AKHIDE8. 



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richer purple than the rest of the flower. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart 

 has been most successful in th.weriug this -oroeous species, which is hest 

 grown in a basket suspended near the glass. — Banwtli. 



Fig. — }Vtintrr, ,SV/. (h-cli. PL, ;! ser., t. 12- I'n.rf 

 (Viruu., N.S., viii. 4;)2, li^v. .jg ■ i: Oivhnlnpliilr. JSS.l, u. 

 vii., opposite 1). (1(>. 



Fl. (laril., rciss\ic, t. 1 ; (im-i] . 

 :i70 ; YvHrli, Man. Ori-li. I'l.. 



AKRIUES GRISPUM. 



V. t. 



vii. opposite 



A. CRISPUM, ]/u„U,y.~A very beautiful free- 

 growius species, of stiff erect hafiit, sometinK's 

 attaining from four to tive feet in lieiglit. Tlie 

 stem is stout and of a iiurjile colour, the dark 

 green leaves fi\-o to ten inches long, blunt and 

 oblicpielj liilobed, and the Howcrs grow in long 

 drooping raconies larger than those of any other 

 species, white, tipped with rosy pink, delicioush- 

 scented, the lip three-lobed and upwards of an 

 inch long, the middle lobe fringeci and almost 

 wholly of a l)right rose or sometimes a deeji rose 

 pur|ile. The Idossoms, which are abundant, are 

 produced in June or .Inly, and last two or thri'c 

 weeks in good condition ; they are very distinct 

 in appe;irance from those of any other kind. This 

 species is best grown in the CkUIiijh house. — 

 India : Bombay. 



V\G.—B,'t. llcj.. 1SJ2, t. ."..i ; Hot. M„<i.. t. 4427; l-'lor,' iU-k Sri-rri i I 13 

 4:tS; 111. Jloi-t.A. 12:ii I'a.ct. Mil,/. J!,il., ix. 145; \'ritrh, Man. Or<-h PI 



p. i;r. 



Svx. — .1. Brookci. 



A. CRISPUM LINDLEYANUM, Horf.—A charming variety also from India, 

 with largo branching spikes, bearing handsome blossoms, of which the sepals 

 and ])etals are white, and the lip is large, of a rich rosy pink ; it flowers in 

 April and May. The growth is similar to that of A. crisjmm, and it requires 

 tlie same kind of treatment. — C'oouoor. 



Fig. — Vii/lit, Inin.. r. 1G77. 

 Syn. — .4. Lindh'ijatunn. 



A. CRISPUM WARNERI, iri7//.n»s.— A splendid free-flowering variety from 

 India. In its stems and leaves it closely resembles ^1. crisjmm, but the habit 

 and growth are more compact, and the leaves are sniiiller and more slender ; the 

 blossoms, which are lu'oduced in June and July, ai-c white and rich rose colour. 

 and they last from three to four weeks in perfection. — India. 



Fia.—Orcind Alhuiii, vii. t. 2113. 

 Syn. — A. M'anwri. 



A. CYLINDRICUM.— See AiiiiiDES Vandaiui.m. 



A. DOMINIANUM, Hort. Vcitch.—X fine and very rare garden hybrid, the 

 produce of a cross between A. Firldingii and A. afiiic. producing rich rose- 

 coloured flowers, of the colour of those of A. Fi(ddiiif/ii. but having the shape 

 and markings of A. affine. It is sometimes called A. Fieldingii hijhridnm, and 

 is one of the most beautiful orchidie variations which lias been obtained as 

 the result of judicious hybridising. — U-ardcn Hybrid. 



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