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always believed they eat woodlice, so anyone who has beetles might see 
whether a few toads would keep them under. 
Though we have many less Cypripediums this year, they are shovel 
up their flower buds in good time. Amateurs who grow them will be sure 
to get flowers at Christmas time. They last a long time in perfection, and 
when brought into the house will stand quite a lot of injurious atmosphere. 
I do not cut the flowers, but bring the plants into the house for decorative 
purposes. No matter how late it may be, the plants are always taken back 
to the greenhouse at night time, and I am well rewarded for the little 
extra trouble. 
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DENDROBIUM CRUMENATUM.—A note in The Journal of Botany for 
September refers to Dendrobium caninum, Burm., a new combination | 
proposed by Mr. Merrill to replace the well-known D. crumenatum. Mr. 
H. N. Ridley states that this cannot possibly be Burman’s Epidendrum 
caninum, which was based on a wholly different plant described by 
Rumphius as Angreecum caninum. The original A. caninum is described 
as having large fringed purple fiowers, smelling of dogs. From this and 
other facts, Mr. Ridley says it seems quite clear that the name D 
crumenatum must stand for the Pigeon Orchid, and cannot be replaced by 
C. caninum. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
September 5th, 1922. 
EMBERS of the Orchid Committee present :—Sjr Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart. (in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. -sec.), Pantia Ralli, 
J. Wilson Potter, E. R. Ashton, H. T. Pitt, Fred. K. Sander, C. J. Lucas, 
Gurney Wilson, T. Armstrong, W. J. Kaye, and J. E. Shill. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Cypripedium Albion (niveum x Astarte) ; from Messrs. Stuart Low & 
Co. A fascinating little flower of porcelain-white texture, very slightly 
spotted, and with the staminode greenish-yellow. C. Astarte is the result 
of crossing insigne Sander with Psyche (niveum x bellatulum), and the 
predominant percentage of the two latter species accounts for the broad 
segments seen in C. Albion. 
Leliocattleya Carmencita, Claygate Lodge variety; from J. J. Bolton, 
Esq., Claygate, Surrey. An unusually fine variety of this hybrid between 
C. aurea and Lc. luminosa. The sepals and petals are golden citron-yellow, 
and the prettily-formed labellum intense ruby-crimson. The contrast being 
very effective. 
