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different in habit from those that we have referred to abov 
Corallina officinalis occurs occasionally in Long Island Seat 
and has been reported from as far south as New Jersey. It was 
formerly supposed to possess medicinal properties and was to.be 
found in apothecaries’ shops, whence the specific name. Less 
conspicuous members of the coralline family form thin crusts on 
the leaves of the eel-grass (Zostera) and of other marine sperma- 
tophytes and on the larger algae 
Duplicates of the non-articulated corallines preserved in the 
herbarium and museum of the Garden (with the exception of those 
collected on the last two expeditions to the Bahamas) have been 
submitted to Dr. Foslie, of Trondhjem, Norway, who is engaged 
on a general monograph of the group. Dr. Foslie’s examina- 
tion of these specimens discloses several new species and varieties 
from the West Indian region, and it is expected that a paper on 
the subject by Dr. Foslie and the writer will soon be — 
MarsuHai A. How 
THE CRESTED ORCHID. 
Among all the orchids in cultivation there are few that equal 
and none that surpass in daintiness and purity the subject of the 
accompanying illustration, Coelogyne cristata. Others there are 
which are more resplendent in color, or by oddity of form attract 
attention, but tos gracefulness and charm this little visitor from 
the far off Himalayas cannot be excelled. Its home there is 
among the et a at an altitude of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet — 
an elevation at which a temperate climate prevails, even in that 
part of the globe; and it is perhaps on this account that it lends 
itself so readily to cultivation, for it is one of the easiest of all the 
orchids to cultivate successfully. 
Of course there certain essential conditions which must be 
Sie as is nna case in the culture of all plants, but the wants 
of this orchid are so readily satisfied, ae it should adorn all col- 
lections, even the smallest. en it is at rest, during the winter 
months, it may be kept in a house, = aoe of which goes 
down as low as 45° at night. The growing period is during the 
