flowers deliciously fragrant; some, of course, are more handsome than others, but 
all are worth growing: in fact, we have never seen an indifferent Aérides. They 
have every good quality that a plant of this character can possess, and they are of 
easy cultivation, so that anyone who has a stove may manage them successfully, 
They do not require so much heat as some persons imagine; the temperature need 
not be above 65° in the winter; more is, indeed, required in summer, but even 
then sun-heat should be fully utilised, and very little fire-heat should be used. 
Aérides Lobbii blooms in June and July, and lasts for three or four weeks 
in beauty. The plant, from which our illustration was taken, was but a foot in 
height, and the magnificent flowering racemes we saw upon it were fully two feet 
six inches in length, with two branches each a foot in length. The sepals and 
petals are white, spotted with bright rose colour; the lip is also of a bright rose 
colour, slightly veined and margined with white. The flowers are deliciously fragrant. 
The plant being very compact in growth, occupies but little space, so that 
anyone having a small vacant place in the Orchid-house or plant stove, might readily 
grow it. It will thrive either in a basket suspended from the roof of the house, 
or in a pot planted in sphagnum moss, with good drainage, and a moderate supply 
of water during the summer season, while in winter only just sufficient should be 
given to keep the moss damp. The plants do not, however, like to be dried up, 
as this often causes them to loose their bottom leaves, which is a great disfigure- 
ment. They require plenty of light, but do not like to be exposed to the burning 
sunshine. Canvas should therefore be used as a shading during all the bright sunny 
portion of the day, but when the sun has, in some degree, lost its burning heat the 
blinds may be raised. Never allow water to get into the hearts of the plants i 
winter. In summer a fine rose should be employed to syringe them, which operation 
should be done about three o’clock in the afternoon, when the house is closed. 
They should be always kept free from insects. Scale, thrips, and many other 
insects are to be reckoned amongst their enemies, and cockroaches, if allowed to 
attack them, will often eat away their young roots and flower-spikes. 
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