DECEMBER, 1922.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 357 
from Assam, with comparatively short and slender stems, and the other 
from Burmah, with long stout stems that yield larger flowers. 
Coelogyne cristata, known to every amateur, was discovered by 
Wallich, nearly a century ago, in the lower Himalayan Zone. When it 
flowered in England, in 1841, probably for the first time, the Horticultural 
pociety of London gave it a Knightian Medal. Aérides odoratum is also 
an interesting plant, the more so because it was upon this species that the 
Bens owas founded by Loureiro as long ago as 1790. Aé€rides crispum isa 
native of the extreme south of India, where it was discovered by Wallich in 
the early part of the nineteenth century, although it was not introduced 
into English gardens until many years later. A€rides multiflorum is the 
most widely distributed of all the East Indian Orchids. It was discovered 
by Dr. Roxburgh, and some years later, in 1837, flowered in the nursery of 
Messrs. Loddiges, by whom it was named A. affine. 
Many Saccolabiums inhabit British India. S. bellinum is one of the 
best known; it was discovered by Boxall in Burmah, and introduced by 
Messrs. Low & Co. Vanda Roxburgh was named in compliment to Dr. 
Wm. Roxburgh, one of the earliest of Indian botanists, and Director of the 
Botanic Garden at Calcutta from 1797 to 1814. The genus was founded 
upon this species, which was the first Vanda to be introduced into British 
gardens. It was cultivated by Sir Joseph Banks, and first flowered with 
him in the autumn of 1819. 
Vanda-ccetulea was discovered by Wm. Griffith in November, 1837, on 
the Khasia hills, and it has ever since been regarded as one of the finest of. 
Orchids, notwithstanding the difficulties regarding its cultivation. It also 
inhabits Assam and Burmah, whence numerous specimens have been sent to 
amateurs and trade growers in all parts of the world. 
ANGRECUM PELLUCIDUM.—Dr. Lindley remarked of this Orchid that its 
t as if they were flakes of snow fixed 
each part of the lip is studded and 
and the whole fabric of the 
flowers are as delicate and transparen 
by frost in the very act of melting: 
bordered with little crystaline elevations, 
blossom is as fragile as thin plates of glass. 
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GHENT QUINQUENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1923.—Several important meetings 
have recently been held on matters concerning the forthcoming Horticul- 
tural Exhibition at Ghent. Preparations for decorating the two railway 
stations are well advanced, and arrangements have been made with M. Van 
Werveke, the curator of the Archeological Museum, for visitors to the 
exhibition to view the numerous objects of interest in the city. In addition 
to large numbers of the rarest and finest plants cultivated in Belgium, there 
will be sections devoted to France, England, and Holland. 
