AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



are found in climates of excessive dryness, in damp and limnid 

 forests, clinging to the trunks and limbs of trees, or on bare rocks 

 where they vegetate and thrive with other shade-lo^-ing plants in 

 countless thousands. There is, as might be expected, in such an 

 extensive family, a surprising range of floral variation in form and 

 colour. A similar variability is observable in the odours of the flowers, 

 from some of the sweetest perfumes and most exquisite fragrance to 

 the direst obnoxious taints. Not a few smell like honey, others of 

 Elder, Heliotrope, Wild Grape, Sweet Pea, Vanilla, Tuberose, 

 Honeysuckle, Lily of the Valley, Pineapple, Banana ; others are 

 spicy, and it is to these particular characteristics that we have 

 given special attention, and we are enabled to furnish enthusiasts 

 with a very complete list of damty-scented varieties. 



Some years since, M. Riviere, head gardener at the Luxembourg in 

 Paris, commenced a series of observations on the odours of the 

 orchids under his care, with respect to which he communicated new 

 and interesting facts to the Horticultural Society. Since that time 

 another eminent French botanist, Mons. Ed. Andre, has conducted 

 a number of experiments in the same dkection, the main points of 

 which we are embodying in our list : — 



Aceras antlirojDJiora^ scented leaves. 



Acro2^era Loddigesii, the dainty scent of Wallflowers. 



jErides angiisti/olkm, powerful. 



uErides expansum. 



^E rides Fieldingii, a sweet odour of Pansies in the morning and 

 evening. 



brides Leeanmn. 



jErides odoratim, pomatum-scented. 



Ang rce cum ehur Ileum y a sweet and faint odour, like that of Syringa, 

 in the evening. 



Angrcecum fragrans, the leaves are used to perfume tea. 

 AngrcECiim fatuomm^ a sweet odour of Tuberoses. 

 Angrodciim 0' Brienianiimy delicately perfumed. 

 Angrc^cum pellucidum. 



Angr cecum poly stacha, Hawthorn and Stephanotis. 

 Arachnis moschifera, a spicy fragrance. 

 Bifrenaria Harrisoni, a delicate lasting perfume. 

 Bifrenaria inodora, like Lilies of the Valley. 

 Bonatea speciosa, delicately fragrant. 

 Brassavola cucullata. 

 Brassia Lawrenciana. 

 BuIho2>JiyUum coccineum, furze-scented. 

 Bidhopliyllum hirtum. 



