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they have exceeded all other classes of plants in the number of novelties, 
and the difference is very marked this year. The large stocks of plants 
in the nurseries and the crowded sale rooms prove how extensive is the 
familiar plant in Orchid collections, but it is one of the most handsome 
of the genus. It is related to A. falcatum, and has by some writers been 
classed under that sjxicies as a variety, but it is sufficiently distinct to 
Fig. 2.—a GROUP OF NEW CALANTHE3. 
<Iemand. Taking those that have been certificated during 1887 in alpha¬ 
betical order the first to demand notice is Aerides expansum Leonise, a 
variety which has been known for several years, but was first exhibited 
at South Kensington on June 28th by F. G. Tautz, Esq., to whom the 
■certificate was awarded. The typical Aerides expansum is not a very 
merit specific ranlc. The variety Leonim surpasses the ordinary A, 
expansura in the size and colouring of the flowers, and I learn from Mr. 
B. S. Williams that it first flowered with H. J. Ross, Esq., Castagnola. 
Lastra a Signa, Italy. The flowers are large with spreading white sepals 
and petals, the lip of good size, with a bold central lobe and two diver- 
