A£BIDES. 65 



been cultivated in our gardens for some years under the name 

 ■we have retained. 



A. Dominianum. — A garden hybrid, having flowers of the 

 colour of those of A. Fieldingii, with the markings and shape 

 of A. affine. It is very rare at present. One of the most 

 beautiful varieties which are enriching our collections as the 

 result of hybridising. It is the produce of a cross between 

 A. Fieldingii and A. affine, producing rich rose-coloured 

 flowers. 



A. Fieldingii. — A magnificent free-flowering Indian species, 

 of which there are many varieties both in growth and flowers, 

 and which is popularly known as the Fox-brush Aerides ; 

 it grows from two to three feet high ; some of the varieties 

 have dark green foliage, while others are of a lighter shade ; 

 the leaves, which are broad, are eight or ten inches long ; the 

 spikes sometimes attain a length of three feet, and are branched ; 

 the flowers are clear bright rose colour, unusually large, and are 

 produced during May, June, and July, continuing in bloom 

 three or four weeks. This makes a fine exhibition plant. 



A. japonicum. — This is quite a novelty, being, as far as I 

 am aware, the first of the genus from Japan, and consequently 

 will prove a cool-house species. It has thick coriaceous leaves, 

 and a raceme of moderate length ; the flowers are of a greenish 

 white, spotted with rose colour. 



A. Larpentce. — A fine free-growing plant, with dark green 

 leaves, ten inches long. The flowers are numerous, on a 

 single spike, of a cream and light rose colour. It blooms in 

 June, and lasts two weeks in perfection. This is a distinct 

 plant, and was first flowered by Mr. Eyles, then gardener to 

 Lady Larpent, and shown at the Eegent's Park Exhibition in 

 1847, when it received the first prize as a new plant. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



A. Lohbii. — A firee handsome-flowering species from India, 



