PuUE- ORCHID Rave WwW. 
VoL, XXXI ] NOVEMBER, 1923. [No. 365. 
NOP ES: 
R.H.S. JupGinc RuLEs For Groups.—In order to facilitate the judging 
of Orchid groups at the recent Holland Park Show it was arranged that 
the maximum number of marks that could be given to any one group was 
100, divided according to the following scheme: (1) Cultivation and quality 
of the plants, 40; (2) Rarity and variety of the plants, 30; (3) General 
arrangement of the group, 30. This scheme worked well and will probably 
be adopted for all important shows of the future. 
PrINCE SHIMADzU.—As soon as news reached England of the great 
earthquake in Japan, much concern was felt for the safety of Prince 
Shimadzu, who was at first reported as amongst those killed. Official 
intimation has lately been received that he is alive and in good health. 
This is welcome news to his many friends, for during the period of his 
stay in England Prince Shimadzu was a regular attendant at the meetings 
of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Orchid Committee, and also visited 
several of the principal collections. 
Viscount SouMa.—Another distinguished Japanese visitor has been 
warmly welcomed by the English Orchid growers. He is Viscount Sohma, 
of Tokio, a keen scientific worker and raiser of Orchids in the Imperial 
Botanic Gardens at Shinjik, Tokio. Evidence of the interesting work 
been carried on their exists in a large number of coloured drawings of 
Orchids which he has brought with him to this country, and which, when 
seen by members of the R.H.S. Orchid Committee, were very favourably 
commented upon. Viscount Sohma has already visited several of the 
principal amateur and trade collections, and has been invited to sit with the 
R.H.S. Orchid Committee. 
SARCOCHILUS SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA.—The greater number of the little 
Orchids to be seen clinging to the branches of trees in the dense cedar 
brushes and in the mountain scrubs belong to this genus. The botanist 
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