DECEMBER, 1923.) THE ORCHID REVIEW. 357 
ORCHIDS IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS AT TOKYO. 
HE raising of hybrid Orchids in the Imperial Botanic Gardens at 
Shinjik, Tokyo, is being carried on with considerable success, and 
many interesting, as well as beautiful novelties have recently been in 
flower. In their production, great credit is due to Viscount T. Sohma, 
who is keenly interested in Orchids, more especially in the scientific work 
carried on in the above mentioned Gardens. 
In recording the various hybrids, coloured drawings of both parents are 
generally first prepared, these being followed by the different varieties as 
they appear amongst the offspring. By this means events of educational 
value are permanently recorded. On his visit to Europe, Viscount Sohma 
has brought with him a number of these drawings and kindly lent them to 
the Editor. As several of them represent hybrids not previously recorded, 
the following notes are of interest. 
Sobralia Shinjik (macrantha x dellensis) is a novelty that commenced 
to flower when the plants were about three years old. The flowers are 
of medium size, and of the nine varieties painted, the colour ranges from 
blush-white to rose-purple. 
Sobralia Baron Ohara (virginalis X Amesiz) is represented by drawings 
of both parents and of eight hybrids. The flowers are large, one being. of 
rich rose-purple colour, the others pale-blush shaded with light-mauve. 
The plants were about six years old when commencing to flower. 
Leeliocattleya Viscomte Fukuba (L. purpurata xX Lec. highburiensis) 
varies from flowers resembling the Lelia parent to those having a bronze- 
red colour. Eight varieties have been recorded. 
Cattleya Shinjik (maxima X Trianz) is a primary hybrid with flowers 
of medium size, some examples show the purple lines around the labeilum 
that are characteristic of the maxima parent. 
Cypripedium Shinjik (Germinyanum X Alcibiades) is a pleasing hybrid 
carrying forward the good qualities of .the latter parent, as well -as of 
villosum contained in Germinyanum. 
Stanhopea Shinjik (tigrina X saccata) flowered when six years old. It 
is an interesting and elegant hybrid, the large flower oes to advantage 
the well-known characters of tigrina. 
Ccelogyne Shibata (speciosa X flaccida) was raised by Mr. Shibata, a 
Japanese amateur. The two coloured drawings of this hybrid depict the 
habit of the bulb, leaf, bud, flower and labellum. When open, the flower 
is greenish-white with the lip stained with brown. 
Cymbidium Schlegelii (Wiganianum X insigne) is a popular hybrid that 
is represented in ‘the Shinjik gardens by no less than twenty-two distinct 
vane all of which are recorded by water-colour drawings. 
