266 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (SEPTEMBER, 1922. 
the second 4ofr. Practically all the popular species and hybrids are included. 
They begin with Aérides and Angrecum, followed by Anguloa, and finish up 
‘with Stanhopea, Vanda and Zygopetalum. 
M. Alexis Callier is again acting as President, and among the Members 
of Honour we note Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, Sir Harry J. Veitch 
and M. Firmin Lambeau, while the list of members includes Count Joseph 
de Hemptinne, Dr. Georges Ballion, M. Theodore Pauwels, M. Emile Praet 
and M. Charles Vuylsteke. 
A booklet extending to 108 pages has already been published, and of the 
778 classes described therein, no less than 85 are devoted to Orchids. 
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ANGULOA MEDIA.—It is well known that with regard to not a few 
imported Orchids their hybrid origin has been left in doubt until the 
‘suggested parents have been crossed artificially. But Anguloa media is a 
case of the reverse process having taken place. It was first raised by 
Messrs. Veitch, the parents being Ruckeri and Clowesii, but by a curious 
‘coincidence an imported Anguloa in the collection of Mr. R. H. Measures, 
of Streatham, which flowered soon after, and was supposed to be a new 
Species, proved to be identical with the artificially raised hybrid. 
PERISTERIA ELATA.—This stately plant has long been known as the 
Dove Orchid, from the fancied resemblance of the column and its beaked 
anther, combined with the ascending side lobes of the lip, to the figure of a 
dove. It is a native of Panama, where it was found in 1826 by Mr. 
Barnard, a Peruvian merchant, who appears to have sent plants to Mr. 
Harrison, of Liverpool, in whose stove-house it flowered for the first time 
in England in 1831. Messrs. Veitch give the following cultural note in 
their Orchid Manual : Peristeria elata is usually potted early in spring in @ 
ocmpost of two-thirds well-rotted turfy loam, and one-third fibrous peat 
with the addition of some thoroughly decomposed cow manure. Ample 
drainage should be secured by broken crocks to about half the depth of the 
pot, and the compost filled in above this to within an inch of the rim. The 
pseudobulbs should be placed on the surface of the compost, which should 
then be covered with sphagnum moss. When growth commences the 
plants should receive a liberal supply of water, which should be continued 
till the large new pseudobulbs are mature; the supply may then be 
diminished to so much as is sufficient to prevent them from shrinking 
during the winter months. As much air and light as is safely practicable 
should be afforded at all seasons, shading being used only during the 
earliest stages of growth and on bright days to prevent the foliage being 
scorched. 
