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and give them fresh moss, with plenty of water at the 

 roots. 



Ae. ciffine. — A handsome, free-flowering, but slow- 

 growing Orchid, from India, with light green foliage a foot 

 long, and pink and purple flowers, blooming in June and 

 Julj, and lasting three or fom* weeks in perfection. We 

 have a plant of this species about a foot high, which pro- 

 duces every year four spikes of bloom, two feet long, with 

 three or four branches on each spike. This makes a fine 

 show-plant for June or July. 



Ae. crispum. — A truly beautiful free-growing Orchid, 

 from India, with purple-coloured stem, dark green foliage, 

 ten inches long; the blossoms, which are abundant, are 

 white tipped with pink. Flowers in June or July, and 

 lasts two or three weeks in good condition. The spikes 

 of flowers are long, and very distinct from any of the other 

 kinds. 



Ae. crispum pallidum, — A variety of Ae. crispum, grows 

 to about the same height, and flowers at the same time. 

 The blossoms are of a lighter colour. 



Ae. Larpentce. — A fine Indian free-growing plant, with 

 dark green leaves, ten inches long. The flowers are nume- 

 rous on a single spike. It blooms in June, and lasts two 

 weeks in perfection. This is a rare and distinct plant, and 

 was first flowered by Mr. lies, then gardener to Lady Lar- 

 pent, and shown at the Regent's Park Exhibition in 1847, 

 when it received the first piize as a new plant. 



Ae, maculosum. — A lovely dwarf Orchid from Bombay, 

 with dark green leaves, eight inches long, close and com- 

 pact, stifi* growing, with light-coloured flowers, spotted all 

 over with purple, and a large purple blotch on the lip. 

 Blooms in June and July, and if the flowers are kept dry, 

 last four weeks in perfection. We have a plant of this 

 species a foot high, which produces three spikes every year, 



