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with light green foliage a foot long, and pink and white flowers, 

 produced on long branching spikes in great profusion. I have 

 seen spikes of this two feet long, with three and four branches 

 on each spike. It is a profuse bloomer, and has been exhibited 

 with from thirty to forty spikes. It grows from two to three 

 feet high, and makes one of the finest plants for exhibition, 

 continuing in blossom three or four weeks. 



A. affine superbum. — A splendid variety of the former, the 

 colour of which is richer, and the flowers much larger, and the 

 plant is more compact in growth. It is a free-flowering variety, 

 producing a many-branched spike. 



A. crassifoUum. — This species is one of the most 

 beautiful of this class ; the growth is very compact, with light 

 green foliage, leaves about eight inches long, produces its 

 long spikes of pink and white flowers in May and June, and 

 continues in bloom for a very long time ; it is best grown 

 near the glass suspended in a basket. Mr. Whitehead, gar- 

 dener to R. Dodgson, Esq., Blackburn, has bloomed a fine 

 plant of this species. 



A, crispum. — A truly beautiful free-growing kind from 

 India, with purple-coloured stem, dark green foliage, ten 

 inches long; the blossoms, which are abundant, are white, 

 tipped with pink. Flowers in June or July, and lasts two or 

 three weeks in good condition. The spikes of flowers are long 

 and very distinct from any of the other kinds. 



A, crispum, var, Lindleyanum. — A charming kind, with 

 a large branching spike, bearing blooms of a fine rich 

 colour about the same time as the species ; sepals and 

 petals white, lip large, rich rose ; growth similar to that of 

 A. crispum, 



A. crispum, var. Warneri. — A splendid free-flowering variety 

 from India. In leaves and stem it closely resembles A. crispum, 

 except that the leaves are smaller and more slender in growth ; 



