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young shoots, and this makes these sorts very scarce. Those of the 

 A. odoratum group are the most easy to increase, and A. crispum sends 

 out roots more freely than some others. If the plants ever get into an 

 unhealthy condition, the best way is to cut away the bottom portion and 

 give the remainder fresh moss, with plenty of water at the roots. 



A. AFFINE, WalKch.—A beautiful dwarf species, producing leathery bluntly 

 two-lobed leaves, a foot long, spotted with brown, and bearing erect spikes of 

 light rose-coloured flowers, spotted on the lip, which is lozenge-shaped and 

 entire, with a darker shade of the same colour ; it blooms in June and July. 

 This plant, which is of slow-growing habit, does not root freely, and requires 

 less moisture than any of the other kinds. — India. 



FiG.—Zindl. Siirt. Orch.,t. 15 ; ItcvueHui-t. Bdge, 1891, p. 169, t. xv. (var godefroyae). 



Syn. — A. multijlorum ; A.roscum,E.OT:t. • 



A. AFFINE SUPERBUMjBbri., is a fine variety, much stronger in growth thau 

 the type ; the flowers are also larger, and of a richer colour. The best variety 

 we have seen bloomed with Mr. B. Findlay, at the Manchester Botanic Gardens. 

 The spikes of this, as well as those of the species, are apt to damp off at the 

 ends before the flowers open — an evil which is often caused by too much 

 moisture having been given. It continues a long time in perfection. — India. 



A. AUGUSTIANUM, Rolfe. — A new species discovered by M. Auguste Linden. 

 It is allied to A. Roehelinii, differing in the spur being longer and more erect, 

 and by the lateral lobes of the lip ; the colouring of the flowers is rose instead of 

 as in A. Roehelinii. — Philippine Islands. 



Yia.—Lindenia, v. t. 210 ; Gard. Cliron., 3 S3r., vii., 1890, p. 233, fig. 36. 



A. BALI.ANTINIANUM, BcJib.f. — A StueAerides in the way of A. suavissimum, 

 but dwarfer, and having rather short bilobed leaves. The dorsal sepal and the 

 petals are white and somewhat toothed, while the lateral sepals are usually 

 adorned with a purple eye-like blotch at the tip ; the side lobes of the lip are 

 equal to or shorter than the middle lobe, retuse and toothed at the tip, orange, 

 sometimes self-coloured, at other times with purple streaks, and transverse bars 

 of different dimensions. It is named in honour of Mr. Ballantine, gardener to 

 Baron Schroder, a great enthusiast among East Indian Orchids. — Native 

 Country not stated. 



A. BROOICEI. — See Abrides cbispum. 



A. CORNUTUM — See Aerides odoratum. 



A. CRASSIFOLIUM, Parish and BM. /.—This species is one of the most 

 beautiful of the genus, and has been called the king of all the Aerides. The 

 plant is very stout and compact in growth, with thick coriaceous oblong 

 obliquely-bilobed dark green leaves, and long drooping spikes of amethyst- 

 purple deliciously-fragrant flowers, which are produced in May and June, and 

 continue perfect for a very long time. The flowers are amongst the largest in 

 the family, and the bluntly ovate projected middle lobe of the lip is of a deeper, 



