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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 foliage, 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 fur- 

 nished with a tail of pale green 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 

 Jane to September, and it continues in perfection a long 

 time. This has always been a rare plant. 



A. eburneum. A noble free-flowering Orchid from Mada- 

 gascar, strong growing, with light green stiff foliage, eighteen 

 inches long, very thick and broad j the flowers, which are of 

 ivory whiteness, are produced on upright spikes eighteen inches 

 long, and, if kept from damp, last four or five weeks in per- 

 fection. It blooms during the winter months, and is on that 

 account valuable. 



A. eburneum superbum. A fine variety of ebumeum, 

 brought from Madagascar by W. Ellis, Esq., of Hoddesdon. 

 It is stronger in growth than the former j the blooms are 

 large, ivory white, coming about the same time as those of 

 eburneum, and continuing a long time in beauty. 



A. eburneum virens. A free-flowering variety, the flower 

 spikes of which are not so stiff and therefore are more 

 graceful than eburneum. The blossoms are greenish white, 

 and the plant has dark green foliage, about ten inches long. 

 In perfection during December and January. 



A. sesquipedale. A wonderful plant, brought by W. Ellis, 

 Esq., of Hoddesdon, from Madagascar, where he found it 

 growing on trees. Foliage dark green, about ten inches 

 long ; blooms beautiful ivory white, and very large, with 

 two green tails hanging from the bottom of the flower, about 

 ten inches in length. In blossom in November,, December^ 



