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majority, and these can be grown successfully in the same house 

 as the Odontoglossums, especially if placed at the warmest end of 

 the house, and there are others that require an intermediate 

 temperature. 



The Aerides have erect stems, and fleshy leaves arranged in two 

 rows. Their appearance and their requirements are akin to those 

 of the Vandas, and to the latter genus the reader is referred for 

 further particulars. The method of flowering is distinct, however, 

 and none of the Aerides have flowers as large as most of the 

 Vandas. So closely set upon the spike are the flowers of A. 

 FiELDiNGii that the popular name of this species is the Fox Brush 

 Orchid. The lip of each flower has a long, spur-like development 

 that is very characteristic. 



The best species for the warmest house are A. crassifolium, 

 which has drooping spikes of fragrant, purple flowers ; A. crispum, 

 with white and rose flowers ; A. Houlletianum, buff and white, 

 with magenta spots ; A. Lawrence, a rare and expensive plant 

 with large, greenish-yellow, purple marked flowers ; A. LouBil, 

 white, rose and purple ; A. odoratum, white and magenta ; and 

 A. QUINQUIVULNERUM, a fine species, white, with rose-purple and 

 crimson-purple markings. 



The best for an intermediate temperature are A. Fieldingii, a 

 splendid Orchid with long, drooping spikes of white, rose speckled 

 flowers, each with a bright rose lip; and A, affine, deep rose. 



The last named species can be grown in a cool house, but is 

 usually a greater success when grown with the Cattleyas but 

 given more shade than these require. A. japonicum is a little 

 plant from Japan, and it has greenish-white flowers, prettily 

 marked with violet-purple. A cool house suits it very well, and 

 similar conditions suffice for the elegant A. Vandarum, which 

 the writer has grown well with Odontoglossums. This has 



