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THF ORCHID WORLD 
number usually produced on a single 
stem amply rewards the grower for his 
labour. The variety alba has pure- 
white flowers with a yellow stain in 
the throat. Cattle} a Skinneri has not 
been used much for hybridising pur- 
poses, only about eight different 
crosses are known. 
LYCASTE SKINNERI ALBA. 
This excellent albino form of the 
species recently flowered in the estab- 
lishment of Messrs. Lager and Ilurrell, 
Summit, New Jersey, LT.S.A The 
lilant was only imi:)orted last season. 
It consisted of four bulbs, and carried 
six flowers, five of which are shown in 
the adjoining photograph 
AN AERIDES SPECIES. 
Mr. Herbert M. Woolley, of Lumat, B.N. 
Borneo, where the yearly rainfall averages 
lOO — 1 20 inches, sends the reproduced 
photograph of an Aerides species growing 
yln Aerides Species as grown hy a Chinaman 
in British North Borneo. 
Lycasle S/^inncri alha. 
there in a garden belonging to a Chinaman. 
It is growing in an old tin bucket filled full 
of broken up and decayed wood. The owner 
was extremely proud of the interesting plant 
and resisted all Mr. Woolley's attempts to 
purchase it. 
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Aerides were formerly grown in 
larger quantities than at present 
seen in many collections, but pos- 
sibly this IS onl}' a matter of 
fashion, and before long renewed 
interest will be taken in the genus. 
The plants are always elegant, and 
their distichously-arranged curving 
leathery leaves add a tropical 
appearance to any greenhouse. 
The waxy flowers, which hang in 
graceful racemes produced from 
the axils of the leaves, are fre- 
quently deliciously scented. A 
very warm and moist atmosphere 
is needed for their successful culti- 
vation, which is by no means 
difficult. 
