July 12, 1893,] 



Garden and Forest. 



295 



Vanda Miss Joachim. — Under this unfortunate name, Mr. 

 H. N, Ridley, Director of the Botanical Gardens at Singa- 

 pore, describes in the Gardeners' Chronicle a hybrid of 



Hookeriana and the coloring of V. teres. It is a very lovely 

 plant, and is, I think, a great improvement on both the 

 parents, beautiful as they are." This is saying a great deal 



special interest, from its being the first recorded hybrid 

 Vanda, and also from its combining the characters of two 

 very beautiful species— namely, V. teres and V. Hookeriana. 

 Mr. Ridley says "i seems to have taken the form of V. 



Fig. 42. — Lindera obtusiloba. — See page 292. 



for the hybrid. It was raised by a Miss Joachim, an ama- 

 teur horticulturist residing in Singapore. The plant is now 

 in the Singapore Botanical Gardens, where it is being 

 propagated. 



