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commonly goes under the soubriquet of " The Foxbrush 

 Aerides." It grows from, two to four feet high; its stems 

 being densely clothed with dark green foliage ; its spikes vary 

 from two to three feet long, often branched, and are freely pro- 

 duced from April to July ; flowers white, suffused with rose 

 and dotted with purple. 



Angraecum. 



The finest species of this genus come from the island of 

 Madagascar, and a good number of small-flowered species are 

 found in Southern Africa; but the only species we have 

 amenable to cool treatment is the little A. falcatum, a native 

 of Japan. 



* A. falcatum. This dwarf little plant is also known as 

 Sarcochilus falcatus, and by Lindley, I believe, it was named 

 CBceoclades falcata. Its foliage, like its congeners, is two- 

 ranked or distichous. Leaves from two to four inches long, 

 nearly triangular in section, being thick and fleshy ; the whole 

 plant not above six inches high. Flowers from four to seven, 

 on an erect spike shorter than the leaves; flowers pure white, 

 the lip having a spur two and a half inches long, and the 

 flowers, in size and shape, are not unlike those of the British 

 Butterfly Orchis (Habeiiaria bifolia). Should be grown in 

 peat, in a basket or small pot suspended near the glass, but 

 rather shaded. 



Anguloa. 



A small genus containing some half dozen species of very 

 robusb appearance. They are all from Columbia or New 

 Granada, growing in their native habitats in moist, shady 

 positions, under trees. The pseudo-bulbs are from five to 

 eight inches long, as thick as a man's wrist, bearing two to 

 three erect, broad, lanceolate leaves from two to four feet long. 

 Their flowers resemble great waxy deformed Tulips, being, 



