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is altogether a noble and very useful plant. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



A. odoratwn cornutum. — A handsome free-flowering variety 

 from India, distinct in gi'owth from the former ; spikes about 

 twelve inches long, furnished with pink and white coloured 

 flowers, which are produced in May, June, and July, and 

 continue upwards of three weeks in bloom. 



A. odoratum ma jus. — Like A. odoratum in gi'owth, and 

 diffiering only in the larger size and longer spikes of flowers. 

 This makes a fine exhibition plant, and may be retarded very 

 easily without the sUghtest injury. 



A. odoratum j)urimrascens. — This is a somewhat scarce 

 variety, and one of the very best; it is robust in habit, with 

 broad dark gi'een leaves. It is a very free bloomer, producing 

 a long massive spike of large flowers, which are white tipped 

 with bright pink. 



A. quinquevulnerum. — A splendid free-flowering Orchid from 

 Manilla, with light green fohage, about one foot long, and less 

 compact-growing than many other species. The sepals and 

 petals are white, spotted with purple ; the tip of the lip is 

 green, the sides pink, and the middle a deep crimson : it 

 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. quinguevulnerum Farmeri. — 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 plant from India, producing 

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

 species, bearing light rose-colour flowers, spotted with dark 



