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ORCHIDS. 



ANGR.ECUMS. 



There are several species of this genus, but I know 

 of only three which are showy, and which ought to be in 

 every collection. They grow in the same manner and 

 require the same treatment as the Aerides, and are pro- 

 pagated by the same means They are evergreen. 



Ang. hilohum. — This is an elegant little Orchid from 

 the Cape Coast, with dark green leaves and very compact 

 growth. The blossoms are w^hite, with a small tail about two 

 inches long, which proceeds from the flower. It blossoms 

 from October to December, lasts two or three weeks in good 

 condition. I have grown this plant on a block, but find it 

 does best in a basket, where the roots obtain more moisture. 



Aug. caudatum. — A curious and beautiful free-flower- 

 ing species from Sierra Leone, with light green foliage, 

 ten inches long ; a very compact grower, with racemes of 

 flowers of a foot or more in length, which are of a gTeenish 

 yellow, mixed ^nth brown ; the labellum is pure white, 

 from which proceeds a tail about nine inches long, of a 

 pale green colour. Sometimes there are twelve or more 

 of these curious flowers on a spike. It blossoms from 

 June to September, and lasts in perfection a long time. 

 This has always been a rare plant, but a recent importation 

 has made it a little more plentiful. 



Ang. ehurenum. — A magnificent free-flowering Orchid 

 from Madagascar, strong growing, with light green leaves 

 eighteen inches long ; the blossoms are of a greenish white, 

 and the lip of pure white like ivoiy. It produces flowers 

 in abundance from February to March. A noble specimen 

 of this species, which I saw at Messrs. Rollisson's, Tooting, 

 was two feet high, showing eight spikes of bloom. It is a 

 beautiful object when in flower, as well as a very rai'e and 

 distinct species. 



