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having pale green foliage, blooming in June or July, and 

 remaining two weeks in good condition. The blossoms are 

 white stained with pink. I have seen specimens five feet high 

 and four feet in diameter, which produced thirty or forty 

 spikes of bloom every year ; altogether a noble plant. 



A. odoratum cornutum. A handsome free-flowering variety 

 from India ; in growth distinct 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, var. majus. Like odoratum in growth, 

 and differing only in the larger size and longer spikes of 

 flowers. There is another variety of odoratum, called pur- 

 purescens, the flowers of which are of a much darker pink 

 colour and the leaves broader. This is a desirable plant, 

 and is rather scarce. 



A. quinquevulnerum. A splendid free-flowering Orchid 

 from Manilla, with light green foliage, about one foot long : 

 less compact than many other species. Sepals and petals 

 white, spotted with purple j the top 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 j one with much lighter coloured flowers 

 than the other. 



A. quinquevulnerum album. A white variety of the pre- 

 ceding, producing long spikes of white flowers ; grows like 

 quinquevulnerum, 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 ; leaves a 

 foot long, spotted with brown. A slow-growing species, 

 bearing light rose-colour flowers, spotted with darker spots 

 of rose, in June and July. This plant, which does not root 

 freely, requires less moisture than any of the other kinds. 



