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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
New, Rare and Select Orchids. 
ACINETA. Epiphytal plants of stout habit, bearing 
showy, fragrant flowers in drooping racemes. They 
are related to the Peristeria or Holy Ghost Orchid. 
All the species are grown in baskets. 
i A. Barker i Ji oo to $2 co 
i A. Humboldtii i oo to 2 oo 
ACROPERA. The Acroperas are epiphytal plants, 
bearing long, loose racemes of large and curiously 
shaped flowers. They, too, are grown in baskets filled 
with fibrous peat and sphagnum moss. 
i A. armeiiiaca $o 75 to gi 50 
1 A. Lioddigesii 50 to i 00 
i A. luteola 75 to 1 50 
AERIDES. The Aerides are among the most beautiful 
of East Indian Orchids, many of them uniting every 
good quality that a plant can possess, even when they 
are not in bloom. The stems are straight or slightly 
bent, the leaves, which are of a leathery texture, being 
attached on opposite sides, and nourished by large 
fleshy roots, shooting out horizontally from near the 
base. The flowers, which proceed from the axils of 
the leaves, extend in pendulous delicate racemes one 
to two feet in length, and are very fragrant. These 
plants are of easy culture, and should be grown in pots 
or baskets with potsherds and moss, and a good 
supply of water at all times. 
h A. Ballantinianum. A new and really valuable in- 
troduction of this handsome species. The flowers 
of this plant are produced like those of A. crispum, 
on long racemes, but differ from them in being suf- 
fused with a much brighter rose color, while equally 
sweet-scented ; a free grower and bloomer. %\o. 
h A. crassifolium. This is not a new variety, but cer- 
tainly is one of the most free-flowering and easiest 
cultivated, and a truly beautiful and bright, showy 
sort. We oflfer a few perfect specimens, twelve 
inches high with twelve to fifteen leaves. Large 
specimens, $io ; smaller, $2.50 to $7.50. 
h A. crispum $2 50 to $5 00 
/; A. Warneri 3 50 to 10 00 
// A. Pieldingii. Fox-brush Orchid ... 2 50 to 5 00 
h A. Liarpentae (falcalum). In the way of 
A. crispum, with sweet-scented white 
and crimson flowers, which are pro- 
duced in dense, pendulous masses. 
Large specimens 5 00 to 10 00 
/( A. lieeanum 2 50 to s 00 
h A. liobbli 2 50 to 7 50 
h A. quinqaevulnerum. This is a splen- 
did free-growing and free-flowering 
Orchid, and though not exactly new, 
is yet rare. Grows more open than 
any other of the genus ; its flowers are 
fragrant and of a beautiful combina- 
tion of rosy purple and white. Large 
specimens, $10 ; smaller $2 50 to Ss 00 
It AERIDES ordoratum $2 50 to $4 00 
/; A. majus 3 50 to 5 00 
/( A. purpurescens 3 5° to 5 00 
h A. suavissiinum 5 00 to 10 co 
It A. virens 2 00 to 5 00 
li A. Dayanum 2 00 to 4 00 
AVGR.l-CUM. A very curioue genus of Orchids, all 
of them being very handsome, and desirable for every 
collection. In habit they resemble the Aerides, having 
much the same stem and leaves ; their flowers also 
are produced in a similar manner, but are yet quite 
distinct and different, on account of their peculiar 
spur and speading sepals and petals. They require 
the same treatment as Aerides. 
h A. citratum. This really coquettish, 
dwarf-growing variety is one of the 
most interestmg of the genus. Num- 
berless pure white flowers are set in 
regular order upon round green stems, 
which curve over from the plant in 
a most graceful manner. Several fine 
plants $5 00 to $15 00 
h A. eburneum 3 50 to 7 50 
h A. eburneum superbum. A grand 
specimen three feet high and the same 
in spread. An exceptionally fine 
plant, producing a number of long 
white spikes of ivory white flowers, 
measuring eighteen to twenty inches 
long ; its fine, dense-growing habit 
gives it a stately appearance, even 
when not in bloom 3 50 to 10 00 
/( A. eburneum virens 3 50 to 5 00 
h A. falcatum 3 00 to 6 00 
i A A. Leonis (Aeranlhus Leonis). A very 
I distinct Orchid, of dense, rather 
dwarf habit, with stiff leaves of a 
fleshy texture ; many flowers, in 
branching spikes, of pure white, and 
sweet-scented ; handsome and note- 
worthy 2 50 
h A. sesquipedale. Often called the 
"Ivory Orchid" for its ivory white 
flowers, which are curious as well as 
handsome, quite fragrant and very 
showy, lasting a long time in perfec- 
tion ; before fading the flowers turn a 
lemon-yellow 7 50 to 25 00 
h A. superbum 5 00 to 10 00 
h A. virens 3 5° to S 00 
ANGULiOA. Very showy plants, growing about eight- 
een inches high. The flowers are large and beauti. 
ful, with thick, fleshy, connivent sepals, which often 
give them a sub-globular outline. They should be 
grown in pots, with fibrous peat and moss. 
