THE ORCHID REVIEW. f November, 
BRITISH ORCHIDS. 
D URING the past summer more than ordinary interest has been taken 
in British Orchids, and the finding of the rare Lizard Orchid, Orchis 
■hircina, has again been reported. Writing to the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 
August 27th, 1921, Mr. A. D. Webster states : “ In private grounds near 
Dover there is a colony of the plant. There are three other stations in 
Avhich the plant grows by the side of the ancient Roman roadway in Kent.” 
Regarding the Irish Spiranth, Mr. Webster remarks that it “ occurs only 
in three counties, and is unknown elsewhere in Europe, its nearest known 
place of growth 1>emg in North America, where, in British Columbia, I 
found it in some quantity. The brown Man Orchid has only been recorded 
from a very few stations in Southern England, and still exists on the chalky 
reefe of the Westerham hills.” 
Mr. S. Graveson remarks (Gard. Chron. Sept. 17th, 1921):—“I am 
surprised to read that Mr. Webster considers Orchis fusca a rarer plant 
than O. hircina. That is certainly not my experience after a ten years* 
residence in Kent. During that period I saw O. hircina once only, but O. 
fusca was always to be found in quantity in certain beech woods, in open 
glades. Mr. Webster does not mention the very rare Habenaria intacta 
that grows in Co. Clare, Ireland, and nowhere else in N. Europe. I had 
the pleasure of picking spikes of this in May, this year.” 
Albino Cattleyas. —In order to call to mind the pure-white nature Of 
certain albino Cattleyas, several appropriate names have been used. They 
include Albania, Albion, Mont Blanc, Snowdon, Snowdrift, Snowdrop, 
Snowflake, and Snow Queen. An albino Cattleya sometimes has yellow 
on the disc and throat of the labellum, and although devoid of the purple 
pigment, its whiteness may vary from snow-white to chalk-white and even 
cream-white. 
Cattleya Gertrude Hollington.— This elegant hybrid is the result 
-of crossing C. Fabia with C. Prince John (Dowiana X Hardyana). An 
unusually fine form has recently flowered in the collection of D. Barnard, 
Esq., Leighton Dene, Watford, who has given it the varietal name Isidore 
-Chapman. The flower is above the average size, while the broad and erect 
petals, as well as the sepals, are of a rich purple colour, over which there is 
a bright sheen, giving the whole flower a very pleasing effect. The 
expansive labellum is purple at the apex, and the side lobes have a large 
-yellow area derived from C. Warscewiczii, a species contained in the 
parentage of C. Prince John. 
