are usually classed amongst the orchids which require the 
hottest houses. This is, in one sense, correct; yet they do 
not require the great amount of heat which many imagine, 
and which has, until recently, been given them. 
must not, therefore, be excluded from the amateur’s collec- 
tion of orchids, During the winter season many of the 
species may be kept in a temperature of 58deg. to 60deg.; 
whilst during the growing season the temperature may run 
up el ee ee as a free circulation 
of air and a sufficiency of moisture are secured, The 
following status of temperature may be observed: In spring, 
ee ee to 70deg. or 80deg. by day; in 
summer, from 70deg. in the night, to 80deg. pe 
—— the day; in winter, about 60deg. night, and 
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a related),* J delicuhe tosa, sreneset, As gel om age 
spikes, which sometimes —_ 
continuo in bi at the apex the iy gin eg SF aai 
a 
k aR. aar iie Foa Tada. Social 
exealiand Gxbibitled poem pe a 
A. a. superbum (superb).* with larger z 
and richer coloured flowers, and pe se Bm 
A. Brookii (Sir A. Brooke’s).* dagie white ; — d 
bright purples and > ly very 
ornamental, of a glaucous (milky green) hue, ig 
species, although one of the handsomest, is very rare. 
A. crassifolinm (thick-leaved).* Thisis a dwarf, densely-habited 
plant, with broad, thick, pupie anid = ae bares. 
= flowers, which are ‘borne on long ice dey 
are— er than those aleat w 
form, dapet a the segments ilpped um, whl 
the centre or ae Be the Fas toi ie ivory-w’ og 
with A. falcatum, th rt is here bent under at an 
fo ee ee the side lnciniss of the By Aro 
broader and shorter the present plant, and the two on the 
Fic. 34. FLOWER OF AERIDES CRISPUM, 
A. crispum (crisp).* 4. white, suffused with purplish rose, 
2in. in s mrri. sepals and petals dvate, acute; lip — lol 
the middle lobe being very large, toothed’ at the base, and fi 
at the margin; the horn-like spur is slightly incurved ; 
ascending, more than double the length of the leaves, | 
flowered, l deep green, | flat and broad, blunt at the ends, a 
two-lobed, about 4in. or Sin, long. Bombay, 1840. Lasts a 
time in beauty. See Fig. 34. 
A. ec. Lindleyanum j emer by A w 
producing a large much Pi 
petals white, and a large, bright, rich, rose eared pe 
A. c. Warneri (Warner’s).* The leaves are smaller, and 
slender than in the species, the sepals and petals are ‘white, with a 
a soft, rich, rose-coloured 1 lip. : 
A. oe pals and a ae ES eres longs ns thane ae 
alpan 5 
ĝin. to 6in. Ag and distinct 
