THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
[July, h 
^plants that are really the progenitors, for, influenced by the direct rays of 
the sun and other favourable conditions towards seed production, they 
-Cause seedlings to be produced in large quantities. 
At Nartiung are some giant monoliths, the largest is 30 feet in height, 
with at least an additional 5 feet below ground, and having a width of 5 feet 
and a thickness of 2ft. 8ins. I mention them to indicate a place where 
Vanda coerulea of the finest form grow undisturbed, being protected by a 
covered with epiphytes. 
The other species of Orchids in this locality will be recorded at some 
future date. They will be more particularly of the terrestrial kind, which 
.grow abundantly within the valleys bordering the rivers and streams of these 
hills. In conclusion, I may add that communication in the Khasia 
and Jynthia Hills is limited to practically one main road. The traveller in 
search of Orchids, to be successfull at all, is obliged to rough it along 
unbeaten tracks; he will have to provide everything beforehand in the shape 
.of provisions, and very little is obtainable in this unhospitable land. 
Moreover, a guide is absolutely necessary throughout the journey, and one 
Acquainted with the language advisable. I am greatly indebted to Mr. 
Shadwell for the kind assistance he afforded me. 
X.eliocattleya Lady Mannjngham Buller. —This is another 
^delightful hybrid raised by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, the parentage 
faeing Lc. Thyone X Lc. luminosa. Its rich canary-yellow sepals and 
petals and intense purple lip, beautifully frilled, produce a flower of 
striking contrast, exquisite, one may safely say. This gem turned up quite 
unexpectedly among a quantity of other seedlings, no particular importance 
being attached to the plant. This fact emphasises once again the import¬ 
ance of growing on to the flowering stage as many seedlings as possible. 
Of course, it is almost an impossibility to grow up on to maturity the 
thousands of seedlings raised. However, the thought comes into one’s mind : 
(how many surprises have been lost by the destruction of the surplus 
youngsters? Perhaps the very thing the hybridist has been striving to 
produce. Looking down the long list of hybrids of recent years we find 
now and again plants of outstanding merit, milestones, as it were, of the 
procession, and this is surely one of them.—H. A. Farmer. 
Orchid Cups. —The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society has 
accepted from the Orchid Trade two Challenge Cups, which will be 
offered for Orchids at the fortnightly meeting on November 1st, 1921, at 
which it is hoped to arrange a special display of Orchids. 
