DESCRIPTIVE LIST. \$\ 



with pink ; very fragrant. Blooms in June and July, the 

 flowers remaining three weeks in perfection. 



Variety majus is a larger growing plant, with longer 

 spikes of bloom. 



Variety purpurascens has flowers of darker pink and 

 broader foliage. 



A. Aerides quinquevulnerum. Philippines. Pax. Mag., 8, 



241. 



Sert. O., 30. 

 Jen. Orch., 30. 



The petals and sepals are white, spotted with purple ; 

 at the end of each a spot of deep violet purple ; the top 

 of the labellum is green, the sides are pink, and the cen- 

 tre is deep crimson ; foliage light green, about one foot 

 long. 



Blooms in July and August, and lasts about two weeks. 

 There are two varieties, one with lighter-colored flowers 

 than the other. 



Aerides Farmeri. 



A rare variety with long spikes of white flowers. 



A. Aerides roseum. India ... I. H., 88. 



Pax. Fl. G., 60. 



B. M., 4049, as qffine. 



Lem. Jard., 200. 



A fine dwarf species ; leaves a foot long, spotted with 

 brown. Flowers rose-colored, with crimson spots, in June 

 and July. This species requires less moisture than the 

 other kinds. 



This species is sometimes confounded with Aerides 

 affine. A ready distinction is found in the jagged ex- 



