AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



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Angrcecum. 

 cultivated kinds in recent )-ears, so that the genus now 

 occupies a first place amongst tro|_iical Orchids. Generall}-, 

 the habit of the plants resembles that of Vanda and 

 A'crides, to which, indeed, the\' are botanically related. 



Fig. I-(. Angr.-iiCum sksquipedale 



(much reduced). 



Some— .-J. eburneum for instance— are very large and robust, 



others such as A. falcatum and A. bilobuin — are very 



diminutive. The flowers are borne on lateral racemes, 

 which are sometimes branched ; the sepals and petals are 

 usually equal and spreading, the' lip is broad and flat, and 



