leaves are about six inclies long by one and a half broad, of a bright green 

 colour. The racemes are eighteen to twenty inches long, bearing from thirty to 

 forty flowers. The sepals and petals are white, suffused with rose and tipped 

 with bright amethyst ; the lower sepals are very round and broad ; lip large, white, 

 side lobes beautifully spotted towards the base with amethyst ; mid-lobe broad, rich 

 amethyst, spur curved upwards and tipped with brownish green. It blossoms in 

 June and July, and lasts for some time in full beauty. For the cultivation of 

 this plant we must refer our readers to Plate IGO in our Fourth Volume, where 

 A. virens is depicted, and the details of its management described. 



This fine Aerides flowered first at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. It 

 was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society's Show, when held at Birmingham, 

 and was admitted by all who saw its long graceful spikes of flower, to be a fine 



variety. It was named by us in honour of the late E-ev. W. Ellis, of Hoddesdon, 

 who was a great lover of Orchids, and to whom we are also indebted for the 

 introduction of many of our best Madagascar Orchids. The plant we figure is 

 a part of the original specimen. 



Cambridge Lodge, Flodden Road, Camberwell, the residence of R. J. 

 Measures, Esq. — -At this suburban villa there exists a well-grown collection of 

 Orchids, and when such is the case it affords one pleasure in saying a few words 

 on the merits of their cultivation. We can safely say that we have not seen a 

 more cleanly and well-cared-for collection than this. The Vandas are very good 



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and well gi'own, there being many fine specimens, such as V. Lowii, of which 



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rare species there is a noble plant ; of V. suavis, several good specimens ; V. tricolor, 

 Dalkeith variety ; V. tricolor Patersonii, and many others, which are grown on the 

 centre stage. On the side tables are well-grown plants of Aerides of different 

 kinds, such as the rare A. Schrocleri, one of the finest ; also A. Laivrencice, A. 

 HoiiUetianum, and many other distinct species of East Indian Orchids. In an 

 adjoining house we were surprised to see such a wonderful specimen of Ccelogyne 

 ci-istata alba; the plant has eighty- three leading growths, and w^as in fine health. 

 In the Masdevallia house were some fine and well-grown plants of the best kinds : 

 M. Ilamjana versicolor, one of the most beautiful, rare, and distinct; M. Harryana, 

 BulVs Blood; M. Harryana Denisoniana, and many other rare species and varieties. 

 In another house was a fine plant in flow^er of CaUleya hicolor, with six spikes ; 

 C. hicolor Measuresiana, of a fine colour, and with a distinct w^hite margin on the 

 lip. In the Phalfenopsis house the plants w^ere doing w^eU ; we noticed some fine 

 plants of F. amahilis, P. grandijiora, P. Sanderiana, and a well-coloured P. 

 Esmeralda, finely in bloom, the richest coloured form we have seen. Associated 

 with this, were fine plants of P. casta, P. Stuartiana, etc. We also noticed two 

 fine plants of Dendrohium Brijmerianum, with growths tw^o feet high, which, when 

 in bloom, must be very fine. 



[For continuation see under Plate 299.] 





