OCTOBER, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 295 
informed me had only recently been repotted, were a most healthy looking 
lot and included fine plants of Tracyanum, Lowianum, Gottianum 
magnificum, Redstart and Martin. 
Other plants of note are Lycaste cruenta and L. Deppei, Miltonia 
vexillaria var. Empress Augusta Victoria, a nice lot of Vandas, including 
teres, suavis Veitchii, and a magnificent plant of V. tricolor with a fine 
branching flower spike. The collection is notable for its high quality and 
the clean, healthy condition of the plants, reflecting great credit on Mr. 
Trivett for the care with which he has selected his plants, and on Mr. Allen, 
his Orchid grower, whose cultural skill has produced such good results in a 
situation where climatic conditions and the impure state of the atmosphere 
leave much to be desired. HAROLD Raven. 
Er1IA BROWNEI, Braip.—This new species has been discovered by 
Major St. John Browne, son of Lieut.-General Sir A. G. F. Browne, K.C.B., 
Lower Bourne, Farnham. The botanical description will be published in 
the Kew Bulletin. Inthe meantime it may be stated that the flower is 
exceedingly fragrant and of a waxy-white colour, except for the lip and the 
anther. The base of the lip is white, the side lobes and anther are marked 
with reddish-purple, and the apex is yellow. Besides the two distinct keels 
on the base of the lip there is a suggestion of a median one, and a semi- 
circle of tubercles on the anterior lobe. E. Brownei belongs to the section 
Hymeneria and is related to E. alba, Lindl., but the whole plant, and 
especially the pseudo-bulb, is much larger. 
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TREATMENT OF Disas.—The Gardeners’ Chronicle of August 25th, 1923, 
contains an interesting article on Disas by Mr. Jas. O’Brien. He remarks 
that where Disas are treated as Orchid house plants all the year round they 
collapse in time, but when grown in more airy conditions and a greenhouse 
temperature with a reasonable amount of sunlight, they are not difficult 
subjects. With regard to Disa racemosa, Mr. O’ Brien says it may be useful 
to mention how these plants were packed, for there are others of the 
beautiful class yet to import, and it is to be hoped someone will take the 
trouble to secure them. Strong growing tubers with leaves were selected 
and placed, six or seven together, in a thin covering of the moss growing 
near them, and no moisture was given beyond what the living moss 
contained. The little bunches of Disa were then placed in layers in a small 
deal box, which was sent off at once, and the plants came as fresh almost 
as when they were collected. | The explanation of the success is that they 
were packed where collected with their natural moisture, no water was 
added, and they were sent off as soon as possible. On arrival they grew 
as though they had not been disturbed. 
