68 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ MARCH, 1922. 
Lieut.-Col. Sir Geo. Holford, K.C.V.O. Last summer it was seen im 
perfection in the garden of Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, Borde Hill, 
Cuckfield, Sussex, and in a recent letter from Mr. Bengt M. Schalin, 
Helsingfors, Finland, we learn that it also grows very well in his 
collection. 
BripaL Bouguets.-—Mr. R. F. Felton, in a recent issue of The Queen, 
says there is no more certain way of ruining the effect of a perfect scheme in 
bridal or bridesmaids’ gowns than the careless selection of the colour and 
design of the bouquets which are to be carried. It must be borne 
steadfastly in mind that the bouquet is a very important feature in the 
tout ensemble of either a bride or a bridesmaid. A bouquet should be so 
made that when it is properly carried it becomes a part of the general 
picture, and not a thing just carried as an added adornment. The brides- 
maids’ dresses also offer the florist an infinite number of suggestions, but in 
the colour blendings they call for the most careful consideration. A 
bouquet of pure white Odontoglossum crispum makes the lightest and most 
graceful of all bridal adornments. 
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Twin FLowers on LycasTE SKINNERI.—In Mr. Harold Wigan’s 
collection at Belmont Park, Bedhampton, a plant of Lycaste Skinneri has 
recently produced twin flowers, which is worthy of note, for this species is 
rarely seen with more than one flower on the same spike. In 1916, Mr. 
James Watson, Stanecastle, Irvine, had a similar example, which was the 
only one he had noticed during the long period of 25 years. Lycaste 
Skinneri was formerly grown in large quantities in Mr. F. D. Godman’s 
collection, South Lodge, Horsham, where about 500 flowers were to be 
seen each season, but during five years not a single case of twins was 
noticed in a total of 2,500 flowers. Strange to say, Mr. E. Rogers had 
many examples, for, writing in 1916 from Bridge Hall Gardens, Bury, he 
remarked, ‘‘ Twin flowers we have had almost every year since we began to 
grow Lycaste Skinneri, and I certainly think that vigour has a great deal to 
do with their production. As our plants have yielded a very large number 
of flowers in past years they are somewhat weakened, and this is probably the 
reason why we have no examples of twins this season; we have removed 
many of the spikes in order to assist recuperation. When twins appear I 
think the effect is spoiled, as one flower seems to be in the way of the other.” 
Mr. James Cypher recollects a well cultivated plant of L. Skinneri that 
carried no less than sixteen flowers on one bulb 
, including two examples of 
twin-flowered scapes. . 
Twin flowers come under the technical heading of 
lateral floral prolification of the inflorescence. 
