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is altogether a noble and very useful plant. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



A. odoratum cornutwm. — A handsome free-flowering variety 

 from India, distinct in growth from the former ; spikes about 

 twelve inches long, furnished with pink and white coloured 

 flowers, which, are produced in May, June, and July, and 

 continue upwards of three weeks in bloom. 



A. odoratum majus. — Like A. odoratum in growth, and 

 difiering only in the larger size and longer spikes of flowers. 

 This makes a fine exhibition plant, and may be retarded very 

 easily without the slightest injury. 



A. odoratum purpurascens. — This is a somewhat scarce 

 variety, and one of the very best; it is robust in habit, with 

 broad dark green leaves. It is a very free bloomer, producing 

 a long massive spike of large flowers, which are white tipped 

 with bright pink. 



A. quinquevulnerum. — A splendid free-flowering Orchid from 

 Manilla, with light green foliage, about one foot long, and less 

 compact-growing than many other species. The sepals and 

 petals are white, spotted with purple ; the tip of the lip is 

 green, the sides pink, and the middle a deep crimson : it 

 blooms in July or August, and lasts two or three weeks ia 

 bloom. There are two varieties ; one with much Ughter 

 coloured flowers than the other. 



A. quinquevulnerum Farvicri. — A variety of the preceding, 

 producing long spikes of white flowers ; it grows like A. quin- 

 quevulnerum, and blooms about the same time. The first 

 time this plant came under my notice was at Nonsuch Park, 

 Cheam, the seat of W. F. G-. Farmer, Esq. It is by no 

 means plentiful. 



A. roseum. — A beautiful dwarf plant from India, producing 

 leaves a foot long, spotted with brown. It is a slow-growing 

 species, bearing light rose-colour flowers, spotted with dark 



