80 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (May-June, 1¢40. 
Orchid Classification,” by Oakes Ames; ‘Geographical Distribution of 
Orchids,” by E. H. Wilson; ‘“ History of Orchid Culture in the United 
States,” by W. A. Manda; “Collecting Orchids,” by John E. Lager; and 
‘‘ History of Orchids in England,” by George I’Anson. 
AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY. 
American Orchid lovers and enthusiastic growers took advantage of the 
occasion to organize an American Orchid Society. A meeting was held in 
the Horticultural Hall, on March 25th, when a temporary organization was 
effected, and plans were made for a permanent body. Thomas Roland 
Nahant, Mass., was chosen president; William N. Craig, Boston, secretary ; 
and Alfred J. Loveless, Lenox, Mass., treasurer. A committee of fifteen 
was named to draw up a constitution and bye-laws to be submitted when 
the permanent organization is perfected. The first act of the new society 
was to send a telegram to Albert C. Burrage, at present in Pasadena, Calif., — 
telling of the great success of the exhibition and the formation ofan Orchid 
Society, to which Mr. Burrage replied, expressing his delight, and regretting 
that he was unable to be present to enjoy it. 
GYMNADENIA RUPESTRIS, Miq.—This interesting little Japanese Orchid, 
which we do not previously remember to have seen alive, is now flowering 
with Messrs. Flory & Black, at Slough, a few bulbs having been received 
direct from M. Ijuin, of Tokyo. It is an Orchis-like plant, some six to 
nine inches high, and bears about three narrow leaves and a spike of eight 
to twelve lilac flowers, with some darker veining on the lip, the spur being 
about half an inch long. The species was described by Miquel in 1865 
(Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat., ii. p. 206), from materials collected by Keiske, 
probably in the province of Owari. The Japanese name is given as “ Iva- 
ran,” or Rock Orchid, and a figure afterwards appeared in the Japanese 
work, Somaku Zusetsti (xvii. t. 75), under the name of ‘ Ucho-ran.” 
There are dried specimens at Kew from Maximowicz, which are said to 
have been cultivated at Yedo; from Mrs. Henry, collected at Arima, near 
‘Kube; and from Captain Blomfield, who notes the plant as ‘“‘a pretty 
terrestrial Orchid, everywhere in July.” Specimens of the latter were 
received at Kew in December, 1873, and examples were sent on to Reichen- 
bach, who reported “not clear without tuber, but placed pro tem. as Orchis 
latifolia var. Blomfieldii.” Whether this name was ever published we fail 
to discover, but in any case it is incorrect. According to Miquel, Blume 
referred it to a distinct ‘genus, calling it Phaniasia pulchella, Blume, though 
Blume does not appear to have published it. Messrs. Flory & Black find 
that it is easily grown in the Odontoglossum house, under Disa treatment, 
and by their kindness we brought away a little pot of it for Kew.—R.A.R. 
