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blooms from October to December, and remains two or three 

 weeks in good condition. I have grown this plant on a block, 

 but it does best in a basket, where the roots obtain plenty of 

 moisture. 



A. caudatum. — A singular free-flowering species from Sierra 

 Leone, with pale green drooping fohage, ten inches long, and 

 very compact growth, producing racemes of flowers a foot or 

 more in length ; the flowers are greenish yellow, mixed with 

 brown, the labellum being pure white, and furnished with a 

 tail of pale gi^een colour, about nine inches long. I have 

 sometimes seen twelve or more of these curious flowers on a 

 spike. Its season of blooming is from June to September, and 

 it continues in perfection a long time. This is still, and 

 always has been, a rare plant. 



A. ChaiUiianum.^-Tlns is a very distinct plant, but at 

 present rare in cultivation ; it is interesting because of the long 

 tail-like spurs with which the flowers are furnished, proving 

 its relationship with A. caudatum. The leaves are six or 

 eight inches long, one to two broad, and dark green in 

 colour ; flowers white, with a long yellowish green spur, pro- 

 duced upon pendulous spikes. It succeeds best grown on a 

 block of wood with a little moss. Native of West Africa. 



A. citratum. — A rare and pretty species from Madagascar. 

 It has smooth bright green close-set leaves, with a slender 

 pendulous flower spike ; the flowers are pale yellow, and closely 

 set in two rows upon the spike. It is a compact-growing plant. 



A. ehurneum. — A noble, strong growing free-flowering Orchid 

 from Madagascar, with vei'y thick and broad light green stiff 

 foliage, eighteen inches long ; the flowers are of ivory white- 

 ness, produced on upright spikes eighteen inches long, and if 

 kept from damp, last four or five weeks in perfection. It 

 blooms during the winter months, and is, on that account, 

 valuable. 



