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Aerides expansum. Sepals and petals creamy white, with purple 

 markings ; the lip is fully expanded and the spur of a greenish 

 color. A very fine variet}'. 



A. LeonL 



A. Houlletianum. 



A. Fieldingii is called the Fox-brush Aerides. The flowers are 

 large, white, mottled with bright rose color. The racemes are 

 from two to three feet long and last in flower several weeks. 



Aeranthus Leonis. Flowers ivory white and not unlike those of 

 Angrcecum sesqtdpedale, but having a shorter spur, which is 

 funnel shaped at the base, then filiform and bent abrupth^ upwards. 



Angrcecum eburneum. A fine free flowering orchid, with light 

 green, stiff, thick, and broad foliage, from twelve to eighteen inches 

 long. The flowers are ivory white and are produced on upright 

 spikes. It is a valuable decorative plant. 



A. sesquipedale. The blooms are of a beautiful ivory white and 

 very large with a tail or spur from twelve to eighteen inches long 

 hanging from the bottom of each flower. This truly wonderful 

 plant is rare and beautiful and without doubt the finest of the 

 class. 



A. fastuosum has flowers of ivory white and scented very much 

 like tuberoses ; it is one of the best. 



A. citratum is a rare and pretty species. Its leaves are close 

 set and the slender pendulous flower spike bears flowers of a pale 

 yellow color closely set on the spike ; the plant is of compact 

 growth. 



Anguloa eburnea is a valuable cool-house orchid. It has large 

 dark colored bulbs while the leaves are bright green. The flowers 

 are large and of the purest white, except the lip, which is spotted 

 with pink. 



A. Clowesii. A beautiful species with sepals and petals of 

 bright yellow and pure white lip. It will last long in perfection if 

 kept cool. 



Lycaste Skinneri and its varieties are all very beautiful and of 

 easy culture. They are well worthy of a place in every good col- 

 lection of orchids, as are also L. plana and L. plana Measuresiana, 

 two excellent varieties. 



Codogyne cristata is a magnificent orchid, of which many beauti- 

 ful specimens have been exhibited within a few years past. The 

 :flowers are produced from the bottom of the bulb on a drooping 



