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blooms in July or August, and lasts two or three weeks in 

 bloom. There are two varieties ; one with much lighter 

 coloured flowers than the other. 



A. quinquevulnerum Farmerl. — A variety of the preceding, 

 producing long spikes of white flowers ; it grows like A. quin- 

 quevulnerum, and blooms about the same time. The first 

 time this plant came under my notice was at Nonsuch Park, 

 Cheam, the seat of W. F. G. Farmer, Esq. It is by no 

 means plentiful. 



A. roseum. — A beautiful dwarf species from India, producing 

 leaves a foot long, spotted with brown. It is a slow-growing 

 plant, bearing light rose-coloui'ed flowers, spotted with a 

 darker shade of the same colour ; it blooms in June and July. 

 This plant, which does not root freely, requires less moisture 

 than any of the other kinds. 



A. roseum superhum. — A fine variety, much stronger in 

 growth than A. roseum; the flowers also larger, and of a 

 richer colour. The best variety I ever saw bloomed with Mr. 

 B. Findlay, at the Botanic Garden, Manchester. The spikes 

 of this, as well as those of the species, are apt to damp ofi" at 

 the ends before the flowers open — an evil which is often 

 caused by too much moisture having been given. It con- 

 tinues a long time in perfection. 



A. rubrum. — A very nice cool-house species, with dark 

 green foliage ; a very distinct plant, not so showy as many of 

 the preceding ones, but well worth gi'owing ; indeed, any one 

 that can appreciate Saccolahium ampullaceum would like this, 

 the colour being similar and the spikes longer. Native of 

 the Madras hills. 



A, suavissimum. — A distinct and desirable species of free 

 growth, having light green foHage ten inches long, spotted 

 with brown. The sepals and petals are white, and the 

 lip has a blotch of yellow in the centre edged with white. 



