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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jone 18, 1887. 
committees have been most assiduous, the 
work they haye done has not been light 
i ur 
Chiswick ; Mr. Wynne o the Gardening Wor B: 
of the Journal of Hor reni 
will for a moment grudge the tribute of gratitude 
for the invaluable services rendered by the gentle- 
men we have named 
matters sta nd at present it may be stated 
not only is 
the bye-laws have iag pt and "mS Med 
ha the sanction of a general meeting ic 
is e held on July 12 2, at the Royal Horticul- 
tura) Socie 
Promises of support have been given by Baro: 
Schroder and many other гесе horticulturists, 
essrs, Jas. Veitch & Sons ample, 
e hope, be followed AW dé trade 
throughout the empire, by the donation of £10( 
A complete list р subscribers will be published 
in эчү course, universally felt that a 
n the dme roll of сонан of = 
kind is as much the right of him who gives'a 
shilling as of him who, of his теа means, gn 
he approaching inaugural meeting, when the 
provisional committee will AE cH vitae of = 
er and transfer its responsi a pern 
ent organisation, will affo rd an excellent "m 
e country to show 
dem one on -thei 
behalf, and к pako aR for the Ба 
ot the fut 
rini Benevolent thanks particularly 
com n ina 
very humble, modest way, but the ‘good it ү-н done, 
and is doing, is now beyond the scope of caleu- 
lation. Our — in the garder p ts Э Manis: d ; 
onfdenes be a о say "D 
бок Е e Iti 
the gardening commu- 
i 
same thing of t 
for the m and file 
nity now to do their men 
ODONTOGLOSSUM asus 
VEITCHIANU 
Our illustration (fig. 151) of this а variety 
of Odontoglossum crispum was taken from a flower 
shown by Baron Schroder on April 12 last. 
flower-spike resembles the typical plant, and is one of 
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the base but little € ; white, with severallarge 
blotches of brownish-crimson, sometimes with siir 
ones outside these, all being surrounded by a band 
pencillings m the edge, with the usual radiating 
ines he base of the column. О, crispum 
isa voile: 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
Mismo ы 
CXOSLOGYNE FOERSTERMANNI, n. sp.* 
Tus is а gor geous plant, whose morphological 
habit m wful. I regard its growth as 
d peculiar. rhizome is as thick as 
a condor’s quill, covered with sepia-brown sheaths. 
There are numerous descending roots, The old 
Fig. 150.—UvNDER SIDE OF THE LEAF OF VICTORIA REGIA. 
bulbs are астед пара, аа ac bes 
and marked by of an 
intermediate, ota т нне. по doabt the 
abortive end of the axis. Sometimes one, some- 
lad ae ne Foerstermanni, n. sp.—(Erecta) rhizomate — 
ra rvu 
va — uamoso;  pseudobulbis crassis cylind curvulis 
ric satis diphyllis; foliis petiolatis oblongis acutis prope 
po E lalibus dis ; lis validis longissimis basi 
multivaginatis, ivr: distantibus quibusd sub inflo: 
centia el itiflo 3; bracteis — 
inearilanceis subsequantibus; i 
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tepalisque ligulatis acutis ; labello 6 trifido, laciniis lateralibus 
times two peduncles arise from the side zor the sides 
of the fully developed leafy bulb their in- 
fi 
was many as forty flowers on one peduncle. My 
herbarium specimens have as many as seventeen 
flowers. I find a stronger very thin inferior bulbous 
(sex Р. 806.) 
on the disc of the ір. The dried flow id 
in size to the fresh ones of а еа Cology 
mediana evan 
lobatulo. 77. G. Rchb 
