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OBCHIDS. 



with more than thirty blooms on each spike : the colour of 

 the bloom is very striking. 



Ae. maculosum, var. Schroderii. — A magnificent free- 

 growing plant from the hills near Bombay, much stronger 

 than Ae. maculosum, and more in the way of Ae, crisj)um, 

 mth dark green foliage, ten inches long; the flowers are 

 very delicate, the sepals and petals almost alike ; white, 

 tinged with lilac and spotted with rose ; the labellum a 

 beautiful rose colour. It flowers in June or July, lasts 

 three weeks in perfection. This was first flowered by Mr. 

 Plant, then gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., of Stratford. 

 It is supposed that there are only four plants in this coun- 

 try, and these were cut from the parent plant. 



Ae, odoratum. — A good, old, free-growing species from 

 India, one of the most abundantly flowering of this genus, 

 having light green foliage, blooming in June or July, and 

 remaining two weeks in good condition. The blossoms are 

 white stained with pink. We have a specimen five feet high 

 and four feet in diameter, which produces thirty or forty 

 spikes of bloom every year, and is altogether a noble plant. 



Ae. odoratum, var. major. — Like the preceding in 

 growth, and difi'ering only in the larger size and longer 

 spikes of flowers. There is another variety of odoratum, 

 called Pwyurescens, the flowers of which are of a much 

 darker pink colour and the leaves broader. This is a 

 desirable plant, and is rather scarce. 



Ae. quinquevidnerum, — A splendid free-flowering Orchid 

 from Manilla, with light green foliage, about one foot 

 long : less compact than many other species. Sepals 

 and petals white, spotted with purple ; the top of the lip 

 is green, the sides are pink, and the middle is of a deep 

 crimson : it blooms in July or August, and lasts two or 

 three weeks in bloom. There are two varieties ; one has 

 much lighter coloured flowers than the other. A fine 



