176 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, r914. 
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OON after the death of Sir J. J. Trevor Lawrence, Bart., an announce- 
ment was made that his well-known Orchid collection at Burford had 
THE LAWRENCE ORCHID COLLECTION. Fen 
been bequeathed to Lady Lawrence, with an expression of his wish that 
such of the plants as were especially of botanical interest should be 
presented to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This gift has now been 
made to the national Orchid collection there, which has received from 
Lady Lawrence a large selection, consisting of 580 plants, belonging to 89 
genera and representing 350 species, mainly, but by no means exclusively, 
of botanical interest. ‘The character of the collection brought together by 
Sir Trevor at Burford during many years.was a matter of general know- 
ledge. It was singularly rich in rare and interesting species, owing to the 
fact that Sir Trevor at all times paid especial attention to anything that 
was striking or unusual from a morphological standpoint apart entirely 
from any decorative value which it might possess. The result of this was 
that the Burford collection was not only thoroughly representative of the 
usual showy. species and hybrids, but possessed examples of most of the 
cultivated genera, some of which are seldom met with, and for this reason 
was perhaps as important from the scientific as from the gardening stand- 
point. It included plants from almost every quarter of the globe, 
demanding the most diverse cultural treatment. The magnificent selection 
from the collection at Burford now transferred to Kew is rich in such 
genera’ as Bulbophyllum, Cirrhopetalum, Pleurothallis, Maxillaria, 
Epidendrum, Eria, Angrecum, Dendrobium, and Ccelogyne, and includes 
many species and a few genera not previously represented at Kew, some of 
these being rarely seen in cultivation. The genera not previously present 
in the Kew collection include Trichoceros, a high Andine genus, very difficult 
to bring home alive and very difficult to cultivate afterwards; Nasonia and 
Quekettia, two small American genera; and Stereochilus and Sigmatogy®® 
from Northern India. The collection also includes a number ° 
undetermined species which have not yet flowered, and in a few cases 
the genus to which they belong is still doubtful.. These unknown plants 
have been derived from various sources; some of: them are plants 
contributed to the Burford collection by Sir Trevor’s son, Captain ¢. T. 
Lawrence, by whom they were obtained in West Africa. 
ORCHIS MASCULA ALBA.—A plant of this beautiful pure white Orchis has 
been found wild on a hedge bank near Bideford, by Miss L. Sheldon. It 
is an albino throughout, even the usual blotches having entirely vanish 
from the leaves. The purple type is common in the district. —R.A-R- 
