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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



they should be labelled "Living plants, for cool 

 dry place in hold". 



The following is a select list of the showiest 

 species, varieties, and hybrids. The letters 

 W., I., C, mean Warm, Intermediate, and Cool 

 house respectively. The temperatures for each 

 house for each month throughout the year will 

 be found at p. 562. The hybrids require the 

 same treatment as their parents. 



Acineta. — Epiphytes, chiefly from Central America, 

 requiring to be grown in baskets for the display of their 

 heavy pendulous racemes of fleshy, yellow, yellow-and-red, 

 or chocolate flowers. A. Barkerii, A. densa, and A. Hum- 

 boldtii are the best-known species. I. 



Ada. — A small genus allied to Brassia, inhabiting the 

 Andes of Colombia at an altitude of 8500 feet. 



A. aurantiaca. Flowers in arching racemes, orange-scarlet. C. 

 A. Lehmannii. Flowers orange-scarlet, lip white. C. 



Aerides. — Epiphytal, leaves distichous on stems; they 

 may be grown either in pots or baskets, in crocks and 

 sphagnum moss. The flowers, which are produced chiefly 

 in summer and autumn, are wax -like in texture, and in 

 colour white, blotched more or less with dark-rose or 

 crimson. 



Flowers among the largest of 

 Nilgiri Hills and 



A. crassi folium. Leaves fleshy 

 the genus. Burma. I. 



A. crispum. Flowers large, very fragrant, 

 other Indian highlands. I. 



A. cylindricum. Leaves terete, flowers white, with yellow and 

 crimson lip; very fragrant. Indian hills. I. 



A.falcatum. This includes A. Larpentce, A. ezpansum, and A. 

 Leonice. Flowers white and rose. Burma. I. 



A. Fieldingii (Foxbrush). Flowers in long, dense, sometimes 

 branched racemes. High lands in Sikkim and Assam. I. 



A. Houlletianum. Yellowish-white and lilac. Cochin-China. I. 



A. Law rem- ice. The noblest of the A . odoratum Bection. Flowers 

 large, white and crimson, very fragrant. Philippines. W. 



A. macul08um. Dwarf, with showy racemes of white and 

 amethyst flowers. Western Ghauts, India. I. 



A. multiflorum (rig. 688). Variable, similar in habit to A. 

 macidosum, and of which the plants known as A. a/fine, A. roseum, 

 A. Lobbii, and A. Veitchii may be regarded as varieties. Sylhet, 

 &c. I. 



A. odoratum. One of the oldest and best. Cochin-China and 

 India. I. 



A. qui)ique-wdnera. A noble species, requiring more heat than 

 A. odoratum. Philippines. W. 



A . radicomm. A compact plant from the Nilgiri Hills. Flowers 

 ruby-red. Better known as . I. rubntm I. 



A. Sanderianum. A yellow-and-crimson .4. Laicrencice, and a 

 very fine species. Philippines. W. 



A. suarisstmum. Very pretty, varying so much in size and 

 colour of flowers as to have led to its being repeatedly renamed. 

 Varieties of it are known as A . Reichenbach ian u in , A . Rohan ia n u m, 

 A. Ballantineanum, A. nobUe, and A.flavldum. Malacca. W. 



A. Vandarum. Leaves terete, flowers large, membranous, fra- 

 grant. Sikkim and Khasia Hills; altitude, 4000-5000 feet. I. 



A. virens. Resembles a slender A. odoratum. Java. W. 



Anaectochilus. — Dwarf terrestrial Orchids grown 

 chiefly for their very beautiful foliage. They are diffi- 

 cult to grow and not easily procured. They require a 

 moist warm shady house, or may be grown under bell- 

 glasses. India and Malay Archipelago. W. 



Angraecum. — A curious genus inhabiting tropical 

 and South Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands, 

 and bearing generally white fragrant flowers, with spurs 

 often of extraordinary length. 



A. articrdatum. Dwarf, producing long pendent racemes of 

 cream -white flowers. Allied to A. Ellisii. Madagascar. W. 



A. caudatum. An extraordinary species from West Africa with 

 large greenish flowers, with white lip and green spur 9 inches in 

 length. W. 



A. citratum. Dwarf, bearing racemes of pretty French-white 

 flowers. Madagascar. W. 



A. eburneum. A large grower, with stout spikes of large white 

 flowers. Madagascar. W. 



A. Ellisii. Flower-spikes pendent, 18 to 20 inches in length, 

 flowers pure-white. Madagascar. W. 



A. Leonis. A noble species with fleshy, falcate, vertical leaf- 

 blades; the plant appearing as though compressed. Flowers 

 large, white, fragrant. Comoro Islands. W. 



A. modestum. Resembles a small form of A. Ellisii. Mada- 

 gascar. A very free-flowering form of this is known as A. San- 

 derianum. W. 



A. Scottianam. Leaves terete, like Vanda teres. Flowers large, 

 pure-white. Comoro Islands. W. 



A. sesquipedale. The finest Angraecum. Flowers white, 5 to 

 6 inches diameter ; spur 1 foot in length. Madagascar. W. 



Anguloa. — A very handsome genus of the same habit 

 as Ly caste, and bearing large flowers which in some 



Fig. 688.— Aerides multiflorum Lobbii. 



(From Veitch's Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 



by permission.) 



degree resemble Tulips viewed ex- 

 ternally. They are wax-like in sub- 

 stance and very fragrant. Chiefly 

 ' summer-flowering. 



A. Clotvesii. Flowers bright - yellow. 

 Colombia. I. 



A. Clowesii, var. eburnea. Flowers 

 white. I. 



A . Ruckeri. Flowers green and brown externally; yellow densely 

 spotted with red inside. Colombia. I. 



A. Ruckeri var. sanguinea. Flowers yellow and dark-red. I. 



A. unifiora (virginalis). Flowers white. Colombia. I. 



Ansellia. — Stately Orchids inhabiting tropical and 

 sub-tropical Africa, and bearing terminal racemes of rich 

 yellow and red flowers on tall, leafy stems. Most of 

 them may be regarded as varieties of A. africana. I. 



Arpophyllum. — A small genus from Mexico and Cen- 

 ! tral America, with short reed -like pseudo-bulbs, and 

 arching, fleshy, green leaves. The spikes proceed from 

 the apex of the bulb, and the densely-set rose-and-purple 

 flowers are very attractive. A. giganteum and A. spica- 

 tum are the species usually seen in gardens. I. 



Arundina. — Terrestrial plants of considerable beauty. 

 Bamboo-like in growth, and bearing large rose-and-crim- 

 son flowers, in clusters from the top of the stems. 



