Decemser, 1922.) THE ORCHID REVIEW. 367° 
grandiflora, each with many leads, among them being S. Lowii with its 
pretty yellow flowers. 
In referring to a batch of Calanthes growing in a Melon pit, this 
account of one of the finest collections must be brought to a close, for 
space does not permit of describing the large number of other Orchids 
whose names have not even here been mentioned. The recent extensive 
additions to the range of glasshouses, as well as the re-modelling of the older 
ones, have been carried out under the direct supervision of Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, of Tunbridge Wells. 
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Tue Baptist MepAL.—R. G. Fitzgerald, in the first part, dated 1875,. 
of his monumental work on Australian Orchids, states that ‘“‘the late Mr. 
John Baptist ’’ was probably the first to bestow any practical attention on 
the fine and remarkable Orchid known as Pterostylis Baptistii, which was 
found by him growing in a “‘ tea-tree ” swamp, and removed to his nursery 
gardens, where it was cultivated. Specimens were sent from ‘* Baptist 
Gardens” to Fitzgerald, whose attention was thereby directed to the 
locality, Hen and Chickens Bay, where it was first obtained, and close to 
which he subsequently had the satisfaction of observing it. It was for the 
above reason, and also in consideration of the assistance rendered by 
Baptist to horticulture when in its infancy in New South Wales, that 
Fitzgerald named this species Pterostylis Baptistil, considering it the most 
likely to attract the attention of florists. Under a trust fund endowed 
recently by the late Mr. J. T. Baptist, an old Sydney nurseryman, for the 
encouragement of horticulture in Australia, the Baptist Medal has been 
instituted, and we are gratified to learn that the first one has been awarded. 
to Mr. Arthur Yates, of Sydney, Australia, fora group of 24 Cypripedium 
hybrids raised by him and exhibited at the meeting of the Horticultural 
Society of New South Wales held in July last. Mr. Yates gives his. 
experiences in the following pages. 
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EpIDENDRUM BOooTHIANUM.—A coloured drawing of a flowering plant 
of this species has been received from R. Nelson Musgrove, Esq-, Nassau, 
Bahamas, who procured his plant from the Island of New Providence, and 
now cultivates it on a block with some moss. E. Boothianum was originally 
described by Lindley, in 1838, and placed in the Epicladium section of the 
genus in which “the flowers grow out of a great spathe, and the pseudo- 
bulbs are evidently assuming the condition of an ordinary stem.” The 
pseudobulbs are like those of Broughtonia, clustered, and the Rowers are 
nodding, sweet-scented, yellowish-orange, spotted with purple. Lip white, 
spathe green, compressed, about two inches long, rising nearly as high as 
the lowest flowers. 
